[mapserver-users] Symbology

[Jay Kapalczynski]

Last entry on this....I can get this to work ALTHOUGH ONLY in the map file
In the map file I am pointing to the folder that contains the .sym file but cant get the sym file to work

I cannot get the SYMBOLSET to load the sym file. As Seen below it only works when I have the symbol set declared in the map file...
What can I be doing wrong?

MAP

# THIS DOES NOT WORK
       # DECLARE LOCATION OF THE SYMBOL SET
       #SYMBOLSET '../../../htdocs/symbolsets/symbolset.sym'

# THIS WORKS
       SYMBOL
         NAME 'bike'
         TYPE pixmap
         IMAGE '../../../htdocs/symbolsets/symbol_images/bike.png'
         TRANSPARENT 50
       END

LAYER
             NAME Burglaries
             DATA './Burglaries.shp'
             STATUS ON
             TYPE POINT

              CLASS
                     NAME 'Last Weeks'
                     STYLE
                     SYMBOL "bike"
                     COLOR 0 0 0
                     OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
              END
       END

#.....snip


SYM FILE

SYMBOLSET

       SYMBOL
         NAME 'bike'
         TYPE pixmap
         IMAGE 'symbol_images/bike.png'
         TRANSPARENT 2
       END
END


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<mailto: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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