Hi list,<br><br>at the moment I am using gvSIG 1.9 to produce a bunch of official maps.<br>I have to use/translate authoritative settings regarding size and shape for symbolizing content. <br><br>For example a specific type of area has to be symbolized by using point marker symbols which are 2 pt in size and are separated with 5.6 pt.<br>
Now, gvSIG does not offer points as a unit so I googled a while and found that points (pts) used in Desktop Publishing (DTP) are known as PostScript Points or Pica Points<br>(see: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_%28typography%29#Current_DTP_point_system">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_%28typography%29#Current_DTP_point_system</a>). <br>
These can be translated into millimeters (which gvSIG offers), so 1 pt = 0.3528 mm.<br>So in my example points should be 0.7056mm (0,71mm) in size and separated by 1.97568mm (2mm).<br><br>Question #1:<br>Am I on the right track here regarding size of marker symbols?<br>
<br>Question #2 deals with the shape of symbols:<br>Within the settings dialogue for marker symbols one can choose different shapes (rectangle, point/circle, cross, triangle and so on).<br>Every time I select the point shape for markers with the above settings for size and separation (0.71, 2) the resulting pdf will show rectangular markers.<br>
What could be wrong?<br><br>Thanks for all comments!<br><br>best,<br><br>Johannes<br><br><br><br>