Another potential solution would be to create a true type font character and use that as your symbol.
-----Original Message----- From: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of thomas bonfort Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 7:06 AM To: Donald Kerr Cc: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer Symbol Conversion from Polyline Points On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 13:58, Donald Kerr <donald.k...@dkerr.co.uk> wrote: > Thomas, > > Thanks for your prompt reply. > >>> If I take just part of the above then it still doesn't work: >>> >>> SYMBOL >>> NAME 'boulderGeometry' >>> TYPE VECTOR >>> FILLED FALSE >>> POINTS >>> -0.154 0.236 >>> -0.111 0.365 >>> -0.116 0.501 >>> -0.165 0.616 >>> -0.170 0.627 >>> END # POINTS >>> END # SYMBOL > >> There's a limitation with the vector code that expects all values to >> be positive when computing the symbol size. I'm hoping this will be >> fixed in 5.4 / 6.0 > > Is that the reason why the above appears not to work i.e. the size > issue? I will try changing everything to a positive number to see if > that works. probably > > As a side issue, do the positive/negative numbers have a bearing on > the anchor point of the symbol or is that always in the centre of the > symbol? as of now, the symbol is centered on the anchor point. I'd be in favor of having a way to specify the anchor point, either by fixing it on 0,0 , or by specifying it alongside the symbol, eg ANCHORPOINT 0.3 2 regards, thomas _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users