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How to Display Custom Symbols
In MapInfo Spatial Server
This tutorial will show you the steps you need to follow to display custom symbols in MapInfo
Spatial Server.
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Contents:
• Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
• Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Overview
In MapInfo Professional you can create maps that contain your own custom symbols.
If you want to use these maps in MapInfo Spatial Server, you must first save them as
MapInfo Professional workspace (MWS) files and then upload them to the MapInfo
Spatial Server repository. To have the custom map symbols displayed correctly in
MapInfo Spatial Server, you must also follow the additional steps described here.
Steps
To display custom symbols in MapInfo Spatial Server:
1. Add the image files for the custom symbols to a JAR file.
2. Place the JAR file in this directory: install_dir/server/modules/spatial/lib.
3. If necessary, make any required changes to the custom symbol references in the
MapInfo Professional workspace (MWS) file.
This step is required only in cases where the custom symbol files are not
located in the top-level internal directory within the JAR file.
In the MWS file, each reference to a custom symbol file can be found in the uri
attribute of a Bitmap element. When you save a map as an MWS file in MapInfo
Professional, the custom symbol references in the MWS file are set to the name
Steps
of the custom symbol file only. If the custom symbol files are located in the top-level internal directory
within the JAR file, then these references will already be correct. However, if the symbol files are
located lower down in the JAR file's internal directory structure, then the uri attributes must be
changed to reflect the location of the symbol files within the JAR file. In the uri attribute, each directory
level within the JAR file must be separated by a forward slash ( / ), except for the top level.
For example, if a custom symbol file named my_custom_symbol.png is located in the top-level
internal directory within a JAR file, then the default reference to it in the MWS file will still be correct:
<Bitmap
id="ID000017"
name="my_custom_symbol"
uri="my_custom_symbol.png"
height="native"
width="native"
unit="mapinfo:imagesize pixel">
However, if the custom symbol file is located under an internal directory named images within the
JAR file, then its reference in the MWS file should be changed to the following:
<Bitmap
id="ID000017"
name="my_custom_symbol"
uri="images/my_custom_symbol.png"
height="native"
width="native"
unit="mapinfo:imagesize pixel">
Note: In both cases, note the absence of a forward slash at the start of the uri path.
For more information about the Bitmap element, see the MapInfo Spatial Server Styles Guide.
4. Upload the MWS file to the repository using the MapInfo Spatial Server MWS Upload Utility.
This creates a named map in the repository. The named map definition includes references to the
custom symbols.
For more information about the MWS Upload Utility, see MapInfo Spatial Server MWS Upload Utility.
5. Restart MapInfo Spatial Server.
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