[mapserver-users] symbology showing line direction
G. Allegri
giohappy at gmail.com
Fri Feb 29 10:53:20 EST 2008
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2008/2/29, G. Allegri <giohappy at gmail.com>:
> Adam, you gave me a little doubt abotu shp line directions and Mapserver...
>
> Could you try to use a simble like this?
>
> SYMBOL
>
> NAME "arrow"
> TYPE TRUETYPE
> FONT verdana
> CHARACTER '&\#62;' # don't use the backslash! (the verdana greater
> than tag)
> FILLED true
> ANTIALIAS true
> GAP -10 # the negatation tells MapServer to honor the vector
> direction when computing the angle
>
> END
>
> and use it in the STYLE of the layer CLASS
>
> Put attention on the GAP parameter
>
>
> 2008/2/29, Adam Feidt <afeidt at edenprairie.org>:
> > I was hoping it could read ESRI's From and To node structure much like
> > ArcMap, but by the sounds of it that isn't possible. Shapefile geometry
> > is saved in the Shape column, which I'm guessing is useless in
> > Mapserver. What you're saying is I need to create an attribute and
> > populate it with the angle of the line and use that to define my label
> > direction?
> >
> >
> > Adam M. Feidt
> > GIS Coordinator
> > City of Eden Prairie
> > 8080 Mitchell Rd
> > Eden Prairie, MN 55344
> > phone# 952-949-8443
> > fax# 952-949-8334
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: G. Allegri [mailto:giohappy at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 8:57 AM
> > To: Adam Feidt
> > Cc: Fawcett, David; mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> > Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] symbology showing line direction
> >
> > A question: how can you derive a line direction by a shp without
> > having an appropriate attribute?
> >
> > Giovanni
> >
> > 2008/2/29, Adam Feidt <afeidt at edenprairie.org>:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > David,
> > >
> > > Below is my Layer definition. I've tried a truetype symbol and
> > label
> > > with the ANGLE parameter set to AUTO or FOLLOW. Neither case pointed
> > out
> > > actual shapefile line direction. I'm reading an ESRI shapefile so
> > there is
> > > no specific column for line direction.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > LAYER
> > >
> > > NAME 'Utilities Sanitary Lines'
> > >
> > > DATA './UtilitiesSanitaryLines.shp'
> > >
> > > TYPE LINE
> > >
> > > STATUS DEFAULT
> > >
> > > CLASSITEM "Function"
> > >
> > > CLASS
> > >
> > > NAME 'Main'
> > >
> > > EXPRESSION ""
> > >
> > > STYLE
> > >
> > > COLOR 85 255 0
> > >
> > > SYMBOL "plainline"
> > >
> > > SIZE 2
> > >
> > > END
> > >
> > > END # end class
> > >
> > > CLASS
> > >
> > > NAME 'Low Pressure'
> > >
> > > EXPRESSION "Low Pressure"
> > >
> > > STYLE
> > >
> > > COLOR 255 85 0
> > >
> > > SYMBOL "plainline"
> > >
> > > SIZE 2
> > >
> > > END
> > >
> > > END # end class
> > >
> > > CLASS
> > >
> > > NAME 'Sub Trunk'
> > >
> > > EXPRESSION "Sub Trunk"
> > >
> > > STYLE
> > >
> > > COLOR 85 255 0
> > >
> > > SYMBOL "plainline"
> > >
> > > SIZE 2
> > >
> > > END
> > >
> > > END # end class
> > >
> > > CLASS
> > >
> > > NAME 'Trunk'
> > >
> > > EXPRESSION "Trunk"
> > >
> > > STYLE
> > >
> > > COLOR 112 168 0
> > >
> > > SYMBOL "plainline"
> > >
> > > SIZE 2
> > >
> > > END
> > >
> > > END # end class
> > >
> > > CLASS
> > >
> > > NAME 'Force Main'
> > >
> > > EXPRESSION "forcemain"
> > >
> > > STYLE
> > >
> > > COLOR 255 170 0
> > >
> > > SYMBOL 'dashed1'
> > >
> > > SIZE 2
> > >
> > > END
> > >
> > > END # end class
> > >
> > > CLASS
> > >
> > > NAME 'Private'
> > >
> > > EXPRESSION "private"
> > >
> > > STYLE
> > >
> > > COLOR 161 33 240
> > >
> > > SYMBOL 'plainline'
> > >
> > > SIZE 2
> > >
> > > END
> > >
> > > END # end class
> > >
> > > END #end layer
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Adam M. Feidt
> > >
> > > GIS Coordinator
> > >
> > > City of Eden Prairie
> > >
> > > 8080 Mitchell Rd
> > >
> > > Eden Prairie, MN 55344
> > >
> > > phone# 952-949-8443
> > >
> > > fax# 952-949-8334
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From: Fawcett, David [mailto:David.Fawcett at state.mn.us]
> > > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 8:19 AM
> > > To: Adam Feidt; mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> > > Subject: RE: [mapserver-users] symbology showing line direction
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Adam,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > What does your layer definition, with the classes look like?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Does your data have the direction column properly populated for all
> > records?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > David.
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> > > [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf
> > > Of Adam Feidt
> > > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 8:14 AM
> > > To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> > > Subject: [mapserver-users] symbology showing line direction
> > >
> > > I'm working in a GeoMoose application and trying to display
> > utility
> > > lines with the correct line direction via some arrow character or
> > symbol.
> > > I've had no luck so far. I've successfully labeled my lines with a
> > truetype
> > > font character by defining the TEXT ">" parameter in the CLASS object.
> > I've
> > > also tried a pixelmap symbol definition using a .gif file. Both
> > appear to
> > > work at first, but when you compare it to the actual line direction it
> > isn't
> > > true in all cases. Has anybody found a way to accomplish this? I
> > would
> > > appreciate if you could send me any examples.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Adam M. Feidt
> > >
> > > GIS Coordinator
> > >
> > > City of Eden Prairie
> > >
> > > 8080 Mitchell Rd
> > >
> > > Eden Prairie, MN 55344
> > >
> > > phone# 952-949-8443
> > >
> > > fax# 952-949-8334
> > >
> > >
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