missioncommand/mil-sym-js

Use with NATO APP-6(B)

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caporossi commented

Hi,
the project is very interesting.
Do you think it is possible to implement for NATO JOINT Symbology APP-6 (B).
Thanks for any info that you think can be useful for me.

Gianluca

ESRI Italy Defense Team

michael-spinelli commented

It's possible. It looks like APP-06(B) has a lot in common with 2525C. The issue is, unless I have a bad or old copy of the document, there are a number of symbols with different names and hierarchy but the same symbol ID. The assumption our renderer makes is that the symbol ID is unique. How do you handle symbols with the same ID?

Some examples are the symbols from 1.X.3.1.1.6.1.11 through 1.X.3.1.1.6.1.14. They're not in 2525C and they all share the symbol ID: S_G_UCEC--*****.

caporossi commented

ahahahaha
This is a good question, I do not have an answer at the moment, but turn the question to the team.

During the month of August I am on holiday and I hope to find a bit of time to study your code and portability in APP6.

caporossi commented

for the symbols:
1.X.3.1.1.4.6.1.1
1.X.3.1.1.4.6.1.2
1.X.3.1.1.4.6.1.3
1.X.3.1.1.5.10
1.X.3.1.1.6.1.11
1.X.3.1.1.6.1.12
1.X.3.1.1.6.1.13
1.X.3.1.1.6.1.14
1.X.3.1.1.7.7
1.X.3.1.1.7.8
1.X.3.1.1.11
1.X.3.1.2.9
1.X.3.1.3.3.15
1.X.3.1.3.4.8
1.X.3.1.5
1.X.3.1.6
1..X.3.2.2.3.2.1

They can be considered as errors in APP6.
The confirmation is that they are regarded as errors in MilSymbolLibrary.js.
You can find the library and documentation here http://spatialillusions.com/MilSymbolLibrary/index.html
In the FAQ you can see some considerations about wrong sic in APP6.

ciao

Gianluca

michael-spinelli commented

Well if someone on your side would like to do a diff and tell me going from 2525C to APP-06(B) what is new, what doesn't exist anymore, what looks different, and what has a name change. That would go a long way in helping me figure out how much of an effort it would be. For the most part, it'd just be a matter of editing xml and font files to add the new symbology for singlepoints. Multipoints might be more involved if there are differences there,

Since this is not something required by my project, this would be something I may add in my free time.
Also, I'll be doing something unrelated at work for the next 6 weeks so it may be a while before I look into this.