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I'm trying to symbolize a line layer in CartoDB using CartoCSS. I need my line to be a series of diagonal lines, something like this -> /////////////
In QGIS I would do this as a marker line with a straight line set at an angle for the marker. However, I can't figure out whether such functionality is present in CartoCSS. I can't see anything in the documentation for marker lines. Is this not possible?
I recommend you to take a look at this nice tutorial about styling lines in CartoCSS: https://www.mapbox.com/tilemill/docs/guides/styling-lines/
I have done some tests in my CartoDB account, and this CartoCSS does something similar to what you need to obtain:
#untitled_table {
::line, ::hatch { line-color: #FF6600; }
::line { line-width:0; }
::hatch {
line-width: 4;
line-dasharray: 1, 4;
}
}
If you need something more custom, you might want to try with the parameter line-pattern-file in CartoCSS to add your own pattern as the tutorial suggests :-)
