[mapserver-users] RE: Buffer features?

[Lime, Steve D (DNR)]

Unless you're working in MapScript you'll have to wait for the 6.0 release (maybe). 6.0 contains some support for buffering (in pixels) using the GEOMTRANSFORM style attribute although this is mainly a cartographic tool. In MapScript you can do this now though.

Steve
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From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Bistrais, Bob [Bob.Bistrais at maine.gov]
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 8:30 AM
To: mapserver-users
Subject: [mapserver-users] Buffer features?

This question may have come up before, but I haven’t found it in the archives.  I would like to take a selected feature and buffer it to a specified distance.  I know it’s possible to do a queryByPoint with a buffer distance, but I need to create an actual buffer shape to display on the map.  Has anyone done something like this before?  Does MapServer have this capability?