yes, you can definitely do that with an image symbol, although that won't be very flexible if you want to change the width.
another solution would be with a vector symbol. in both cases, you'll have to add a negative GAP to your symbol definition. cheers, thomas www.camptocamp.com +33 4 79 26 57 97 On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 13:47, Adrian Popa<adrian_gh.p...@romtelecom.ro> wrote: > ...Or, to be more clear, I would like to give my lines a "striped" look - I > don't know if there's an easier way to do it than using a symbol... > > Thanks. > > > Adrian Popa wrote: > > Hello Thomas, > > Thank you for your reply. I tried your solution and it draws a dashed line > paralel to my feature (on each side because the symbol is thicker). This is > nice, but I was wondering if it's possible to draw the lines at an angle > relative to my feature, thus created the "hatch" effect. > > If this is not possible with a simple symbol - would it be possible with a > graphical symbol (picture)? And if yes, should I expect a high performance > penalty? > > Thanks again, > Adrian > > Thomas Bonfort wrote: > > hi, > > hatches only apply to polygon layers. > > what you are probably looking for is the PATTERN keyword: > > symbol > type simple > pattern 2 2 end > name "dashes" > end > > > regards, > thomas > > www.camptocamp.com > +33 4 79 26 57 97 > > > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:37, Adrian Popa<adrian_gh.p...@romtelecom.ro> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > I'm trying to apply a hatch over a line segment, but it doesn't seem to > work. > My symbol definition is: > > SYMBOL NAME 'hatch' > TYPE HATCH END > My layer definition is: > LAYER > TYPE LINE > ... > CLASS > NAME "Test" > EXPRESSION ( "[flag]" eq "1") > STYLE SYMBOL 'hatch' > ANGLE 45 SIZE 3 #spacing between > lines > WIDTH 4 #width of each line color "#000000" > END style > color "#fff94d" width 2 > antialias true end > END > END > > The behavior is the following: mapserver draws the lines using the second > style (a yellowish color), but doesn't draw a hatch over my line. > > I've tried with the hatch symbol after the style definition, but it still > doesn't work. The hatch worked for POLYGON layers just fine. > > Is there any way I can use it for LINE data? > > Thanks, > Adrian > > P.S. I'm using mapserver 5.4.1 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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