[mapserver-users] Symbology

[Michael Schulz]

Hi,

yes, you have to define an image symbol in your symbolset and use that:

SYMBOL
  NAME 'church'
  TYPE pixmap
  IMAGE 'church.gif'
  TRANSPARENT 5
END

then use
SYMBOL 'church' in your style.

Cheers, Michael

2010/9/16 Jay Kapalczynski <jkapalczynski at ci.maple-grove.mn.us>:
> In a map file…..Is there a way to use an image (jpg, bmp, png) instead of a
> marker symbol (star, circle etc) when symbolizing points
>
>
>
>        LAYER
>
>               DUMP TRUE
>
>               NAME 'Firestations'
>
>               DATA 'firestations'
>
>               TYPE POINT
>
>               STATUS ON
>
>               CLASS
>
>                 NAME 'Fire Stations'
>
>                 COLOR 254 0 0
>
>                      INSTEAD OF STAR PLACE AN IMAGE
>
>                 SYMBOL "star"
>
>                     SIZE 8
>
>               END
>
>
>
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