MSConsole is a Java program that generates a valid mapserver .map file from an AXL (an ESRI xml format) file. Support for other mapping systems could be provided in the future as need arise.

Here are some key features of "Mapserver Console":

· load AXL files saved from ArcExplorer
· export to Mapserver .map files
· easy customization through the use of velocity templates to render the map file
· nice and clean formatting of map file to improve readability
· intelligent, lightweight UI that remembers size of window and last file opened so that the time spent in locating files is reduced
· command line support
· written in Java for maximum portability. Developed on Linux.
Supported AXL features:
· Map, dataset and shapeworkspace elements. MapServer console will also attempt to find a common root for shapeworkspaces to use as a value for the shapepath keyword
· shape data of type point, line and symbol
· textual labels with working support for antialiasing, shadow, color, outline. At the moment the font is hardcoded in the template to verdana
· point, polygon and line renderers with export of color, transparency and outline. Symbols (like downward diag fill) are supported
· thematic maps (graduated and unique symbols) are supported for lines and polygons.

Requirements:

· Java

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· TrueType symbols
· multiple renderers per layer