[Mapserver-users] Train line

[Lowther, David W]

I'd been needing a RR symbol (although not bad enough to mess with it) and
this takes care of me. Next time someone looks in the archives (unless this
is already there) I think they will be pleased.

Thanks

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Ramsey [mailto:pramsey at refractions.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 3:17 PM
> To: Martin, Daniel
> Cc: 'Juanse'; mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] Train line
> 
> 
> Daniel is correct. There is no way to get the actual 
> hatched-line rail 
> symbol.
> 
> However.
> 
> Here is a half-assed approximation. By overlaying a 3-pixel dot on a 
> one-pixel line every 7 pixels you get something which looks somewhat 
> like the classic train symbology.
> 
> CLASS
>   NAME "Rail Lines"
>   COLOR 0 0 0
>   OVERLAYSYMBOL dashed2
>   OVERLAYCOLOR 0 0 0
>   OVERLAYSIZE 3
> END
> 
> SYMBOL
>   NAME "dashed2"
>   TYPE ellipse
>   POINTS
>    1 1
>   END
>   STYLE
>    1 7
>   END
> END
> 
> Martin, Daniel wrote:
> > Not to shirk you off, but I would suggest searching the 
> mail archives 
> > for the word "train".  The subject has been discussed several times 
> > before, and several attempted solutions were mentioned.  
> Though, I'm 
> > quite sure the answer has come back every time as "no".  I believe 
> > that with the current version of MapServer there is no good way to 
> > achieve the classic train symbology.
> > 
> > -Dan Martin
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Juanse [mailto:georef at tie.cl]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:38 PM
> > To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> > Subject: [Mapserver-users] Train line
> > 
> > 
> > Any one have drawn a train line? the clasical black 
> > ----+----+---+---+---+ more or less? or a better one? can you share 
> > the symbol? is there a url to see posibilities?
> > 
> > juanse
> > temuko-Chile
> > 
> > 
> > 
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