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comparison doku/source/functionality.txt @ 250:d10fd4de02aa
Documented a bunch of new features
* Support of picture-marker symbol (issue343)
* Support for ArcGIS named groups (issue381)
* GLOBAL and Layer extents and SRS (issue 379)
author | Stephan Holl <stephan.holl@intevation.de> |
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date | Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:15:34 +0200 |
parents | 00a39e8b6eed |
children | 4dc2b9aa3c57 |
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75 | 75 |
76 Features | 76 Features |
77 -------- | 77 -------- |
78 | 78 |
79 MXD2map is optimized to work best with MapServer 6.x. Therfore the new | |
80 MapServer features (symbolhandling, styling etc) are built in. | |
81 | |
79 MXD2map currently supportes the following features: | 82 MXD2map currently supportes the following features: |
80 | 83 |
81 * Datasources: | 84 * Datasources: |
82 | 85 |
83 * ArcSDE vector database connections (requires MapServer built against ArcSDE, Client-dlls needed) | 86 * ArcSDE vector database connections (requires MapServer built against ArcSDE, Client-dlls needed) |
86 * Symbols: | 89 * Symbols: |
87 | 90 |
88 * Simple marker symbols | 91 * Simple marker symbols |
89 * Character marker symbols | 92 * Character marker symbols |
90 * Arrow marker symbols | 93 * Arrow marker symbols |
94 * Picture marker symbols (also trancparency is supported if set in MXD) | |
91 * Symbols based on TTF-characters of special cartographic fonts | 95 * Symbols based on TTF-characters of special cartographic fonts |
92 * Any combination of character marker symbols | 96 * Any combination of character marker symbols |
93 * Linesymbols with pattern and cartographic attributes | 97 * Linesymbols with pattern and cartographic attributes |
94 * Polygons filled with solid color and outline | 98 * Polygons filled with solid color and outline |
95 * Polygons filled with a hatch and hatched outline | 99 * Polygons filled with a hatch and hatched outline |
100 | |
96 | 101 |
97 * Layer types: | 102 * Layer types: |
98 | 103 |
99 * Featurelayer (vectors) as POINT, LINESTRING and POLYGON | 104 * Featurelayer (vectors) as POINT, LINESTRING and POLYGON |
100 * Classifications with unique values | 105 * Classifications with unique values |
101 * Classifications with class breaks | 106 * Classifications with class breaks |
102 * Group-members are concatinated to group.layername. This ensures having discrete layernames | 107 * Group-members are concatinated to group.layername. This ensures having discrete layernames |
103 * ArcGIS-layergroups are represented as WMS Named layers, which are WMS-layers without a title (so not requestable throuhg GetMap) | 108 * ArcGIS-layergroups are represented as WMS Named layers, which are WMS-layers without a title (so not requestable through GetMap) |
104 * all definition-queries for filtering the data on Layer- and classification-level | 109 * all definition-queries for filtering the data on Layer- and classification-level |
105 | 110 |
106 * Further map attributes: | 111 * Further map attributes: |
107 | 112 |
108 * Projections and units based on the EPSG-table | 113 * Projections and units based on the EPSG-table (if set in MXD) |
109 * Min/max scale denominations at layer and label-level | 114 * Min/max scale denominations at layer and label-level |
110 * Map extents | 115 * Global Map extent |
116 * Layer extent and SRS | |
111 * Simple labeling | 117 * Simple labeling |
112 * Filter and expressions | 118 * Filter and expressions |
113 * ArcSDE Jointables | 119 * ArcSDE Jointables |
114 * Mapfile-Templating for OGC-related stuff | 120 * Mapfile-Templating for OGC-related stuff |
115 * Simple Labeling-syntax (a subset of ArcGISs VBScript-labels) | 121 * Simple Labeling-syntax (a subset of ArcGISs VBScript-labels) |
118 | 124 |
119 * Umlauts are translated into its equivalents within LAYER-names, | 125 * Umlauts are translated into its equivalents within LAYER-names, |
120 CLASS-names and also mapfile-names. Though it is good standard not to | 126 CLASS-names and also mapfile-names. Though it is good standard not to |
121 use them since they mostly cause problems when using them within | 127 use them since they mostly cause problems when using them within |
122 OWS-related services. | 128 OWS-related services. |
123 | 129 * Creation of distinct layer-names by concatinating group- and |
130 layernames to WMS-titles. This comes handy mostly in ArcGIS | |
131 layergroups. | |
132 |