Developing uniform mask

[Stephen Lime]

I might also add that you can use inline features to do this as well. No sense 
creating a shapefile in this case. Here's an example:

LAYER
  NAME logo
  TYPE annotation
  STATUS DEFAULT
  TRANSFORM OFF
  CLASS
    TEXT " "
    SYMBOL 10
    COLOR 0 0 0
  END
  FEATURE
    POINTS 5 250 END
  END
END

Makes life a bit easier. Certainly easier to play with the placement. 

Steve

>>> Doug Nebert <ddnebert at usgs.gov> 01/10/00 10:32AM >>>
Trevor Banister wrote:
> 
> Just tell the layer not to transform.

Thanks, that'll do it!

> 
> >From the docs:
> 
> transform [true|false]: Tells the MapServer whether or not a particular
> layer needs to be transformed from some coordinate system to image
> coordinates. Default is true. This allows you to create shapefiles in
> image/graphics coordinates and therefore have features that will always
> be displayed in the same location on every map. Ideal for placing logos
> or text in maps. Remember that the graphics coordinate system has an
> origin in the upper lefthand corner of the image, contrary to most map
> coordinate systems.
> 

LAYER
  NAME logo
  TYPE annotation
  STATUS DEFAULT
  DATA "other/logo"
  TRANSFORM OFF
  CLASS
    TEXT " "
    SYMBOL 10
    COLOR 0 0 0
  END
END

> Mapserver community:
> 
> I am interested in creating a "template" or standard graphic method
> that would be pasted into every delivered map from a given service
> (i.e. from a given map settings file). At first I thought I'd just
> make a GIF with a wld file, but then I realized that I'd need to
> somehow compensate for its display at all scales, when it is actually
> more a final mask to put on the delivered image than it is a layer
> for the mapserver to deal with.
> 
> This kind of functionality would be helpful in letting someone add
> a logo, graphic, some text, etc. to a map service to "personalize" it.
> 
> Can anyone think of a systematic means for accomplishing this?
> 
> Doug.
> 
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