[mapserver-users] MapServer Symbol Conversion from Polyline Points

[Fawcett, David]

Another potential solution would be to create a true type font character
and use that as your symbol.

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[mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of thomas
bonfort
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 7:06 AM
To: Donald Kerr
Cc: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer Symbol Conversion from Polyline
Points


On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 13:58, Donald Kerr <donald.kerr at dkerr.co.uk>
wrote:
> Thomas,
>
> Thanks for your prompt reply.
>
>>> If I take just part of the above then it still doesn't work:
>>>
>>> SYMBOL
>>>        NAME 'boulderGeometry'
>>>        TYPE VECTOR
>>>        FILLED FALSE
>>>        POINTS
>>>                -0.154 0.236
>>>                -0.111 0.365
>>>                -0.116 0.501
>>>                -0.165 0.616
>>>                -0.170 0.627
>>>        END # POINTS
>>> END # SYMBOL
>
>> There's a limitation with the vector code that expects  all values to

>> be positive when computing the symbol size. I'm hoping this will be 
>> fixed in 5.4 / 6.0
>
> Is that the reason why the above appears not to work i.e. the size 
> issue? I will try changing everything to a positive number to see if 
> that works.
probably

>
> As a side issue, do the positive/negative numbers have a bearing on 
> the anchor point of the symbol or is that always in the centre of the 
> symbol?
as of now, the symbol is centered on the anchor point. I'd be in favor
of having a way to specify the anchor point, either by fixing it on 0,0
, or by specifying it alongside the symbol, eg ANCHORPOINT 0.3 2

regards,
thomas
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