Jay,
all pathes in the mapfile are relative to the mapfile.
e.g.
mapfile.map
<subfolder-symbols>/symbset.sym
leads to the reference
<subfolder-symbols>/symbset.sym
This is true to all references in the mapfile AND included files such as
symbset.sym!
Regards
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*
...
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*From:* Smith, Michael D ERDC-CRREL-NH
[mailto:[email protected]]
*Sent:* Thursday, September 16, 2010 10:26 AM
*To:* Jay Kapalczynski; 'Fawcett, David (MPCA)'; 'Michael Schulz'
*Cc:* [email protected]
*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"
<[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
>
>
>
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