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Symbol Construction pages do not include examples of truetype symbol fills for polygons

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I recently asked the user mailing list if it was possible to use a truetype symbol as a fill. Someone confirmed it was possible. Currently the [Cartographic Symbol Construction](https://www.mapserver.org/mapfile/symbology/construction.html#area-symbols) page...

arthur-clifford

installation procedure not up-to-date

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unix installation procedure seems outdated concerning the pre-installation procedure, it stills refers to php5 : https://www.mapserver.org/installation/unix.html#installation but here I found a most recent doc on the github wiki also working...

PhilippePinheiroLIST

Looking at the bits here https://mapserver.org/cgi/controls.html#cgi-mapfile-change-parameters and below. My preferences would be to: 1. Remove the section about versions less

sdlime

Undocumented WEB EXTENT keyword

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Currently, there is no mention of EXTENT at https://mapserver.org/mapfile/web.html It is read at: https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/blob/1dd7b072be5aa307d9dcb120dd2fa7f3f0dd041b/mapfile.c#L5746 It is written out to the Mapfile at: https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/blob/1dd7b072be5aa307d9dcb120dd2fa7f3f0dd041b/mapfile.c#L5678 From the MapScript docs and mapserver.h comments...

geographika

Undocumented STYLE POSITION keyword

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The STYLE page (https://mapserver.org/mapfile/style.html) is missing the keyword `POSITION` See: https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/blob/1dd7b072be5aa307d9dcb120dd2fa7f3f0dd041b/mapfile.c#L2578 and https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/blob/1dd7b072be5aa307d9dcb120dd2fa7f3f0dd041b/mapfile.c#L2810

geographika

Undocumented Mapfile COLOR options

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It is possible to user negative color values in Mapserver. This is not documented. The most common way is to use -1 as the red value which makes a layer...

LarsSchy

Not working examples in MapServer CGI Controls

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The information that the examples should work with the URL https://ms4w.dev/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/ms4w/apps/cgi-viewer/map/cgi-demo.map should be part of th document. COORDINATE https://ms4w.dev/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/mapfiles/gmap75.map&MODE=coordinate&IMGEXT=0 0 100 100&IMGXY=10 10 --> msLoadMap(): Unable to access file. (/mapfiles/gmap75.map)...

MartinOver2

Document which parameters can be changed using run-time substitution, and those that require validation

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There is confusion as to which parameters that can be changed using run-time substitution, the ways in which they can be changed and to what extent validation is necessary. I...

havatv

"Project deployment" section should be done before data import as the project use /path/to/basemaps/imposm-mapping.py

yjacolin

Win32 compilation page outdated

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http://mapserver.org/installation/win32.html still refers to the nmake era. Should be upgraded to cmake instructions

rouault