[mapserver-users] example symbology files - points of interest

Christy Nieman cnieman at dmsolutions.ca
Mon Sep 22 07:26:08 PDT 2008


Hi Mark,

Could you provide the layer section of the mapfile where you tried 
displaying the "recreational" icon. It would allow us to see what you've 
tried. I believe you may be able to achieve the desired effect using an 
annotation layer.

Christy Nieman
GIS Technician
DM Solutions Group, Inc.

Mark Volz wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I need to add “points of interest” on our mapserver site. Some of the 
> items that I will need to show is an image for city hall, parks, 
> schools, hospitals etc. Does anyone have an example on how I could go 
> about doing this?
>
> Next, I would like to create a “bike trail” layer. One of the items I 
> would like to do is have an “recreational” icon show up along the 
> segment at a given number of pixels on the map; ie every 3 inches on 
> the screen. I was unsuccessful when I tried using pixels. Has anyone 
> had success doing this?
>
> Last,
>
> As a somewhat new user, I find that the first several map files were 
> hard to do. Does anyone know of a good tool to work with to help 
> create mapfiles?
>
> Mark Volz
>
> GIS Specialist
>
> Lyon County, MN
>
> (507) 532-8218
>
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