[Mapserver-users] Size's line

[Daniel Morissette]

Very good point Dean.  I would suggest that you file an enhancement
request about this in the MapServer bugzilla so that we don't forget.

Daniel

> Dean Gadoury wrote:
> 
> I have observed that this seems to be one of the most frequently asked
> questions on the list, aside from compilation / installation issues.
> It seems to trip up new users very frequently and I think its fair to
> say that that is because setting a circle symbol for a line is, at
> first glance, counterintuitive.
> 
> Has there ever been any consideration of the idea of making a circle
> symbol default when setting the thickness property of lines? That
> would make things more intuitive and more in line with the way other
> web mapping, GIS, and graphics packages work. In fact, Mapserver is
> the only application I've ever used in which you need to apply a
> symbol to a line to adjust its thickness. I guess there is a
> dependency on the symbol file, but could things be done in such a way
> that a circle symbol is available in the actual core of Mapserver and
> is used by default? Users could still override this if they choose to
> use a symbol, but if not they get the circle symbol and only have to
> use size to define the thickness of a line.
> 
> Dean Gadoury
> 
> Eric Bridger wrote:
> 
> > Yes.  Add the following to your map file:
> >
> > SYMBOL
> >   Name 'circle'
> >   Type ELLIPSE
> >   Filled TRUE
> >   Points
> >     1 1
> >   END
> > END
> >
> > LAYER
> > TYPE POLYGON
> > CLASS
> >   OUTLINECOLOR 255 0 0
> >   SYMBOL 'circle'
> >   # this size will determine the thickness of your line.
> >   SIZE 3
> > END
> >
> >
> > At 01:59 PM 05/02/2003 +0200, Marco Ferrari wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> Is possible to define the line's size of the polygon, as
> >> for example, "outlinecolor" defines the line's color?
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >>
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