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== Converting from ArcIMS axl-files to Mapserver map-files ==

''Norges geologiske undersøkelse (NGU) faser nå ut ArcIMS. ArcIMS-tjenestene skal i hovedsak over til Mapserver. Vi har et stort antall tjenester og fant det nødvendig å lage et XSLT-script som konverterer axl-filer (ArcIMS) til .map-filer (Mapserver).


Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) phases out ArcIMS. ArcIMS services will mainly be ported to the Mapserver. We have a large number of services and found it necessary to create an XSLT script which converts from axl-files (ArcIMS) to map-files (Mapserver).


Execution:
* java org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process -IN foo.axl -XSL axl2mapNGU.xsl -OUT foo.map
* Add in axl-file right after first line - open file in Web browser: <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" encoding="iso-8859-1" href="axl2mapNGU.xslt"?>


Other info:
*Support renderer types that are mostly used by the NGU. Should be easy to add renderer types with the <xsl:template match="...">
*GROUPRENDERER with multple elements will result in multiple CLASS sections with identical names. Edit and integrate these into unique classes manually.
*SCALEDEPENDENTRENDERER is not supported. Create a separate layer for this with its own scale range.
*The type attribute in axl renderers are mapped to a SYMBOL reference i the map-file like: SYMBOL "star" or SYMBOL "dot". Additional symbols must be defined for this.
*The character attribute in TRUETYPEMARKERSYMBOL are mapped to a SYMBOL reference i the map-file like: SYMBOL "135". Additional symbols must be defined for this.


Contact and related documents:
*Sverre Iversen, NGU. E-mail:sverre.iversen(a)ngu.no
*[http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/File:Axl2mapNGU.odt Code: axl2mapNGU.xslt]
*[http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/axl2map_xslt Inspired by]