display polygons with transparent fill color

[Bart van den Eijnden]

Hi Dylan,

maybe you can try the following solution:

http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/data2/wilma/mapserver-users/0206/msg00189.html

Don't know if it will still work though ...

Best regards,
Bart

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:40:30 -0800, Dylan Beaudette <dylan at IICI.NO-IP.ORG>
wrote:

> greetings!
>
> I have some polygon data that i would like to overlay on top of some DOQQ
> data. if i define the polygon data as a LINE, i can see the outlines of
> the
> polygons on top of the DOQQ... However, when i label the polygons, the
> labels
> are applied on top of the outlines, and not in the center of the
> polygons.
> this makes since, as i have defined  the polygons as lines...
>
> my question- is there anyway to label a line as if it were a polygon
> (i.e. at
> its center)?
>
> or, better yet - can i define polygon data with an invisible fillcolor,
> so
> that only its outlines are displayed, and labels are placed in the
> center of
> the features?
>
> many thanks,
>
> --
> Dylan Beaudette
> Soil Science Graduate Group
> University of California at Davis
>



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