[MapServer-users] option to use sld in mapfile to configure layer styling

[Seth G]

Hi Paul,

I think all the code functions are in place to do the bulk of this work, and this would be a nice addition to MapServer. Sharing SLD between applications is a huge benefit. If it is possible to apply SLD from a URL it should also be possible to apply SLD from disk. 

I wouldn't be a huge fan of embedding SLD directly in a Mapfile (although the CONNECTION parameter can accept large chunks of OGRVRTDataSource XML as long as quotes are escaped). 

Seth

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On Tue, Jan 16, 2024, at 6:11 PM, Paul via MapServer-users wrote:
> mapserver has capability to use SLD to style a layer, by appending sld to request
> 
> unfortunately there is currently no option to use sld as part of mapfile to style a layer
> 
> what do you think to add this as a new feature to next version?
> 
> syntax could be something like this:
> 
> LAYER
> 
>   STYLEITEM "sld://mysldfile.xml" # relative path
> 
>   CLASS
> 
>   END
> 
> END
> 
> Alternative to introduce it also as embedded SLD, but the mix of ms syntax and xml is not very nice.
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