Mercurial > mxd2map
diff doku/source/restrictions.txt @ 188:43f1cbdcd597
Modified and beautified the documentation:
* INSTALL.txt, doku/Makefile, doku/source/conf.py,
doku/source/functionality.txt, doku/source/index.txt,
doku/source/restrictions.txt, website/favicon.png, LICENCE.txt:
added more details to the content of the documentation. some more
configurations.
* doku/source/LICENCE.txt: New. Added a licence-text (symlinking
into the documentation).
* doku/source/_static/favicon.png,
doku/source/_static/logo_wide.png,
doku/source/_templates/indexsidebar.html,
doku/source/_templates/layout.html: Optic-cosmetics.
| author | Stephan Holl <stephan.holl@intevation.de> |
|---|---|
| date | Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:53:01 +0200 |
| parents | fe6dbfc86144 |
| children | 1e3a5019c4ed |
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--- a/doku/source/restrictions.txt Wed Jul 20 14:06:07 2011 +0200 +++ b/doku/source/restrictions.txt Wed Jul 20 15:53:01 2011 +0200 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.. _restriction-label: +.. index:: restrictions ------------ Restrictions @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ Supported datasources: * ArcSDE-passwords cannot be read since they are encrypted. The converter - exports the string "define me" which needs to be replaced later on in the - resulting mapfile + exports the string ``<PASSWORD>`` which needs to be replaced later on in the + resulting mapfile. - * Since the MapServer cannot use a file geodatabase datasource the converter + * Since MapServer cannot use a FileGeodatabase datasources (yet) the MXD2map does not support this datasource and will not transform the MXD-file at all. * Raster data is not supported by the converter yet. @@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ * Line symbols with pattern cannot be combined with marker symbols. The converter reads all symbols and writes the corresponding styles to the resulting mapfile but the marker symbols are rendered without any gap. + The resulting mapimage may not look as intended. - * Workarround: - For small marker symbols it is recommended to use a line symbol in + * .. hint:: + Workarround: For small marker symbols it is recommended to use a line symbol in combination with pattern (in ArcGIS called template) to create the symbology. The reason why marker symbols cannot be used in combination with a template @@ -35,18 +36,19 @@ smaller than 1. Outlines with a width smaller than 1 are drawn in the fill color of the ploygon and the width is set to 1. - * Tip: - To avoid lines and line colors (specially outlines) to be handled by the + * .. tip:: + Tip: To avoid lines and line colors (specially outlines) to be handled by the converter, use integer numbers for line width only. - * Picture symbols are not supported by the converter. + * Picture symbols are not supported by the converter since ArcGIS embedds + the image directly into the MXDfile. - * In ArcGIS maps default symbols can be defined as fallback. Since MapServer - does not support such fallback symbols or styles the converter does not - read these default symbols. + * In ArcGIS maps default symbols can be defined as fallback within classifications. + Since MapServer does not support such fallback symbols or styles + within classifications the converter does not read these default symbols. * In ArcGIS predefined symbols like bars or pie charts can be used to display - values. The converter does not support these symbols. + values. The converter does not support these symbols yet. Layer support: