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" <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:50 AM > To: Jay Kapalczynski; 'Michael Schulz' > Cc: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jay Kapalczynski > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:45 AM > To: 'Michael Schulz' > Cc: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Michael Schulz > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:27 AM > To: Jay Kapalczynski > Cc: [email protected] > 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 <[email protected]>: >> > 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 >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users >> > >> > > > >
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