crosshatch

[Stephen Woodbridge]

This was posted a while back
   http://www.mapmedia.de/dokumente/umn_signaturen_howto/
While it is in German, I think you can probably get enough of an idea
from the example to do what you want.

I think someone was going to check into getting it translated to English
and get permission to include it on the mapserver site.

-Steve W.

John Bolster wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've figured out how to fill polygons with a crosshatch by using a vector
> symbol with points of 0 0 1 1 and this gives a nice diagonal line. But how
> can I make the crosshatch line thicker so it is more bold? I can vary the
> spacing with the size attribute in the class, but this doesn't change the
> thickness of the crosshatch line itself.
>
> I've experimented with trying to make a filled vector symbol that's thicker
> but I haven't been able to make one that lines up to form continuous hatch
> lines. Anyone have any suggestions on how to do this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Bolster
>