MapBasicBitmapSymbol

Description

A MapBasicSymbol element of type MapBasicBitmapSymbol specifies the name of a bitmap symbol file, as well as the size and color of the symbol.

Elements

Table 1 lists the elements that can be contained by a MapBasicSymbol element of type MapBasicBitmapSymbol.

Table 1. Elements
Element Description

URI

A string value specifying the URI of the bitmap image file.

Color

A string value specifying the color of the symbol. Any non-white pixels in the bitmap are set to this color.

The value can be any valid CSS color. (See http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1#color-units.)

Size

An integer value from 1 to 255 specifying the point size of the symbol.

If this element is omitted, the image is rendered at its native width and height in pixels.

Transparent

A boolean value (true or false) specifying whether white pixels in the bitmap should be set to transparent (true) or left as opaque white (false).

The default value is true.