Symbols & Styling

Owned by Kim Stimpson
Last updated: 01 Nov, 2018
9 min read

iShare in the Cloud Customers

iShare comes with a variety of symbols (images) which you will find in the following location:

E:\iShareData\LIVE\_MapServerConfig\CustomSymbols\mapicons\images

Here are just some....

Each of this symbols is referenced in the mapicon.sym file in the mapicons folder. Your Astun Consultant will create you a copy of the mapicon.sym file e.g. mapicon_abc.sym in the same location, which only references the symbols that you're actually using in your iShare instance. This makes the symbols much easier to manage and also makes the loading of the /wiki/spaces/~520406165/pages/371392640 quicker when styling your Layers. To use the cut down .sym file the _common.map (in the _MapServerConfig folder) will need to be updated to point to this file instead of the default mapicon.sym - again this should normally have been carried out by your Astun Consultant.

If you don't see a symbol that you like then you can have a look at https://mapicons.mapsmarker.com/ which is a useful site for map icons.

To configure iShare to use new symbols then you will need to:

  • Save the image(s) to your E:\iShareData\LIVE\_MapServerConfig\CustomSymbols\mapicons\images folder.
  • Add a link to these icons in your mapicon_abc.sym file in the following way
Image NameSnippet for .sym file
roadworks.png

iShare On-Premise Customers

You can style the map according to your requirements and use any of a number of supplied icons to denote places such as Schools, Playgrounds, Doctors, Dentists etc. together with using existing MapServer Cartography.

If you don't see an icon you like in the Directory of Icons below then the following links to a useful site for map icons - https://mapicons.mapsmarker.com/

You should create your own symbols file in the /mapserver/shared/symbols folder and copy any symbols that you wish from the supplied symbolsms6.1.sym file which you will find in the same folder. Then you will be able to edit this file without a subsequent upgrade to iShare overwriting your changes and as it will only contain the symbols you wish to use will make it easier to manage. Your new symbols file must start with a SYMBOLSET entry and have a matching END and then each individual SYMBOL entry with matching END e.g.

Symbols file
SYMBOLSET
 
	SYMBOL
		NAME 'hospitals'
		TYPE PIXMAP
		IMAGE "isharemaps/hospital-1.png"
	END
 
	SYMBOL
	  NAME 'circle'
	  TYPE ELLIPSE
	  FILLED TRUE
	  POINTS
	    1 1
	  END
	END
 
END


You will also need to edit the .MAP file and change the SYMBOLSET entry near the top to point to your new file e.g.

SYMBOLSET "d:/mapserver/shared/symbols/symbols_myfile.sym"

Directory of Icons

The following is a list of the current entries in the supplied symbolsms6.1.sym file together with their SYMBOL NAME.

Description

Icon

SYMBOL NAME

IconSYMBOL NAMEIconSYMBOL NAMEIconSYMBOL NAME

Library

libraries

libraries2



Community Centre

communitycentres

communitycentres2



Church Hall

churchhalls

churchhalls2



Place of Worship

placesofworship

placesofworship2



Youth Club

youthclubs

youthclubs2



Social Club

socialclubs

socialclubs2



Leisure Centre

leisure







Activity

activity







Playground

playground







Park

parks

parks2



Police Station

police

police2



Fire Station

fire

fire2



Ambulance Station

ambulances

ambulance2



Doctor

doctors

doctors2



Dentist

dentists

dentist2



Hospital

hospitals

hospitals2



Pharmacy

pharmacies







Clinic

clinics

clinics2



Optician
optician
opticians



Cinema

cinema

cinema2



Theatre

theatre

theatre2



Public House

pub

pub2



Restaurant / Cafe

cafe

cafe2



Takeaway

takeaway







Sports Centre

sports

sports2



Tennis Courts

tennisball

tennis



Golf Course

golf







Bowling Green

bowlinggreen







Hotels/ Boarding House

hotel

hotel2



Caravan and Chalet site

caravan

caravan2



Camp Site

camping

camping2



Historic Monument

historic







Pay Point

paypoint







Railway Station

rail







Bus Stop

busstop







Traffic Lights

trafficlights







Litter bins

litterbins







Wigwag crossing

wigwag







Street bollard

streetbollard







Variable Message Sign

vms







Speed camera

speedcamera







Car Park

carparks

carparks1
carparks2
carparks3

Polling Station

polling

polling2



Recycling

recycling

recycling2
recycling3

Road Works

roadworks







Nursery School

nurseries

nurseries2



Infant School

infant







First School

first







Primary School

primary

primary2
primary3

Junior School

junior







Secondary School

secondary

secondary2



Middle School

middle







Upper School

upper







Higher Education

highereducation

highereducation2



Special School

specialschool

specialschool2



Independent School

independant







Crèche

creche







Playgroup

playgroup







Toddler Group

toddler







Family

family







Smiley

smiley







Smiley Star

smileystar







Sure Start

surestart







Public Toilets

wc







House

house







Images used primarily for OS MasterMap fill

DescriptionIconSYMBOL NAME

Scattered Coniferous Trees

0380Scattered

Marshreeds or Saltmarsh

0382

Road Traffic Calming

0000RoadTrafficCalming

Scattered Non-Coniferous Trees

0385Scattered

Unknown Surface

0000

Rough Grassland

0390

Glasshouse

0323

Orchard

0386

Coniferous Trees

0379

Non Coniferous Trees

0384

Scrub

0392

Cross hatch

Crosshatch