mapscript.referenceMapObj

class mapscript.referenceMapObj

The REFERENCE object

Overview

The referenceMapObj has the following relationships:

Attributes

color	colorObj Color of reference box - see COLOR
extent	rectObj Spatial extent of reference in units of parent map - see EXTENT
height	int Height of reference map in pixels - see SIZE
image	char Filename of reference map image - see IMAGE
map	mapObj immutable Reference to parent mapObj
marker	int Index of a symbol in the map symbol set to use for marker - see MARKER
markername	char Name of a symbol - see MARKER
markersize	int Size of marker - see MARKERSIZE
maxboxsize	int In pixels - see MAXBOXSIZE
minboxsize	int In pixels - see MINBOXSIZE
outlinecolor	colorObj Outline color of reference box - see OUTLINECOLOR
status	int MS_ON or MS_OFF - see STATUS
thisown	The membership flag
width	int Width of reference map in pixels - see SIZE

Methods

__init__()

convertToString() → char

Saves the object to a string. Provides the inverse option for referenceMapObj.updateFromString().

updateFromString(snippet: char) → int

Update a reference map from a string snippet. Returns MS_SUCCESS or MS_FAILURE