Symbols in 3.4.

[Stepan Kafka]

Thank you very much for help. But some more questions:

ad 1) 3.4. does'nt support styled lines. But how can I draw dashed line
without TTF?
ad 3) Removing the section helped me. Now it works well. (But it did not
work even if section "POINTS 14256 56556 END" was filled in the map file)

Stepan Kafka

> 1) TTF line symbols are mean't as a way to annotate a line at
> regular intervals to create
> effects like train tracks or weather symbols (fronts). They are
> not a replacement for normal
> lines and are really just an experimental feature at this moment.
> I hope to polish them off
> for the 3.5 release. At this point I have no fonts, other than a
> test font or two for distribution.
>
> 2) Using mapxy=shapes + a buffer or scale *should* work. I'll have a look.
>
> 3) I'm not sure why the error in 3.4, there were some
> implementation changes made in that
> version that represent inline features using the same structures
> that hold any other shape
> from shapefiles, SDE or whatever. There may be a bug in the code.
> However, there is an
> error in your mapfile. There is no need to pre-define an empty
> feature. Remove the section:
>
> FEATURE
>    POINTS END
> END
>
> and see if that fixes things.
>
> Steve
>
> Stephen Lime
> Internet Applications Analyst
>
> Minnesota DNR
> 500 Lafayette Road
> St. Paul, MN 55155
> 651-297-2937
>
> >>> "Stepan Kafka" <stepan.kafka at oku-kh.cz> 02/08/01 08:08AM >>>
>  Dear mapserver users!
>
> I have several problems:
>
> 1. I tried new truetype line symbol support in 3.4. version, but
> the result
> wasn't too nice (standard Arial "-" for dashed lines). Steve you
> wrote about
> special truetype font for line features. It is possible to get it? Or what
> is the solution?
>
> 2. With ITEMQUERY mode and using MAPEXT=SHAPE I would like to show the
> result on certain scale, but BUFFER or SCALE parameter does
> nothing. I tried
> the MAPXY=SHAPE, but with the same result. With point layers the result is
> not usable.
>
> 3. In version 3.010 I use inline features this way:
>
> In map file:
> LAYER
>   NAME 'pin'
>   TYPE Point
>   STATUS default
>   FEATURE
>     POINTS END
>   END
>   CLASS
>     SYMBOL 8
>     SIZE 10
>     LABEL
>       TYPE truetype
>       POSITION cr
>       OFFSET -5 0
>       FONT arial
>       SIZE 8
>       COLOR 0 0 0
>       BACKGROUNDCOLOR 255 255 220
>     END #Label
>  END  # CLASS
> END  # LAYER
>
> and thru CGI I call:
> ...&map_pin_feature_poits=-683920+-1065907&map_feature_text=something&....
>
> It works well, but in 3.4. version I get error message "internal server
> error". Where is the mistake?
>
> Here is full URL:
> http://www.oku-kh.cz/cgi-bin/mapserv?s=i&zoomdir=1&imgxy=&mapext=-
686657+-10
68138+-681184+-1063676&imgext=-715708.120401+-1093562.000000+-661129.879599+
-1057286.000000&map=%2F%2Fhome%2Fhttpd%2Fhtml%2Fgis%2Fprojekt%2Ftopo.map&mod
e=browse&map_pin_feature_points=-683920.5+-1065907&map_pin_feature_text=&map
_web_template=topo.html&zoomsize=2&mapsize=450+300&qlayer=domy&layer=siln&la
yer=zelez&layer=cesty&layer=hran_l&layer=vrst10&layer=vodp&layer=vodl&layer=
mokriny&layer=les&layer=sidla

Thank you

Stepan Kafka