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symbol element

Draw symbols representing navigation points (VOR, NDB, fixes, VFR reporting points, …) with or without a text label.

ElementSymbol
AttributeFormatRemarks
idstringsymbol id used to draw the symbol (see symbols.xml)
textstringtext label
textposstringdefines at which location relative to the symbol the tag shall be drawn, possible values are: N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
latlatitudestring containing the latitude
lonlongitudestring containing the longitude
refpoint refstring containing the reference point id. (see points.xml)
xfloatcartesian X value (if lat/lon not used)
yfloatcartesian Y value (if lat/lon not used)
colorstringcolor id name
rbytecolor RGB value (0-255)
gbytecolor RGB value (0-255)
bbytecolor RGB value (0-255)

example

Draw VFR reporting points using a predefined symbol:

  <maps>
      <map id="VFR REP POINTS" name="VFR" threshold="150">
          <symbol id="vfr" text="TERNAT" lat="N0505216" lon="E0041014" color="VFR" />
          <symbol id="vfr" text="GRBIJG" lat="N0505231" lon="E0041626" color="VFR" />
          <symbol id="vfr" text="ATOM"   lat="N0505342" lon="E0042029" color="VFR" />
          <symbol id="vfr" text="BRUCAR" lat="N0505420" lon="E0042726" color="VFR" textpos="N" />
          <symbol id="vfr" text="PEUTIE" lat="N0505555" lon="E0042748" color="VFR" />
          <symbol id="vfr" text="MECH"   lat="N0510042" lon="E0042746" color="VFR" />
          <symbol id="vfr" text="ABMECH" lat="N0510117" lon="E0043023" color="VFR" textpos="W" />
          <symbol id="vfr" text="NOSSE"  lat="N0505210" lon="E0043038" color="VFR" />
          <symbol id="vfr" text="BERTEM" lat="N0505226" lon="E0043659" color="VFR" />
      </map>
  </maps>

A map containing VOR points based on the points.xml file:

  <maps>
      <map id="VOR" name="VOR">
          <symbol id="vor" text="BBE" ref="BBE" color="VOR"/>
          <symbol id="vor" text="BBL" ref="BBL" color="VOR"/>
          <symbol id="vor" text="AFI" ref="AFI" color="VOR"/>
          <symbol id="vor" text="BIG" ref="BIG" color="VOR"/>
          <symbol id="vor" text="BUB" ref="BUB" color="VOR"/>
          <symbol id="vor" text="BUN" ref="BUN" color="VOR"/>
      </map>
  </maps>

Use the tag attribute to avoid overlapping text labels