I would ask this on the GEotools-users list or the Geoserver-users.  There
are lots of SLD experts on both lists.

Jesse

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Wellmann, Harald <
[email protected]> wrote:

> How to style line features with an arrowhead at either end? Preferably
> using SLD, other methods are welcome if SLD does not support that.
>
> I found this thread on the subject:
> http://www.nabble.com/Directional-Symbology-td12231197.html
>
> ...but it does fully answer the question.
>
> Given a line feature type with a LineSymbolizer, if I define an
> additional PointSymbolizer for that type, where do the point symbols get
> placed? At the first vertex, the last, somewhere in the middle of the
> line?
>
> Do I have to create an additional point feature just to position the
> arrow icon on a line feature?
>
> And of course it is not enough to place an arrowhead icon at the
> endpoint of a line, you want the arrowhead to be correctly oriented.
>
> I'm thinking of something like
>
>                    <sld:LineSymbolizer>
>                        <sld:Stroke>
>                            <sld:CssParameter name="arrow-direction">
>                                <ogc:Literal>backward</ogc:Literal>
>                            </sld:CssParameter>
>                            <sld:CssParameter name="arrow-head">
>                                <ogc:Literal>double</ogc:Literal>
>                            </sld:CssParameter>
>                        </sld:Stroke>
>                    </sld:LineSymbolizer>
>
>
> where
>
>  arrow-direction = none|forward|backward|bothways
>
>  arrow-head = simple|double|filled|...
>
> and maybe you want an additional tag for placing the arrows either at
> the endpoint of the line or in the middle.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Harald
>
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