layer order

[Wim Blanken]

Hello Nuri,

Nice emailadres ;>)

Well first of all, the layers are drawn from first to last. The last layer 
in your mapfile is the topmost layer in the image.
The text (labels etc) of all layers are drawn always on top of the last 
layer.

Regards,

Wim Blanken

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "SUBSCRIBE MAPSERVER-USERS Nuri" <mapserver at HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 10:52 AM
Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] layer order


>I would like that layers in my map appeared in a concret order.
>
> On the top the text one, then the symbol one, then the shapes one and the
> raster on the back.
>
> How can I do it?
>
> This is my training map:
>
> MAP
>  IMAGETYPE      PNG
>  EXTENT   10.444874 -11.210762 11.992263 -8.968610
>  SIZE           282 409
>  SHAPEPATH      "data"
>  IMAGECOLOR     255 180 0
>  FONTSET "fonts/fonts.list"
>
>  #PROJECTION
>   # "proj=laea"
>   # "ellps=clrk66"
>   # "lat_0=45"
>   # "lon_0=-100"
>    #
>    # Alternatively, you can specify an EPSG code.
>    # "init=epsg:2163"
>    #
>  #END
>
>  # Start of LAYER DEFINITIONS --------------------------------------------
> -
>  LAYER # Capa rectangles
>    GROUP grup
>    NAME rectangles
>    DATA rectangle
>    STATUS DEFAULT
>    TYPE POLYGON
>
>    PROJECTION
>      "init=epsg:4269"
>    END
>
>    CLASSITEM "CAMP"
>    CLASS
>      EXPRESSION 'p'
>      COLOR 255 204 102
>    END
>    CLASS
>      EXPRESSION 'r'
>      COLOR 0 0 0
>    END
>    CLASS
>      EXPRESSION 't'
>      COLOR 200 10 25
>    END
>
>  END # Fi capa rectangles
>
>  LAYER # MODIS raster layer begins here
>    NAME modis
>    DATA "raster/prova.tif"
>    STATUS DEFAULT
>    TYPE RASTER
>    PROCESSING "BANDS=1,2,3"
>    OFFSITE 127 127 127 #Color que ha de ser transparent
>
>    PROJECTION
>      "init=epsg:4326"
>    END
>  END # MODIS raster layer ends here
>
>  LAYER # States polygon layer begins here
>    GROUP grup
>    NAME noms
>    DATA rectangle
>    STATUS DEFAULT
>    TYPE POLYGON
>
>    PROJECTION
>      "init=epsg:4326"
>    END
>
>    CLASSITEM "CAMP"
>    LABELITEM "NOM"
>    CLASS
>      EXPRESSION 'r'
>
>      LABEL
>        COLOR 255 255 255
>        FONT arial-bold
>        SIZE large
>        ANTIALIAS TRUE
>        POSITION CC
>        PARTIALS FALSE
>        MINDISTANCE 100
>        BUFFER 15
>      END # end of label
>    END
>    CLASS
>      EXPRESSION 't'
>
>      LABEL
>        COLOR 0 0 0
>        FONT verdana
>        SIZE large
>        ANTIALIAS TRUE
>        POSITION CC
>        PARTIALS FALSE
>        MINDISTANCE 100
>        BUFFER 15
>      END # end of label
>    END
>  END # States polygon layer ends here
>
>  LAYER
>    NAME simbols
>    GROUP grup
>    STATUS DEFAULT
>    DATA rectangle
>    TYPE ANNOTATION
>    LABELITEM "SIMB"
>    CLASSITEM "C"
>    CLASS
>      EXPRESSION "3"
>      STYLE
>        COLOR 0 0 0 # dummy color
>        SYMBOL 'symbols/prova.gif'
>      END
>      LABEL
>        MINFEATURESIZE 20
>        MINDISTANCE 50
>        POSITION CC
>        SIZE TINY
>        COLOR 255 255 255
>      END
>    END
>
>    PROJECTION
>      "init=epsg:4326"
>    END
>  END
>
>
>
>  # End of LAYER DEFINITIONS -------------------------------
> END # end of map file
>
>