[mapserver-users] symbols indexed by an attribute

[Pushkar Pradhan]

Thank you everybody, I decided to go for PHP/Mapscript since it was well
docum. and most of the people use that.
This way I can search for examples/problems in the archives and get better
support.
On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Jamie Smedsmo wrote:

> We do have a per/mapscript document coming.  Hopefully we'll have it
> online sometime next week.
>
> Jamie
>
> Doug Williams wrote:
>
> >Beware: that documentation is for Version 3.3 perl mapscript.
> >
> >On Wednesday 13 February 2002 11:08, Stephen Woodbridge wrote:
> >
> >>http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/mapscript.html
> >>
> >>Pushkar Pradhan wrote:
> >>
> >>>Thanks Steve,
> >>>I am now trying to built mapscript with perl, but there doesn't seem to
> >>>be any documentation on that. Can anyone point me if there is docum.
> >>>available on this, otherwise I will try to use php/mapscript?
> >>>I welcome suggestions and your experience from everybody about perl vs.
> >>>php with mapscript.
> >>>
> >>>On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Stephen Woodbridge wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>I think you need to use mapscript then it should not be a problem.
> >>>>Using mapscript implies that you build your web navigation tool using
> >>>>the Perl or PHP version of mapscript.
> >>>>
> >>>>-Steve
> >>>>
> >>>>Pushkar Pradhan wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>Hi everyone,
> >>>>>My team wants me to create markers, lines and shades depend. upon
> >>>>>particular attribs. from the shapefile.
> >>>>>Eg. they created an attr. Shade_sym which is a no., that no. should
> >>>>>be used to fetch symbol from the map file e.g. if Shade_sym = 29, the
> >>>>>29th symbol from the map file must be used.
> >>>>>I do the foll. to accomplish the task:
> >>>>>   CLASSITEM 'Shade_sym'
> >>>>>   CLASS
> >>>>>     NAME "sym = 29"
> >>>>>     EXPRESSION ([Shade_sym] EQ 29)
> >>>>>     SYMBOL 29
> >>>>>     SIZE 2
> >>>>>     COLOR 114 24 124
> >>>>>   END
> >>>>>Okay I think this is the optimal way, unless any body has other
> >>>>>ideas. But they also want me to read COLOR AND/OR SIZE for the symbol
> >>>>>from a file, e.g. the foll. is such a file, the first no. being the
> >>>>>symbol no.: # value red green blue
> >>>>>
> >>>>>1 255 250 250
> >>>>>2 248 248 255
> >>>>>3 245 245 245
> >>>>>4 220 220 220
> >>>>>5 255 250 240
> >>>>>Thus I should be able to use the attr. Shade_sym's value 29 to index
> >>>>>into this file and assign the RGB values to COLOR?
> >>>>>Is there a way to do this? I've tried to be very brief.
> >>>>>Thanks,
> >>>>>---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>--------- PUSHKAR S. PRADHAN
> >>>>>Research Assistant
> >>>>>MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY,
> >>>>>STARKVILLE, MS 39759.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Engineering Research Center
> >>>>>Box 9627
> >>>>>Mississippi State, MS 39762-9627
> >>>>>---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>---------
> >>>>>
> >>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>----- PUSHKAR S. PRADHAN
> >>>Research Assistant
> >>>MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY,
> >>>STARKVILLE, MS 39759.
> >>>
> >>>Engineering Research Center
> >>>Box 9627
> >>>Mississippi State, MS 39762-9627
> >>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>-----
> >>>
> >
> >
>
>

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PUSHKAR S. PRADHAN
Research Assistant
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY,
STARKVILLE, MS 39759.

Engineering Research Center
Box 9627
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9627
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