Of course Thomas would have had the right answer!  I happily stand
corrected.

The opacity of overlapping symbols is cumulative.

David.

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Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 4:48 AM
To: Reinoud Bokhorst
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Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Color filled transparent polygons


yes,
from version 5.2 AND with AGG output, you can obtain this by setting the
OPACITY keyword at the STYLE level.

cheers,
thomas

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:20, Reinoud Bokhorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a PostGIS table with about 12000 polygons scattered around the 
> globe. The polygons outline areas where I have particular model data. 
> To get an impression about the data density, I want to plot the 
> polygons with a fill color and a high transparency value. This would 
> mean that the colour on the map gets darker depending on how many 
> polygons overlap at a particular location because the color values 
> will add up. I can do this for example in QGIS but not in Mapserver. 
> It requires that the polygons themselves are drawn using a 
> transparency value but it seems that mapserver first draws all 
> polygons and them applies the transparency value to the resulting 
> image. Is there a solution for this?
>
> Reinoud Bokhorst
>
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