[mapserver-users] TRUETYPE symbols in 3.6 with PHP and CGI

[Stepan Kafka]

To increase number of available symbols you have to change the MS_MAXSYMBOLS
constant in mapsymbol.h file and recompile.
In both CGI and PHP the symbols should be rendered the same way.

Stepan Kafka

> -----Pùvodní zpráva-----
> Od: owner-mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> [mailto:owner-mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu]za uživatele Van Ulden,
> Joost
> Odesláno: 2. èervence 2002 23:27
> Komu: Mapserver-Users at Lists. Gis. Umn. Edu (E-mail)
> Pøedmìt: [mapserver-users] TRUETYPE symbols in 3.6 with PHP and CGI
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> We are trying to get our php/mapscript implementation to render
> more than 50
> classifications of a particular layer.  We have a new build that supports
> the number we need (200) but have been unsuccessful in getting it to work.
> As a test we are trying to use the same mapfile in a cgi
> implementation, but
> now, we don't seem to get any true type symbols showing up at
> all.  At least
> in the php/mapscript implementation (as long as we did not exceed the 50
> class limit!) we got the TRUETYPE symbols to render.
>
> Is there a difference in how the fonts and symbols should be authored
> between the two implementations?  If not, does anyone have any
> suggestions?
> Has anyone been successful in exceeding the 50 class/65 symbol
> limits using
> php/mapscript?  Any suggestions would be helpful.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joost van Ulden
> Data Integration Specialist
> GSC-Pacific Division
> 101-605 Robson St.
> Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3
> 604.666.7525
> jvanulde at nrcan.gc.ca
>
>