Time for action – adding a border and a centerline

On maps, major roads, such as highways, are often represented with a more complex symbol than a continuous colored line. You are going to use three line symbols to build a representation of highways:

1. Take the Rivers.xml file, make a copy to Roads.xml, and then edit the new file in your text editor.

2. Go to line 9 and replace the text inside the Name element with the following:

       <Name>Roads</Name>

3. Go to line 11 and replace the text inside the Title element with the following:

       <Title>Geoserver Beginners Guide: Roads complex symbol</Title>

4. At line 16, set the color to red:

       <CssParameter name="stroke">#FF0000</CssParameter>

5. At line 17, set the width to 5:

       <CssParameter name="stroke-width">5</CssParameter>

6. After line 13, insert a new LineSymbolizer section as in the following code fragment. Use a width of 7 and set the color to black. The black line will result as a border on both sides of...