Thanks for the response Steve, I've tried all sorts of variations for PNG and GIF, and it hasn't been successful.
Any other options for "logo water-marking" maps from MapServer? I was excited about this approach, but I can't get a transparency for the fill. Thanks again, Randy -----Original Message----- From: Steve Lime [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 4:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Transparent Pixmap Symbol Randy: I'm thinking we have a documentation issue here. I'm not sure that the TRANSPARENT option is even supported anymore. Typically MapServer respects the transparency of the image itself, so you need to create a transparent GIF for that to work. Give that a shot and I'll check the source (and update the docs) to make sure. Steve >>> Randy How <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/23/07 9:09 PM >>> I'm attempting to set the background transparency for a symbol that I've created, but with no success. My symbol definition SYMBOL NAME "logo" TYPE PIXMAP IMAGE "h2o_logos/logo.GIF" TRANSPARENT 0 END According to the reference setting a color index in the GIF sets the transparency (i.e. TRANSPARENT 0). Color index is 0 is black, and the output map layer symbol is not transparent! http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/symbology/referencemanual-all-pa ges I've looked over this page and it only discusses PNG files. I can't get any of my PNG file variations to work either. http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/cartosymbols Any help would be greatly appreciated, Randy
