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Changing the gap to a negative value fixed the problem. Thank you Steve. <BR>
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On 2/18/09 11:29 AM, "Stephen Woodbridge" <<a href="woodbri@swoodbridge.com">woodbri@swoodbridge.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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Use GAP -7 to fix the problem.<BR>
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-Steve W<BR>
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Moen, Paul T. wrote:<BR>
> I forgot to mention the version.<BR>
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> The output type is AGG and I see there was a problem with this. Does<BR>
> anybody if the version I am using has this problem?<BR>
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> MapServer version 5.2.1 OUTPUT=GIF OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG OUTPUT=WBMP<BR>
> OUTPUT=SWF OUTPUT=SVG SUPPORTS=PROJ SUPPORTS=AGG SUPPORTS=FREETYPE<BR>
> SUPPORTS=ICONV SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WMS_CLIENT<BR>
> SUPPORTS=WFS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WFS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WCS_SERVER<BR>
> SUPPORTS=SOS_SERVER SUPPORTS=GEOS INPUT=EPPL7 INPUT=POSTGIS INPUT=OGR<BR>
> INPUT=GDAL INPUT=SHAPEFILE<BR>
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> On 2/18/09 11:03 AM, "Paul Moen" <<a href="pmoen@nd.gov">pmoen@nd.gov</a>> wrote:<BR>
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> I have two symbols that are used in a railroad layer. The railties<BR>
> symbol used to be aligned perpendicular to the line and therefore<BR>
> looked like railroad ties. The symbol now only draws upright, i.e.<BR>
> horizontal. The documentation at<BR>
> <a href="http://mapserver.org/mapfile/symbology/construction.html#sym-construction">http://mapserver.org/mapfile/symbology/construction.html#sym-construction</a><BR>
> shows a layer and a symbol similar to what I have, except they use a<BR>
> T as the character, following the line. What changed and how do I<BR>
> get the symbol to follow the line again?<BR>
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> SYMBOL<BR>
> NAME 'railties'<BR>
> TYPE TRUETYPE<BR>
> FONT "helvetica"<BR>
> CHARACTER "T"<BR>
> ANTIALIAS TRUE<BR>
> GAP 7<BR>
> END<BR>
> SYMBOL<BR>
> NAME 'circle'<BR>
> TYPE ELLIPSE<BR>
> POINTS 1 1 END<BR>
> FILLED TRUE<BR>
> END<BR>
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> LAYER<BR>
> NAME "Railroads"<BR>
> DATA railroads<BR>
> GROUP "Transportation"<BR>
> TYPE LINE<BR>
> STATUS ON<BR>
> CLASS<BR>
> MAXSCALEDENOM 150000<BR>
> NAME "Railroads"<BR>
> STYLE<BR>
> SYMBOL 'circle'<BR>
> COLOR 0 0 0<BR>
> SIZE 2<BR>
> END<BR>
> OVERLAYSYMBOL 'railties'<BR>
> OVERLAYCOLOR 0 0 0<BR>
> OVERLAYSIZE 7<BR>
> END<BR>
> END<BR>
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> Thanks,<BR>
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> Paul<BR>
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