Chameleon Language Reference

Arrow - describes how one-way street arrows should be drawn.

Brush - fills an area of a map with either a solid color or an image.

Color - used by many objects to describe a color with optional translucency.

Font - used to describe how text should be rendered.

Symbol - the Icon, Dot, Box, Circle, and Square objects (interchangeable) may be used to draw symbols on a map.

Label - used to manage the placement of text on map features to prevent collision.

Pen - used to draw lines. A Pen may be of any Color and width and may have an option (eg, dashed) style.

Shield - used to render a shield on a street.

ShieldMap - maps a Shield (or another ShieldMap) to a street based on the street name or location.

Antialias - allows antialiasing to be switched on or off.

Assignment - used to assign values or objects to a variable.

Begin Lines / End Lines - cause render blocks that are placed between them to render lines.

Begin Map / End Map - contains the map rendering statements such as Clear, Begin Street / End Street, and so on.

Begin Points / End Points - cause render blocks that are placed between them to render points.

Begin Polygons / End Polygons - cause render blocks that are placed between them to render polygons.

Begin Streets / End Streets - cause render blocks that are placed between them to render streets.

Clear - clears the map, then fills the map with a solid color.

Country - allows country-specific rendering of map features.

Declare - sets a floating-point constant.

DrawZ - sets a block to render with z-level information. When active streets will be shown to cross over one another where appropriate.

Grid - controls the size of the label mask grid.

If - conditional execution of statements.

Index - controls the indexes that are used when a map is drawn. Can be used to restrict the features that are drawn.

Parameter - exposes a constant to usercode.

Property - sets a map property. Similar to Parameter.

Render - renders feature types on a map.