Global Mapper v25.0

point styles -size

energy
energy Global Mapper UserTrusted User
edited November 2012 in Technical Support
Hi
I can apply styling based on attributes or name values for point,line and area styles, so, can I do same thing for symbol size, when I click the "new value" there are point style and font , if it possible add symbol size?
thanks...

Comments

  • global_mapper
    global_mapper Administrator
    edited October 2012
    You can actually build that right into the symbol name field. For example if the symbol name is 'Tower' and you want to make it 3 times as large as normal, use 'Tower@SCALE=3' for the symbol name. You can also embed rotation angles and sense in the name as well using @SENSE and @ANGLE.

    Thanks,

    Mike
    Global Mapper Guru
    gmsupport@bluemarblegeo.com
    http://www.globalmapper.com
  • energy
    energy Global Mapper User Trusted User
    edited October 2012
    I can understand clearly mike, where I do that ,"string for name" or point styles, if it is at point styles option, I just see "custom dot, cross,diamond,star.." there isnt tower symbol e.g
  • energy
    energy Global Mapper User Trusted User
    edited October 2012
    by the way, I am using 13.2 ,I dont find how I write "tower@SCALE or DOT_3_255_255_0 e.g" manually
  • global_mapper
    global_mapper Administrator
    edited October 2012
    There is a point symbol named 'Tower'. You can't write the string directly in Global Mapper, you would use it as part of an attribute name when loading a file. So if you loaded say a CSV file with a SYMBOL column, you could make the value of that column 'Tower@SCALE=3@ANGLE=45' to create a Tower symbol 3 times the normal size and rotated clockwise 45 degrees. Global Mapper would parse it on import to create the proper internal representation.

    Thanks,

    Mike
    Global Mapper Guru
    gmsupport@bluemarblegeo.com
    http://www.globalmapper.com
  • energy
    energy Global Mapper User Trusted User
    edited October 2012
    Aha I see but is it difficult to add to "new value" options in the "set up styling based on value" as shape size and rotate?
    also, already,there are from "<custom cross shape to vert bar shape"

    I have a lot of borehole points that have several attributes like thickness,calori,ash......forexemple thickness:1m, point size:1
    thickness:2, point size :2...... like earthquake magnitude or city population.
  • global_mapper
    global_mapper Administrator
    edited October 2012
    Oh sorry, I see what you mean now. If you use one of the custom shape symbols where you specify a color and size, like the <custom dot shape> at the top of the list, if you have different attribute values with different sizes and colors and choose to interpolate between values, the sizes and colors should smoothly blend based on the numeric attribute values.

    Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

    Thanks,

    Mike
    Global Mapper Guru
    gmsupport@bluemarblegeo.com
    http://www.globalmapper.com
  • energy
    energy Global Mapper User Trusted User
    edited October 2012
    Ok Mike, I do that, however for <custom shape> there are just "cross,diamond,dot,square,star,triangle and bar" styles, forexemple there are no custom shape options for tower, well..

    may be add "symbol size option " to "select point symbol" in "new value" in "set up styling based on values "
    thanks...
  • global_mapper
    global_mapper Administrator
    edited October 2012
    I have now updated the point symbol selection to include a scale option for any symbol. So now you can setup adjacent attribute-based symbols with the same symbol type but different scales and the scale for intermediate values will smoothly vary between them. I have placed a new build at http://www.globalmapper.com/global_mapper14.zip with the latest changes for you to try. Simply download that file and extract the contents into your existing v14.xx installation folder to give it a try. If you are using the 64-bit v14 version there is a new build at http://www.globalmapper.com/global_mapper14_64bit.zip .

    Thanks,

    Mike
    Global Mapper Guru
    gmsupport@bluemarblegeo.com
    http://www.globalmapper.com
  • Celeste
    Celeste Global Mapper User
    edited October 2012
    Mike,

    This is incredibly timely - thanks! Just curious, is this found in the Configure--> Point Styles or in the Options--> Point Styles? I have an attibute of "size" that I would like to use to scale my symbols.

    C.
  • global_mapper
    global_mapper Administrator
    edited October 2012
    That's in the Options->Point Styles dialog.

    Thanks,

    Mike
    Global Mapper Guru
    gmsupport@bluemarblegeo.com
    http://www.globalmapper.com
  • Celeste
    Celeste Global Mapper User
    edited November 2012
    Hi Mike,

    I have been unable to get my symbols to scale. I'm using v14.0.3. I have a CSV file with an attribute of size, among others. I would like my symbol size to vary with this number. I hate to ask, but can you give step-by-step instructions for this? I'm usually not this dense, but I have clearly missed something and seem to be running myself in circles.

    Thanks,
    C.
  • global_mapper
    global_mapper Administrator
    edited November 2012
    You need to put the scale factor or size right in the symbol name. So you might have a tower twice its normal size with a SYMBOL column formatted like 'Tower@SCALE=2'.

    Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

    Thanks,

    Mike
    Global Mapper Guru
    gmsupport@bluemarblegeo.com
    http://www.globalmapper.com