[mapserver-users] Polygon border with marker line symbol

[Håvard Tveite]

If you duplicate the layer, one of the layers (type polygon) can provide
the polygon fill and the other (type line) the styled boundary.

Håvard

On 11. okt. 2017 17:45, Anton Bakker wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> I am trying to create the following symbology in MapServer, a marker line symbol on the border of a polygon, see the following ArcMap screenshot (https://i.imgur.com/9qN16tx.png <https://i.imgur.com/9qN16tx.png>).
> 
> I tried the two following options, but could not manage to recreate the above symbology:
> 
> 1. Renders with marker fill on polygon (https://i.imgur.com/sFFznbq.png <https://i.imgur.com/sFFznbq.png>):
> 
> 	 CLASS
> 	    NAME "countries_europe"
> 	    STYLE
> 	      ANTIALIAS TRUE
> 	      COLOR 204 204 204
> 	    END
> 	    STYLE
> 	      ANTIALIAS TRUE
> 	      GAP 30
> 	      OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
> 	      COLOR 255 0 0
> 	      SIZE 6
> 	      SYMBOL 'square'
> 	      WIDTH 1.0
> 	    END
> 	  END
> 
> 2. Renders with marker line symbol on polygon border (https://i.imgur.com/Qwrw8wP.png <https://i.imgur.com/Qwrw8wP.png>), but the marker is missing the fill:
> 
> 	 CLASS
> 	    NAME "countries_europe"
> 	    STYLE
> 	      ANTIALIAS TRUE
> 	      COLOR 204 204 204
> 	    END
> 	    STYLE
> 	      ANTIALIAS TRUE
> 	      GAP 30
> 	      OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
> 	      SIZE 6
> 	      SYMBOL 'square'
> 	      WIDTH 1.0
> 	    END
> 	  END
> 
> Does anyone know whether it is possible to achieve this symbology? It seems the only way to set a picture line symbol on the border of a polygon is to only set the outlinecolor, but then there is no way to set the fill color for the marker. I could not find any any information about this in the documentation or the mailing list.
> 
> Thanks and kind regards,
> Anton Bakker
> 
> software developer at geocat <http://www.geocat.net/>
> tel. +31 318 416 664
> 
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