[Mapserver-users] variable (proportionately) sized point data

[Gerry Creager N5JXS]

Yes. Although I use the value to encode color on the site below, you 
could similarly encode a size for the point symbol.

http://mesonet.tamu.edu/cgi-bin/mapserv?mode=browse&zoomdir=0&zoomsize=2&layer=weather-pwv&imgxy=350+350&imgext=-106.800000+24.453029+-93.520000+37.746971&map=%2Fvar%2Fwww%2Fmesonet%2Ftexas%2Fmesonet.map&savequery=true&program=%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmapserv&map_web_imagepath=%2Fvar%2Fwww%2Fmesonet%2Ftmp%2F&map_web_imageurl=%2Ftmp%2F

Moritz Lennert wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Can Mapserver display point data as point symbols that are proportionate
> to a given value for each point ?
> 
> In other words, if I have a, for example, a shapefile with points (cities
> for example) at the centroids of my spatial entities. Parallel to that I
> have a list of population sizes for each city. Can Mapserver display
> proportionate circles corresponding to the respective population sizes on
> the fly, or do I have to create a vector or raster file with the
> proportionate circles with an external program first and than display this
> with Mapserver ?
> 
> Moritz
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