[Xastir-dev] args to data_add()

[Gerry Creager N5JXS]

TTF?  Rotating True-Type is how I do wind-barbs in Mapserver.

gerry

Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, Wendell Turner wrote:
> 
> 
>>Is the only symbol that I can draw on the map one of those
>>icons?  I was planning on attempting a graphics image of an
>>aircraft.  (The icon doesn't have heading on it.  I wanted a
>>little graphics image of an airplane pointed in the right
>>direction).
> 
> 
> Better than 90 degrees I assume, which is what we have support for.
> We have I think two symbols that are airplanes, but you don't have
> fine control over the direction, just four positions for each.
> 
> Yea, those symbols are the main choices at present, but you could
> perhaps draw a symbol using other methods, such as using area
> objects or multipoint polygons.  Multipoint stuff is defined at
> wxsvr.net.
> 
> You could use some of the empty symbol slots to define new symbols,
> but you'd have to define a lot of them in order to have fine-control
> over the direction, plus if we added new APRS symbols in the future
> it might conflict with where you placed yours.  We wouldn't want
> your symbols in the main Xastir code in that case either, as they
> wouldn't carry across APRS clients.
> 
> You could tie in to the code which draws to pixmap_final before it
> gets copied to the screen, and do your own graphics drawing to that
> pixmap.
> 
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