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<DIV>Hi aloha</DIV>
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<DIV>what is your output format image? ... maybe you can try PNG and insert the RGBA imagemode in your mapfile... Mapserver use a the PC256 imagemode by default...</DIV>
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<DIV> OUTPUTFORMAT<BR> NAME "png"<BR> MIMETYPE "image/png"<BR> DRIVER "GD/PNG"<BR> EXTENSION "png"<BR> IMAGEMODE RGBA<BR> TRANSPARENT ON<BR> END</DIV>
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<DIV>good luck</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR>>>> ClackJim <jimlug@co.clackamas.or.us> 12/3/2008 14:34 >>><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #000000"><BR>Aloha,<BR><BR>I am trying to use a PNG image for a symbol on a point layer. The problem I<BR>am running into is that the background of the PNG image is filling in with a<BR>greyish blue color. The PNG image was created using photoshop and the<BR>background was transparent. I've placed the symbol in my symbol file and<BR>the mapfile is referencing the symbol.<BR># Symbol File #<BR>SYMBOL<BR> NAME 'arson2'<BR> TYPE PIXMAP<BR> IMAGE '/home/mapserv/proj/pmap/arson2.png'<BR> TRANSPARENT 0<BR>END<BR><BR># MapFile #<BR>STYLE<BR> SYMBOL 'arson2'<BR> COLOR 0 0 0<BR> OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0<BR>END<BR><BR>Here is what the image is supposed to look like: <BR><A href="http://www.nabble.com/file/p15994400/arson2.png">http://www.nabble.com/file/p15994400/arson2.png</A> <BR><BR>Has anyone experienced this issue?<BR>-- <BR>View this message in context: <A href="http://www.nabble.com/PNG-Image-for-symbol-tp15994400p15994400.html">http://www.nabble.com/PNG-Image-for-symbol-tp15994400p15994400.html</A><BR>Sent from the Mapserver - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>mapserver-users mailing list<BR>mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org<BR><A href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users</A><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>