[Geomoose-users] Curved labels and libgd or gd.

[Brent Fraser]

That means Mapserver is not sending back an image (but is likely sending
back an error message).  You could turn set DEBUG 5 in the LAYER (and
you'll likely need to set the MAP's CONFIG MS_ERRORFILE 
"\ms4w\tmp\mserror.txt") to see if it reports a error.  Or you could use
an HTTP sniffer like smartsniff to view the conversation between Geomoose
and mapserver.

Brent


> Yes I use vera_sans which happens to be in the fontset.list but then the
> background goes pinkish, you know.
>
>> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:44:27 -0700
>> Subject: RE: [Geomoose-users] Curved labels and libgd or gd.
>> From: bfraser at geoanalytic.com
>> To: franzzoa at hotmail.com
>>
>> Sounds like the problem is with TrueType fonts.  What do you specify for
>> the font name?  Is it in the fonts\fontset.list?  What is your MAP ->
>> FONTSET pointing to?
>>
>> >
>> > Yes Brent Here is portion of my map file that is supposed to do the
>> lines
>> > and the labels. The shapefile is of a line type.
>> >
>> >   LAYER
>> >     NAME 'demoroads2'
>> >     TYPE LINE
>> >     DATA 'C:\ms4w\apps\geomoose2\maps\demo\countydata\demoroads.shp'
>> >     METADATA
>> >       'wms_title' 'demoroads'
>> >     END
>> >     STATUS DEFAULT
>> >     TRANSPARENCY 100
>> >     PROJECTION
>> >     'proj=longlat'
>> >     'ellps=WGS84'
>> >     'datum=WGS84'
>> >     'no_defs'
>> >     END
>> > CLASS
>> >   EXPRESSION ('[ROADCLASS]' eq 'C')
>> >
>> >   STYLE
>> >     COLOR 255 0 0
>> >     SYMBOL 'plainline'
>> >     SIZE 2
>> >     MINSIZE 1
>> >     MAXSIZE 4
>> >   END
>> >
>> >
>> > END
>> > END
>> >
>> >
>> > #and then I use an annotation layer to add the labels
>> >
>> >         LAYER # Road layer
>> >         NAME road_labels
>> >         DATA
>> 'C:\ms4w\apps\geomoose2\maps\demo\countydata\demoroads.shp'
>> >         STATUS ON
>> >         TYPE annotation
>> >         MAXSCALEDENOM 2834
>> >         MINSCALEDENOM 1400
>> >         LABELITEM 'ROAD_NAME'
>> >         LABELCACHE ON
>> >
>> >         CLASS
>> >         LABEL
>> >
>> >         COLOR 144 250 0
>> >
>> >         BUFFER 4
>> >         ANGLE AUTO
>> >        END
>> >          END
>> > END  # End of Road layer
>> >
>> > Now,
>> > the above works fine and shows the lines and labels but once I add
>> > ANGLE FOLLOW and/or TYPE TRUETYPE everything disappears. So what can I
>> > do to see the labels whowing and following the line direction?
>> >
>> > Cheers.
>> >
>> > Franz Okyere.
>> >  GIS Specialist
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:36:55 -0700
>> >> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Curved labels and libgd or gd.
>> >> From: bfraser at geoanalytic.com
>> >> To: franzzoa at hotmail.com
>> >> CC: geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>> >>
>> >> libgd is not important to ANGLE FOLLOW (at least not that I'm aware
>> of).
>> >> Are your labels using a TrueType font (not bitmapped)?  When you say
>> >> they
>> >> don't align, does that mean they are only horizontal?  Are the layers
>> >> you
>> >> are trying to label TYPE LINE?
>> >>
>> >> Best Regards,
>> >> Brent Fraser
>> >>
>> >> > Hi All, I need to find out whether I have libgd with my mapserver
>> >> > installation- I'm using gm2 on ms2.3.1. as my labels don't align
>> with
>> >> my
>> >> > line feature even after I have used angle follow in my mapfile.
>> I've
>> >> > downloaded the gd-2.0.33-1 binaries but honestly i'm not sure what
>> i'm
>> >> > doing with them. Can anyone help! Thanks. Franz Okyere. GIS
>> >> SPECIALIST.
>> >> >
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