[mapserver-users] Symbology

[adams]

Jay,

all pathes in the mapfile are relative to the mapfile.

e.g.

mapfile.map
<subfolder-symbols>/symbset.sym

leads to the reference

<subfolder-symbols>/symbset.sym

This is true to all references in the mapfile AND included files such as 
symbset.sym!

Regards

Once again guys....thanks...VERY Appreciated
>
> I am having one last problem...the path...if the map file is in the 
> police folder  (as seen below) how do I write the path to get to the 
> .sym file.  I am having a hard tiem trying to figure out were is the 
> root to start my URL path....
>
> Hope this does not seem to stupid a question...when I am trying to 
> create a path...do I think of it from the location of the .map file to 
> the .sym file and then create the path between them.  OR do I always 
> start from one location?
>
> SYMBOLSET /path/to/symbolset_file
>
> Folder structure:
>
> Ms4w
>
> Apps
>
> maplegrove
>
> Htdocs
>
>                                 Symbolset folder
>
> *.sym file*
>
> maps
>
>                                 maple_grove
>
>                                                 police
>
> *.map files*
>
> ...
>
> ...
>
> ...
>
> *From:* Smith, Michael D ERDC-CRREL-NH 
> [mailto:michael.smith at usace.army.mil]
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 16, 2010 10:26 AM
> *To:* Jay Kapalczynski; 'Fawcett, David (MPCA)'; 'Michael Schulz'
> *Cc:* mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: [mapserver-users] Symbology
>
> 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
>
>
> -- 
> 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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