MapServer LAYER>CLASS>STYLE Object

MapServer allows you to define styles for features. These can be stacked on top of each other. Common simple style settings are:

POINT (SYMBOL)

STYLE
    SYMBOL "circle"
    SIZE 8
    COLOR 0 128 0
END

POLYGON

STYLE # solid fill
	COLOR 115 192 0
END

STYLE # thick outline (could use a circle symbol with size too)
    OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
    WIDTH 2
    ANTIALIAS TRUE
END

POLYLINE

NAME "Streets"
   STYLE
      COLOR 192 192 192
      SYMBOL 'continue' 
      SIZE 4
      ANTIALIAS TRUE
   END
   STYLE
      COLOR 255 255 255 
      SYMBOL 'continue' 
      SIZE 2
      ANTIALIAS TRUE
   END

ANNOTATION

CLASS
      LABEL
         FONT "arialbd"
         TYPE TRUETYPE
         COLOR 0 0 0
         OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255
         SIZE 10
         POSITION cc
         ANTIALIAS TRUE
      END
END