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

Dan Little danlittle at yahoo.com
Mon Nov 23 11:37:57 EST 2009 

I find using Firefox's "Tools" -> "page Info" menu then looking in the media tab to be the easiest way to go.

You'll scroll down the list until you see the URL that refers to the image (which should be in italics to indicate it is "broken"), then copy the url and open it up in a new tab/window.


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>From: FRANZ OKYERE <franzzoa at hotmail.com>
>To: geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>Sent: Mon, November 23, 2009 7:07:46 AM
>Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Curved labels and libgd or gd.
>
> >I'll try that and see how it goes.  Thanks.
>
>> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:43:50 -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
>> 
>> 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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