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= Introduction =

The Advanced Stylization system introduced with [wiki:MapGuideRfc14 MapGuide RFC 14] presents an incredibly powerful way of modelling stylization of map features.  This is an area to document this system and to share useful symbol definitions.

== Documentation ==

Eventually, this documentation should be migrated to the wiki, but for now here are some pointers:

 * The [wiki:MapGuideRfc14 RFC] itself, including the attached !LineUsage.doc

 * The Imagine-IT [http://www.rand.com/imaginit/1/pdfs/technology/software/building_symbol_libraries_with_autodesk_mapguide_enterprise_2009.pdf Building Symbol Libraries] PDF is helpful

 * In a bind, you need to be able to read and understand the [/mapguide/browser/branches/2.1/MgDev/Common/Schema/LayerDefinition-1.3.0.xsd LayerDefinition] and [/mapguide/browser/branches/2.1/MgDev/Common/Schema/SymbolDefinition-1.1.0.xsd SymbolDefinition] schemas

 * XPS ([http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/xps/xpsspecdwn.mspx XML Paper Specification]) - has information about the specific geometry syntax (e.g., how to draw a line or arc); see section 4.2.3 Abbreviated Geometry Syntax to see the geometry syntax that we use.  The Imagine-IT document describes the subset that we support.

== Sample Packages ==

Some browsers will try to download these as type Zipfile. Make sure to rename to MGP

 * [/mapguide/attachment/wiki/AdvancedStylization/ImageSymbolDemo.mgp?format=raw Image Symbol Demo] - A series of symbols showing how to reference PNG files, including how to scale using map units, how to expose attributes such as rotation to be overridden at the layer level, etc. This imports into !Library://SymbolDemo/

== [wiki:AdvancedStylization/Library Symbol Library] ==

 * [wiki:AdvancedStylization/Library/Transportation Transportation]