[mapserver-users] How do I make point bigger

[Mike Smith]

You need to define a symbol (like a "circle", perhaps) and use that 
symbol in your layer definition, then you can scale that symbol.  For 
example, add this code to the top of your map file (just above the first 
layer):

#
# Start of symbol definitions
#
SYMBOL
  NAME 'circle'
  TYPE ELLIPSE
  POINTS 1 1 END
  FILLED TRUE
END

Then once you've defined that symbol, you can call it inside your layer 
like this:

LAYER # States
  NAME "Punti"
  DATA staztot
  STATUS DEFAULT
  TYPE POINT
  CLASSITEM "CODICE"
   CLASS
     SYMBOL 'circle'
     SIZE 100 
     COLOR 255 0 0
  END 
END

Hope this helps.



Siviero Francesco wrote:

>Sorry to disturb,
>I'm a newbie in all this (MapServer, PHP, etc..), so my question could sound
>silly.
>I'm trying to make some point bigger, but I'm not able to find how to do it.
>Here's my map file:
>
>###########
>NAME prova
>EXTENT 515783.84375 999005 801412 847791.875
>SIZE 500 300
>SHAPEPATH "C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/ProvaMAP/Shape/"
>
>LAYER # States
>  NAME "Prova"
>  DATA RER_provincie
>  STATUS DEFAULT
>  TYPE POLYGON
>  CLASSITEM "PROV"
>  CLASS
>    NAME "BO"
>    COLOR 255 255 255
>    OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>  END # end of class object
>END # end of layer object
>
>LAYER # States
>  NAME "Punti"
>  DATA staztot
>  STATUS DEFAULT
>  TYPE POINT
>  CLASSITEM "CODICE"
>  CLASS
>    SIZE 100 #    <-------------------- This doesn't seem to work. How do
>makes points bigger?
>    COLOR 255 0 0
>  END # end of class object
>
>END # end of layer object
>
>END # end of map file
>################
>
>Thanks to anybody.
>Ciao
>
>