[mapserver-users] Thematic points by database values

[Stephen Woodbridge]

You might try something like LABELSIZEITEM and then use a truetype font
to draw the symbol. If you need to label the item also, the dupicate the
LAYER and make it TYPE ANNOTATION to draw the label.

-Steve

"Martin, Daniel" wrote:
> 
> I am trying to add thematic points by a value in the database.  Every
> example I've seen involves the use of many classes.  I'd rather avoid that,
> because my point values have an undetermined range, and change often.
> 
> I'm looking for something along the lines of:
> 
> CLASS
>  SIZE 4 + MyDbaseItem
>  ...
> END
> 
> But, I haven't found anything that works.  Is it possible to do this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan Martin