[mapserver-users] Symbology

[Smith, Michael D ERDC-CRREL-NH]

Jay,

A couple of additional steps.

1). Add SYMBOLSET as the first line in your symbol file

2). In the mapfile, in the MAP section add a line

SYMBOLSET /path/to/symbolset_file

Mike


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Michael Smith
Remote Sensing/GIS Center
US Army Corps of Engineers
Hanover, NH



On 9/16/10  11:20 AM, "Jay Kapalczynski"
<jkapalczynski at ci.maple-grove.mn.us> wrote:

> Thanks guys for your thoughts...still green to this and trying to learn
> I would make real sense to me to create the .sym file where I would not have
> to redefine the particular symbol sets
>  
> DO I HAVE THIS RIGHT? 
>  
> 1.  BUT how do I define the symbol set or point to the .sym file from the map
> file ?????
>  
> SYMBOL FILE: So in the Symbol file I would have this (example of two of them)
>  
> SYMBOL
>   NAME 'bike'
>   TYPE pixmap
>   IMAGE '/home/mapserv/proj/pmap/bike.png' 
>   TRANSPARENT 2
> END
> SYMBOL
>   NAME 'church'
>   TYPE pixmap
>   IMAGE '/home/mapserv/proj/pmap/church.png' 
>   TRANSPARENT 5
> END
>  
>  
> MAP FILE: I would simply call them?
>  
> CLASS
>   STYLE
>     SYMBOL "bike"
>     COLOR 0 0 0
>     OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>   END
> END
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fawcett, David (MPCA) [mailto:David.Fawcett at state.mn.us]
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:50 AM
> To: Jay Kapalczynski; 'Michael Schulz'
> Cc: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: RE: [mapserver-users] Symbology
>  
> You can put the symbol definition in your map file, or in a symbols file (e.g.
> symbols.sym) and then set SYMBOLSET at the MAP level to point to your
> symbols.sym file.
>  
> David.
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jay Kapalczynski
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:45 AM
> To: 'Michael Schulz'
> Cc: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: RE: [mapserver-users] Symbology
>  
> Ok that seems to make sense...but where do I place the image SYMBOL (your
> example below)?  DO I place that in the map file as well?
> Little confused there....
>  
> Thanks Michael and Adam for your return replys.
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mandschulz at googlemail.com [mailto:mandschulz at googlemail.com] On Behalf
> Of Michael Schulz
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:27 AM
> To: Jay Kapalczynski
> Cc: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Symbology
>  
> 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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