[mapserver-users] Σχετ: Σχετ: Mapfile CLASS hierarchy

Mon Jan 23 09:45:41 PST 2017

No try setting LAYER UNITS this is not the same function as MAP UNITS.
If you set LAYER UNITS the SIZE and WIDTH values are defined in those UNITS.

On 1/23/2017 11:20 AM, Stefanos Anastasiou wrote:
> You are probably referring to the MAP level UNITS object.... Yes, I've
> already set that in meters. I've also set the
>    PROJECTION
>          "init:epsg=2100"
>   END
> in both the MAP level and the LAYER level. My extent is in meters too,
> obtained from the ogrinfo -al -so command.
>
> but still..... the same effect......
>
> Στις 5:11 π.μ. Δευτέρα, 23 Ιανουαρίου 2017, ο/η Stephen Woodbridge
> <woodbri at swoodbridge.com> έγραψε:
>
>
> On 1/22/2017 6:33 PM, Stefanos Anastasiou wrote:
>> Thank you for the replies.
>>
>>      This means that regardless of the layer's CLASS hierachy, the
>> attributes will be rendered according to the sorting rule, which is
>> predefined in your data. If the data are not sorted in advance, the
>> rendering will never be right. Correct?
>> If this is the case, then  +1 for the sortshp. It worked out well in my
>> mapfile and roads are rendered properly.
>>    However it appears that in PostGIS data,  the sorting happens in the
>> DATA section of the mapfile, and the data need not  be pre-sorted. It
>> works this way here, at least with the following rule:
>>              DATA 'geom from (SELECT * FROM roads ORDER BY category
>> desc) AS foo using unique id using srid=2100'
>>    On the other hand, I didn't quite catch the z-index part in Simon's
>> tutorial. I don't have have z values...
>
> Yes this all correct.
>
>> I'm also curious for one more thing.  As more as I zoom in on my map,
>> the roads are getting smaller instead of getting bigger. Imagine a
>> highway looking pretty wide and as you zoom in the width is reducing.
>> I've only set color and width in STYLE object of my mapfile.  Am I
>> missing any configuration ?
>
> By default units are in pixels, so a road 12 pixels width is 12 pixels
> wide regardless of zoom level. Set UNITS meter and now you road width
> will be in ground units and get width on the map as you zoom in. Youcan
> also use MINSIZE and MAXSIZE to limit the width of the roads to some
> number of pixels.
>
> -Steve
>
>> This blog entry from Simon Mercier describes how this works.
>>
>> http://www.mapgears.com/en/blog/archive/2013-03-05-roads_network_mapping
>>
>> Lars S.
>>
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>>> Datum: 2017-01-22 05:35
>>> Ämne: Re: [mapserver-users] Mapfile CLASS hierarchy
>>>
>>> Oh, and I forgot to mention that if you want objects rendered in a
>>> particular order, then your should sort the data in the sources in that
>>> order. You can do this with order by clause on SQL based data sources
>>> and using shpsort for shapefiles, ogr2ogr and also sort data.
>>>
>>> On 1/21/2017 10:03 PM, Stephen Woodbridge wrote:
>>> > Within a layer objects are always drawn in the order they are delivered
>>> > from the datasource. Think of the CLASSes are an IF-ELSEIF-BLOCK, when
>>> > an object is presented each CLASS is tested and the first one the
>>> > accepts the object renders it.
>>> >
>>> > I often up a default class at then end that has no expression ans
> render
>>> > it in red just so I can see if I missed any cases, but remove it when
>>> > I'm done developing the mapfile.
>>> >
>>> > -Steve W
>>> >
>>> > On 1/21/2017 8:48 PM, Stefanos Anastasiou wrote:
>>> >> Hi list,
>>> >>    according to the documentation, the first layer in the mapfile is
>>> >> drawn first, and the second is drawn on top of that and so on... I was
>>> >> wondering if the same principle applies to the CLASS object as
>> well. For
>>> >> example: I have a "Roads" layer stored in PostGIS with a "Category"
>>> >> column representing the different types of roads. So a category 3 is
>>> >> very small roads, category 2 is city roads, 1 is major roads and 0 is
>>> >> highways and on the same layers I create four CLASS objects with
>>> >> different styles for each Road category. But regardless the order
>> of the
>>> >> classes (either I draw the small roads first or the highways) the same
>>> >> effect insists: the small roads are drawn over the highways.    So
> what
>>> >> is the solution here? Create different layers of the same dataset
>>> >> representing the various values of the "Category" column ??
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Regards,
>>> >> -Stefanos
>>> >>
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