[Therion] Mining symbols?

[Christian Rößler]

Am Sonntag, 8. Mai 2016, 08:27:56 schrieb Bruce <bruce at tomo.co.nz>:

>> I remember faintly that some years ago, when I used Therion for a bit
>> (but did not progress further as centreline output) there was a
>> discussion about mining symbols for Therion. I lost these Mails;
>> archive says 2007. I think this would broaden the applicability of
>> Therion to mine explorers.
> I remember.
> http://search.gmane.org/?query=mine+mining&author=&group=gmane.comp.gis.
> therion&sort=relevance&DEFAULTOP=or&xP=Zmine&xFILTERS=
>  Gcomp.gis.therion---A

Yes, these they were.

>> Has, by any chance, work progressed in this field, as I could not find
>> anything via web/wiki search? If not, how can I help?
> Not as far as I know.

>> Until then, is there a possibility I can insert a free hand draw of,
>> say, a shaft symbol (which would be more of an area)?
> 
> No, images can be inserted, but they are located relative to the page,
> not to the survey.  And background pencil sketches can be displayed, so
> you could redraw bits of your map in pencil (or another software
> package)and insert the bitmap as a background sketch.  Both terrible
> hacks, lets just say the answer is no.

Understood. A pity (for miner's needs), but then I…

> You can take existing symbols and rename and change them to your liking.
> Refer to
> http://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php/therion_symbols_20130407
> _.pdf for a list of built-in symbols
> Refer to http://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/doku.php/metapost for some other
> symbols and guidance on how to make or adjust for your own use.

… just will work into the metapost link; I think bet starting point for me 
would be 'overloading' existing symbols, as you mentioned.

> Perhaps there are other mine explorers who have done this already?

I would like to know that also:)

Best regards, Christian