Viola,
It's not exactly mxd solution but you might want to have a look at uDig
software
http://udig.refractions.net/
creating SLD files with it is a breeze.. and hopefully you might get it
automated somehow.
Best,
r
On 19 April 2011 22:46, Viola Anne <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Steve,
> Much thanks, appreciate your contribution. So far I have tried 3 ways:
>
> I have tried the Arcmap2SLD http://www.cadmaps.com/gisblog/?p=75 but I
> ran into the error;
> *"Could not load file or assembly
> 'ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework,Version=9.2.0.1324, Culture=neutral,
> PublicKeyToken=8fc3cc631e44ad86' or one of its dependencies." the system
> cannot find the file specified.*
> * *
> So I tried something else which seems to work Arc2Earth
> http://help.arc2earth.com/kb/arc2earth-desktop/export-map-symbols-to-styled-layer-descriptor-sld.
> I also found out that uDig might come in handy
> http://udig.refractions.net/.
>
> The other option is GeoExt styler extension but am still having problems
> with this, its legend panel does not show anything and it works halfway on
> internet explorer and not at all on google chrome still trying to figure out
> why.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Steve Way <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Viola,
>>
>> I'm afraid the only way is to migrate your MXD styles to an SLD.
>>
>> The sure fire way to do this is manually, but for complicated styles this
>> could take a while.
>>
>> Some people have created tools - I've not used these but would be a good
>> starting point. The thing to remember is that GeoServer has some great
>> VendorOptions which enhance the cartographic quality of the maps, so try the
>> tools, verify the styles then using the vendoroptions tweak the SLD to
>> improve the mpa quality. Here is something I got from a quick goolge:
>>
>> http://www.cadmaps.com/gisblog/?p=75
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Steve
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Viola Anne [[email protected]]
>> Sent: 19 April 2011 11:00
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [Geoserver-users] How to maintain ArcMap mxd symbology in
>> geoserver
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am a newbie in open source web mapping, I have been using ESRI products
>> but a new client has requested to have his web mapping application developed
>> using open source namely Geoserver, Openlayers and GeoExt. The client would
>> like us to maintain the symbology as it is in the ArcMap mxd. I would
>> appreciate any help on how to do this or directions on how to go about it.
>> been reading around and understand that I need to declare the symbology in
>> SLD for each layer, but this looks a little too much work, any easier way
>> out?
>> --
>> Kind Regards,
>> Viola
>>
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> --
> Kind Regards,
> Viola
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