[MapServer-users] Qgis layer style file in mapfile

[Seth G]

Hi Steve,

I've so far only experimented with simple styles, but attempting to convert more complex examples from QGIS styles should highlight what type of style properties are missing in MapServer.

Seth

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On Mon, May 15, 2023, at 5:53 PM, Steve Lime wrote:
> This would be very useful. Is that work also potentially identifying gaps (or opportunities) with MapServer styling to make things easier? --Steve 
> 
> On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 5:35 AM Seth G <sethg at geographika.co.uk> wrote:
>> __
>> Hi Marcin,
>> 
>> Good timing with the question! There is currently a code sprint happening for the GeoStyler project [1]
>> This allows conversion between different styles including QGIS and MapServer Mapfiles.
>> If you are looking to convert from QGIS to Mapfile you need to use the geostyler-cli [2] to convert the QGIS style to the intermediary GeoStyler format and then use the GeoCat script [3] to convert this to a Mapfile.
>> This is currently a fairly complex way do do things but we're looking at a Python wrapper to make this a simple one line command.
>> 
>> Seth
>> 
>> [1] https://geostyler.org/
>> [2] https://github.com/geostyler/geostyler-cli
>> [3] https://github.com/GeoCat/bridge-style/blob/master/bridgestyle/mapserver/fromgeostyler.py
>> 
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>> On Thu, May 11, 2023, at 11:55 AM, Marcin Niemyjski via MapServer-users wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> is it possible to somehow use Qgis layer style file in mapfile to define how is Polygon layer displayed?
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Marcin
>>> 
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