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10. ArcGIS® Renderers and Symbols Supported
ArcGIS® supports several layer renderers and symbol types. In this paragraph an overview of supported renderers and possible limitations during conversion to Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) files are listed. The conversion is optimized for GeoServer supporting some of the SLD extensions that are provided, like dynamic symbolizers and chart renderers.
Although using GeoServer SLD extensions helps to create a high quality SLD, they will not always give the exact same result as the ArcGIS Desktop® symbology. The GeoServer SLD extensions are continuously improved, but there are the following limitations:
- Fonts used in symbols of the layers configured in ArcGIS Desktop® should be available on the GeoServer map server. This is not always the case. The SLD engine maps a set of Esri® default font symbols to Webdings and Wingdings font symbols. These fonts should then be available on the server running GeoServer.
Feature layers
Feature layer renderers
Renderer |
Supported |
Features |
Single Symbol |
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Categories |
Unique values |
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Unique values, many fields |
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Match to symbols in a style |
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Quantities |
Graduated colors |
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Graduated symbols |
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Proportional symbols |
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Dot density |
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Charts |
Pie |
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Bar/Column |
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Stacked |
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Multiple attributes |
Quantity by category |
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Point symbols
Symbol type |
Supported |
Character marker symbol |
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Simple Marker symbol |
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Picture Marker Symbol |
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Arrow Marker Symbol |
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Line symbols
Symbol type |
Supported |
Cartographic line symbol |
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Hash line symbol |
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Marker line symbol |
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Picture line symbol |
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Simple line symbol |
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Polygon symbols
Symbol type |
Supported |
Line fill symbol |
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Marker fill symbol |
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Picture fill symbol |
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Simple fill symbol |
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Labeling
Symbol type |
Supported |
Halo |
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Multiple fields labeling |
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Rotation |
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Raster layers
Raster layer renderers
Symbol type |
Supported |
Unique values |
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Classified |
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Stretched |
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Color map |
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Discrete color |
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