| | 1 | Share and enjoy symbolsets and URLs to cartographic icons. Would you like Google-esque streets, or to find an airplane logo that doesn't have white crud around it? Do you have a better railroad track than anyone else? |
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| | 3 | Making a two-color square is easy, but a two-color star looks crummy unless you have the sizes just right -- it took me hours to make up a set of icons at 6 sizes apiece. And I knew I wasn't alone. So welcome to the Symbology Exchange! |
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| | 5 | Please post a comment to the appropriate "sub-howto" showing your icon(s) and the code to generate it. Thanks for sharing, thanks for searching! |
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| | 7 | * [wiki:SymbologyExchangePixmap Pixmap (image) symbols] |
| | 8 | * [wiki:SymbologyExchangeVector Vector symbols] |
| | 9 | * [wiki:SymbologyExchangeTrueType TrueType Font (TTF) Symbols] |
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| | 11 | === Other Documents of Interest === |
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| | 13 | * [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/mapfile/style Mapfile reference: Style object] -- The most basic documentation about how to use symbols. |
| | 14 | * [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/symbology Symbology] -- A manual about symbology and how it works. Includes some examples, too. |
| | 15 | * [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/cartosymbols Construction of Cartographic Symbols by Peter Freimuth] -- A document outlining the concept of using multiple styles for a class to achieve more complex or multi-colored symbols. |
