How-to scalable symbols and text

[Stephen Lime]

Hi: Works the same as before. Problem is the symbol you're tring to scale. Line symbols
of type STYLED are not scalable. You have to use type ELLIPSE symbols. Here's an
example of an filled ellipse symbol radius 1,1 (i.e. a circle). This is scalable and results in
circular of varying sizes. 

Symbol
  Type ELLIPSE
  Filled
  Points
    1 1
  END
END

With 3.3 you can define styles within any symbol type and therefore can get scaled, complex 
symbols as well. Your millage may vary. Type STYLED symbols use a single pixel width lines
only. Symbols are admittedly hard to work with, but you can do some wild things with them as
they're pretty flexible.

Steve

Stephen Lime
Internet Applications Analyst

Minnesota DNR
500 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-297-2937

>>> Ma <marin at here.is> 02/04/00 03:12PM >>>
How to scale symbols and text in 3.3.006. I did this in 3.3b but now
there is something different.
Here is part of the map file:

###############################
# --- roads -------

LAYER
  NAME roads
  TYPE LINE
  STATUS OFF
  DATA roads
  TOLERANCE 0
  SYMBOLSCALE 1000000

  CLASSITEM RoadType
  CLASS
    NAME "Primary road"
    EXPRESSION "Pr"
    COLOR 255 000 00
    SYMBOL 2   # this is the symbol from the distribution 3.3.006
    MAXSIZE 5
    MINSIZE 1
  END
END

###########

Any ideas?

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Ma