Thanks Gregor,
Setting the label to center above the symbol worked fine for me ... great.
For reference here is how that looks in the map file
STYLE
SYMBOL "Square"
SIZE 16
COLOR 115 223 255
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
END
LABEL
TYPE TRUETYPE
FONT "verdana"
ANGLE AUTO
PARTIALS FALSE
POSITION CC
SIZE 6
FORCE TRUE
COLOR 0 0 0
OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255
END
Karsten
-----Original Message-----
From: Gregor Mosheh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 14:17
To: karsten vennemann
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] use data field for building a combined /
dynamic symbol?
Hey, Karsten.
Using pure Mapserver, you may be able to fudge something using a label
and setting the label's position. If the label is centered, and the icon
is big enough, and you tweak the label's font and size, it may look good
enough for your needs.
Other than that, I think you're out of luck. Mapserver uses predefined
symbols and predefined classes. Using Mapscript, you get a lot of wiggle
room as far as, for example, dynamically defining coordinates to define
a new symbol on the fly.
--
Gregor Mosheh / Greg Allensworth
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