[Mapserver-users] Will MapServer Support ChartRenderer in near future releases?

[Wan Xiangqian]

Frank,

Thank You For Your Help.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Warmerdam" <warmerdam at pobox.com>
To: "Wan Xiangqian" <wanxiangqian at 163.com>
Cc: <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] Will MapServer Support ChartRenderer in near future releases?


> Wan Xiangqian wrote:
> > Something like Pie or Bar or DotDensity Renderers for thematic mapping. I've noticed somewhere in MapServer documents cited a SouthEastEurope Tutorial site using such Renderers on MapServer based WebMapServer. But in MapServer source code lines I find nothing about such renderers. Will MapServer support thematic mapping in near future releases?
> 
> Wan,
> 
> I'm not sure too sure what you are getting at here.  In my mind, a DotDensity
> renderer for thematic mapping would be a fill style for polygons while
> bar and pie would presumably be chart types.  Charting is not considered
> to be part of the MapServer taskset at this time, to the best of my
> knowledge.  However, DM Solutions Group has written the open source
> OWTChart which can be used pretty easily in web applications for displaying
> chart information.  With appropriate mapscript magic this can be invoked
> based on attribute query results.
> 
>  http://maptools.org/owtchart/index.phtml
> 
> Good luck,
> 
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