Problem with SIZEITEM

[Jeff McKenna]

I was using SIZEITEM to modify the distance between hatched lines for 
the new HATCH symbol type, so i don't think that helps you.

jeff




Pierre Racine wrote:
> Thanks Jeff,
> 
> That's the only way I found to create a proportional symbol map. Is 
> there any other way to achieve this?
> 
> Pierre
> 
>> From: Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at dmsolutions.ca>
>> To: Pierre Racine <racine_pierre at HOTMAIL.COM>
>> CC: MAPSERVER-USERS at lists.umn.edu
>> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Problem with SIZEITEM
>> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 15:05:55 -0400
>>
>> I've filed a bug about this, because i get the same response that you 
>> do on a point file 
>> (http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1398).
>>
>> jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Pierre Racine wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Anybody tried the SIZEITEM with Mapserver 4.6?
>>>
>>> If I publish the minimal map file with SIZEITEM based on an integer
>>> attribute, the size of the symbol doesn't change. Worse: if I add a 
>>> LABEL
>>> definition, Mapserver crashes, publishing only half a jpeg.
>>>
>>> Here is my mapfile with the LABLE definition:
>>>
>>> MAP
>>>   #IMAGETYPE JPEG
>>>   EXTENT 189775 4716305 731662 5472414
>>>   SIZE 400 600
>>>   SHAPEPATH "data\shp"
>>>   FONTSET "D:\ms4w\fonts\fonts.txt"
>>>
>>>   SYMBOL
>>>     NAME "circle"
>>>     TYPE ellipse
>>>     FILLED true
>>>     POINTS
>>>       8 8
>>>     END
>>>   END
>>>
>>>   PROJECTION
>>>    "init=epsg:102010"
>>>   END
>>>
>>>   LAYER # States polygon layer begins here
>>>       NAME escale
>>>       DATA escale
>>>       STATUS DEFAULT
>>>       TYPE POINT
>>>
>>>       PROJECTION
>>>         "init=epsg:102010"
>>>       END
>>>
>>>       LABELITEM "id"
>>>       CLASS
>>>         STYLE
>>>             SYMBOL "circle"
>>>             SIZEITEM "duration"
>>>             COLOR 1 255 1
>>>             #SIZE 28
>>>             #MINSIZE 12
>>>             OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>>>         END
>>>         LABEL
>>>           COLOR 155 135 0
>>>           TYPE TRUETYPE
>>>           FONT arial
>>>           SIZE 12
>>>           FORCE true
>>>           POSITION uc
>>>
>>>         END #LABEL
>>>       END #CLASS
>>>   END #LAYER
>>> END
>>>
>>> Pierre Racine


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