[mapguide-users] Highway Shields with new cartographic styling options

[Christy Nieman]

Hello,

I'm working with data where one road can be represented by many 
segments.  I am trying to display highway shields along the roads in a 
consistent manner.  The problem I've run into is that in some places 
many shields are drawn and in others none are drawn.  By creating 
several scale ranges and adjusting the StartOffset and Repeat values at 
each scale, I've been able to create a map where the number of shields 
is usually acceptable, however I still have some areas with many and 
others with none.  I have DrawLast, CheckExclusionRegion and 
AddToExclusionRegion set to True in the LayerDefinition.

I believe the problem I am encountering is that MapGuide treats each 
segment individually, and therefore if the shield will fit in on the 
line with the specified StartOffset value it will be drawn, regardless 
of how close it is to a shield on nearby segments.  Can anyone confirm 
this?  Is anyone know there a way to specify a distance other than 
StartOffset and Repeat to create consistent spacing between the shields? 

Thanks,
Christy