[georss] Styling GeoRss points

[Charlie Savage]

Hi Pat - thanks for the comments.

> Charlie,
>   
> A good option for you would be to use an OGC compliant client such as
> Community MapBuilder that would allow you to define an OGC SLD (Style Layer
> Descriptor) for that feed.
> http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAP/Home

Right - I should have mentioned SLD.  For completness's sake, it would 
look something like this:

<PointSymbolizer>
   <Graphic>
     <ExternalGraphic>
       <OnlineResource 
xlink:href="http://www.mapbuzz.com/images/marker.gif"/>
       <Format>image/svg+xml</Format>
     </ExternalGraphic>
     <ExternalGraphic>
       <OnlineResource 
xlink:href="http://www.mapbuzz.com/images/marker_hover.gif"/>
       <Format>image/svg+xml</Format>
     </ExternalGraphic>
    <Mark/>
    <Size>15.0</Size>
  </Graphic>
</PointSymbolizer>

Disadvantages:

* Very verbose
* I don't see any obvious way of specifying higlighted/non-highlighted icons

Also, and this isn't meant to upset anyone, I don't see any future for 
SLD - I think KML has taken its place, certainly in the consumer world 
(versus the enterprise GIS market).

What I'd like is some really simple way to specify point icons that will 
let anyone who groks GeoRss be able to easily specify the icons that 
should be used.

Charlie

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: smime.p7s
Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature
Size: 3237 bytes
Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Url : http://lists.eogeo.org/pipermail/georss/attachments/20070604/e2b47c03/attachment-0001.bin 
-------------- next part --------------
_______________________________________________
georss mailing list
georss at lists.eogeo.org
http://lists.eogeo.org/mailman/listinfo/georss