Pixmap symbols and transparent

[Steve Lime]

Try using a transparent image as a marker and see what happens.

Steve

>>> Stephen Davies <sdc at SDC.COM.AU> 11/28/05 3:50 PM >>>
I am basing my symbol work on the recent "Construction of Cartographic 
Symbols" paper.

Cheers,
Stephen

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:17 am, Steve Lime wrote:
> You shouldn't have to do that, in fact, I don't believe that option is 
even used any more. MapServer will use transparency if the image has 
it. There must be an error in the documentation someplace.
> 
> Are you seeing otherwise?
> 
> Steve
> 
> >>> Stephen Davies <sdc at SDC.COM.AU> 11/28/05 4:27 AM >>>
> How does one determine the palette indexes for use with the 
TRANSPARENT 
> option in pixmap symbol definitions?
> 
> (Why is the transparency of the image file not used?)
> 
> Cheers and thanks,
> Stephen
> 
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