Once again guys....thanks...VERY Appreciated I am having one last problem...the path...if the map file is in the police folder (as seen below) how do I write the path to get to the .sym file. I am having a hard tiem trying to figure out were is the root to start my URL path....
Hope this does not seem to stupid a question...when I am trying to create a path...do I think of it from the location of the .map file to the .sym file and then create the path between them. OR do I always start from one location? SYMBOLSET /path/to/symbolset_file Folder structure: Ms4w Apps maplegrove Htdocs Symbolset folder .sym file maps maple_grove police .map files ... ... ... From: Smith, Michael D ERDC-CRREL-NH [mailto:michael.sm...@usace.army.mil] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 10:26 AM To: Jay Kapalczynski; 'Fawcett, David (MPCA)'; 'Michael Schulz' Cc: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Symbology Jay, A couple of additional steps. 1). Add SYMBOLSET as the first line in your symbol file 2). In the mapfile, in the MAP section add a line SYMBOLSET /path/to/symbolset_file Mike -- Michael Smith Remote Sensing/GIS Center US Army Corps of Engineers Hanover, NH On 9/16/10 11:20 AM, "Jay Kapalczynski" <jkapalczyn...@ci.maple-grove.mn.us> wrote: Thanks guys for your thoughts...still green to this and trying to learn I would make real sense to me to create the .sym file where I would not have to redefine the particular symbol sets DO I HAVE THIS RIGHT? 1. BUT how do I define the symbol set or point to the .sym file from the map file ????? SYMBOL FILE: So in the Symbol file I would have this (example of two of them) SYMBOL NAME 'bike' TYPE pixmap IMAGE '/home/mapserv/proj/pmap/bike.png' TRANSPARENT 2 END SYMBOL NAME 'church' TYPE pixmap IMAGE '/home/mapserv/proj/pmap/church.png' TRANSPARENT 5 END MAP FILE: I would simply call them? CLASS STYLE SYMBOL "bike" COLOR 0 0 0 OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0 END END -----Original Message----- From: Fawcett, David (MPCA) [mailto:david.fawc...@state.mn.us] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:50 AM To: Jay Kapalczynski; 'Michael Schulz' Cc: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: RE: [mapserver-users] Symbology You can put the symbol definition in your map file, or in a symbols file (e.g. symbols.sym) and then set SYMBOLSET at the MAP level to point to your symbols.sym file. David. -----Original Message----- From: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jay Kapalczynski Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:45 AM To: 'Michael Schulz' Cc: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: RE: [mapserver-users] Symbology Ok that seems to make sense...but where do I place the image SYMBOL (your example below)? DO I place that in the map file as well? Little confused there.... Thanks Michael and Adam for your return replys. -----Original Message----- From: mandsch...@googlemail.com [mailto:mandsch...@googlemail.com] On Behalf Of Michael Schulz Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:27 AM To: Jay Kapalczynski Cc: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Symbology Hi, yes, you have to define an image symbol in your symbolset and use that: SYMBOL NAME 'church' TYPE pixmap IMAGE 'church.gif' TRANSPARENT 5 END then use SYMBOL 'church' in your style. Cheers, Michael 2010/9/16 Jay Kapalczynski <jkapalczyn...@ci.maple-grove.mn.us>: > In a map file...Is there a way to use an image (jpg, bmp, png) instead of a > marker symbol (star, circle etc) when symbolizing points > > > > LAYER > > DUMP TRUE > > NAME 'Firestations' > > DATA 'firestations' > > TYPE POINT > > STATUS ON > > CLASS > > NAME 'Fire Stations' > > COLOR 254 0 0 > > INSTEAD OF STAR PLACE AN IMAGE > > SYMBOL "star" > > SIZE 8 > > END > > > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > >
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