[mapserver-users] attribute bindings for SYMBOL and FONT?
The short story: Is it possible to bind a CLASS's SYMBOL object to an attribute (i.e store the symbol name as a attribute of a feature)? And the LABEL objects FONT name? The Long Story: --- I've been working with the yet-to-be-released Feature Editor in Geomoose v2. It allows the user to digitize features (points, lines, and polygons) and assign attributes, then stores them in PostGIS. I want to allow simple styling and don't want to have a map file the size of War and Peace, so I thought I would use the attribute/item/column binding abilities of Mapserver's CLASS and LABEL objects. To that end, one of the columns the feature table will be style name (or maybe feature class), which I'll use to join to a style table (with COLOR, WIDTH, etc columns) to get the feature rendered in a simple style. After a quick review of Mapserver's doc, most of the most important objects can be bound to attributes, with two exceptions, SYMBOL 'name' and FONT 'name': CLASS STYLE ANGLE [angle] COLOR [color] #R G B OUTLINECOLOR [olcolor] #R G B SIZE [size] WIDTH [width] # v5.2 SYMBOL 'name' # in SYMBOLSET END #STYLE TEXT ([label]) LABEL ANGLE [label_angle] COLOR [label_color] OUTLINECOLOR [label_olcolor] PRIORITY [label_priority] SIZE [label_size] FONT 'name' # in FONTSET END #LABEL END # CLASS How difficult would it be to have attribute binding for SYMBOL and FONT? I suppose I could use mapscript, but I'd rather not. Thanks! Brent Fraser ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
Re: [mapserver-users] attribute bindings for SYMBOL and FONT?
http://research.dmsolutions.ca/?p=118 This would indicate the answer is yes. - Original Message From: Brent Fraser bfra...@geoanalytic.com To: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Sent: Fri, December 18, 2009 11:05:28 AM Subject: [mapserver-users] attribute bindings for SYMBOL and FONT? The short story: Is it possible to bind a CLASS's SYMBOL object to an attribute (i.e store the symbol name as a attribute of a feature)? And the LABEL objects FONT name? The Long Story: --- I've been working with the yet-to-be-released Feature Editor in Geomoose v2. It allows the user to digitize features (points, lines, and polygons) and assign attributes, then stores them in PostGIS. I want to allow simple styling and don't want to have a map file the size of War and Peace, so I thought I would use the attribute/item/column binding abilities of Mapserver's CLASS and LABEL objects. To that end, one of the columns the feature table will be style name (or maybe feature class), which I'll use to join to a style table (with COLOR, WIDTH, etc columns) to get the feature rendered in a simple style. After a quick review of Mapserver's doc, most of the most important objects can be bound to attributes, with two exceptions, SYMBOL 'name' and FONT 'name': CLASS STYLE ANGLE [angle] COLOR [color] #R G B OUTLINECOLOR [olcolor] #R G B SIZE [size] WIDTH [width] # v5.2 SYMBOL 'name' # in SYMBOLSET END #STYLE TEXT ([label]) LABEL ANGLE [label_angle] COLOR [label_color] OUTLINECOLOR [label_olcolor] PRIORITY [label_priority] SIZE [label_size] FONT 'name' # in FONTSET END #LABEL END # CLASS How difficult would it be to have attribute binding for SYMBOL and FONT? I suppose I could use mapscript, but I'd rather not. Thanks! Brent Fraser ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
Re: [mapserver-users] attribute bindings for SYMBOL and FONT?
Brent Fraser wrote: The short story: Is it possible to bind a CLASS's SYMBOL object to an attribute (i.e store the symbol name as a attribute of a feature)? And the LABEL objects FONT name? Binding would be with style'symbol, instead of class symbol. Font also can be bound. I will update the docs to reflect that. The list of binding elements is: For style: SIZE, WIDTH, ANGLE, COLOR, OUTLINECOLOR, SYMBOL, OUTLINEWIDTH, OPACITY for labels: SIZE, ANGLE, COLOR, OUTLINECOLOR, FONT, PRIORITY regards, The Long Story: --- I've been working with the yet-to-be-released Feature Editor in Geomoose v2. It allows the user to digitize features (points, lines, and polygons) and assign attributes, then stores them in PostGIS. I want to allow simple styling and don't want to have a map file the size of War and Peace, so I thought I would use the attribute/item/column binding abilities of Mapserver's CLASS and LABEL objects. To that end, one of the columns the feature table will be style name (or maybe feature class), which I'll use to join to a style table (with COLOR, WIDTH, etc columns) to get the feature rendered in a simple style. After a quick review of Mapserver's doc, most of the most important objects can be bound to attributes, with two exceptions, SYMBOL 'name' and FONT 'name': CLASS STYLE ANGLE [angle] COLOR [color] #R G B OUTLINECOLOR [olcolor] #R G B SIZE [size] WIDTH [width] # v5.2 SYMBOL 'name' # in SYMBOLSET END #STYLE TEXT ([label]) LABEL ANGLE [label_angle] COLOR [label_color] OUTLINECOLOR [label_olcolor] PRIORITY [label_priority] SIZE [label_size] FONT 'name' # in FONTSET END #LABEL END # CLASS How difficult would it be to have attribute binding for SYMBOL and FONT? I suppose I could use mapscript, but I'd rather not. Thanks! Brent Fraser ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users -- Assefa Yewondwossen Software Analyst Email: ass...@dmsolutions.ca http://www.dmsolutions.ca/ Phone: (613) 565-5056 (ext 14) Fax: (613) 565-0925 ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
Re: [mapserver-users] attribute bindings for SYMBOL and FONT?
Dan, Thanks for the reminder: Google First It looks like both SYMBOL and FONT use binding. Brent http://research.dmsolutions.ca/?p=118 This would indicate the answer is yes. - Original Message From: Brent Fraser bfra...@geoanalytic.com To: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Sent: Fri, December 18, 2009 11:05:28 AM Subject: [mapserver-users] attribute bindings for SYMBOL and FONT? The short story: Is it possible to bind a CLASS's SYMBOL object to an attribute (i.e store the symbol name as a attribute of a feature)? And the LABEL objects FONT name? The Long Story: --- I've been working with the yet-to-be-released Feature Editor in Geomoose v2. It allows the user to digitize features (points, lines, and polygons) and assign attributes, then stores them in PostGIS. I want to allow simple styling and don't want to have a map file the size of War and Peace, so I thought I would use the attribute/item/column binding abilities of Mapserver's CLASS and LABEL objects. To that end, one of the columns the feature table will be style name (or maybe feature class), which I'll use to join to a style table (with COLOR, WIDTH, etc columns) to get the feature rendered in a simple style. After a quick review of Mapserver's doc, most of the most important objects can be bound to attributes, with two exceptions, SYMBOL 'name' and FONT 'name': CLASS STYLE ANGLE [angle] COLOR [color] #R G B OUTLINECOLOR [olcolor] #R G B SIZE [size] WIDTH [width] # v5.2 SYMBOL 'name' # in SYMBOLSET END #STYLE TEXT ([label]) LABEL ANGLE [label_angle] COLOR [label_color] OUTLINECOLOR [label_olcolor] PRIORITY [label_priority] SIZE [label_size] FONT 'name' # in FONTSET END #LABEL END # CLASS How difficult would it be to have attribute binding for SYMBOL and FONT? I suppose I could use mapscript, but I'd rather not. Thanks! Brent Fraser ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
Re: [mapserver-users] attribute bindings for SYMBOL and FONT?
Exellent! Now on to WFS-T-free feature editing! Binding would be with style'symbol, instead of class symbol. Font also can be bound. I will update the docs to reflect that. The list of binding elements is: For style: SIZE, WIDTH, ANGLE, COLOR, OUTLINECOLOR, SYMBOL, OUTLINEWIDTH, OPACITY for labels: SIZE, ANGLE, COLOR, OUTLINECOLOR, FONT, PRIORITY regards, Assefa Yewondwossen Software Analyst Email: ass...@dmsolutions.ca http://www.dmsolutions.ca/ Phone: (613) 565-5056 (ext 14) Fax: (613) 565-0925 ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
