Bill, I recommend reading through the symbology reference... I see that you pointed out a link to some symbol examples in one of your earlier posts but had you browsed through http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/symbology/syntax or http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/symbology/notes, you would have seen a link to one of the definitive guides to MapServer symbology: http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/cartosymbols
There's at least one example of railroad symbology in that document. All examples are available in a downloadable file, linked within the document. Cheers! -Perry On Friday 29 December 2006 14:17, Bill Thoen wrote: > It seems that line styles for railroads (i.e. lines that look like > ---|--|--|--|--) are pretty hard to find in the documentation. I did > find one googlit on the subject from 2003 > (http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/data2/wilma/mapserver-users/0302/msg00716.htm >l) but I can't seem to make it work. The following map file excerpt built > from that suggestion just seems to produce a simple red line. I don't see > how this makes the "tie" lie crossways to the track line. Does anyone know > what I did wrong? Is there a more modern solution? > > MAP > ... > SYMBOL > NAME 'line' > TYPE ELLIPSE > FILLED TRUE > POINTS 1 1 END > END > SYMBOL > NAME 'tie' > TYPE ELLIPSE > FILLED TRUE > POINTS 1 1 END > STYLE 1 3 END > END > ... > LAYER > NAME railroads > GROUP transportation > TYPE LINE > STATUS ON > CONNECTIONTYPE OGR > CONNECTION "railroads.TAB" > LABELITEM "Name" > CLASS > NAME "Railroads" > COLOR 255 100 100 > SYMBOL 'line' > SIZE 1 > OVERLAYSYMBOL 'tie' > OVERLAYSIZE 3 > END > PROJECTION > "init=epsg:4326" > END > END > ... > END > > > TIA, > - Bill Thoen -- Perry Nacionales Dept. of Forest Resources University of Minnesota [EMAIL PROTECTED]
