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en/mapfile/symbology/construction.txt

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This Document refers to the syntax of *map* and *symbol* files for
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MapServer 6. The first version of the document was based on the
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results of a project carried out at the University of Hannover,
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Institute of Landscape and Nature Conservation, in 2004. It was initiated by
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Mr. Dipl. Ing. Roland Hachmann. Parts have been taken from a study
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carried through by Karsten Hoffmann, student of Geography and
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Institute of Landscape and Nature Conservation, in 2004, using MapServer 4.
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It was initiated by Mr. Dipl. Ing. Roland Hachmann. Parts have been taken
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from a study carried through by Karsten Hoffmann, student of Geography and
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Cartography at the FU Berlin. In the context of a hands-on training in
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the company GraS GmbH, Mr. Hoffman mainly dealt with the development
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of symbols. (`Download study report`_ in German) His degree
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Examples (MapServer 4)
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The examples in this section were made for MapServer 4.
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The symbols were created with *map* files and *symbol* files
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(`download_old_symbols`_). If you want to use these MAP files please
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note, that your MapServer must at least be able to handle 50
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symbols. Otherwise you will get an error while loading the *symbol*
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symbols, otherwise you will get an error while loading the *symbol*
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.. tip::
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MapServer versions >= 5 have no limits for classes, styles, symbols,
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or layers.
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.. _`download_old_symbols`: https://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/docs/vortrag_demo.zip
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