label rounded with a circle

[Gary Watry]

I am not 100% sure but you might be able to use the overlay function in the
class within a layer
I use this to draw shields and circles under highway numbers
It may not be sweet but it works.
If this is what you have in mind

LAYER
   NAME "roads"
   DATA	"d:\mapdata\transportation/Interstatesl250K"
   STATUS on
   TYPE annotation
   LABELCACHE on
   LABELITEM "Number"
   MAXSCALE 8000000
   CLASS
      STYLE
          SYMBOL "Interstate"
          SIZE 21
          COLOR 0 0 245
          OFFSET 0 6
      END
      OVERLAYSYMBOL "Interstate1"
      OVERLAYSIZE 21
      OVERLAYCOLOR 255 0 0
      LABEL
        TYPE truetype
        FONT 'arial'
        SIZE 7
        COLOR 255 255 255
        MINFEATURESIZE 50
        OFFSET 0 6
      END
   END
END
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Gary L. Watry

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Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies
FSU / COAPS
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-----Original Message-----
From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
Behalf Of Lowell.Filak
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 2:41 PM
To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] label rounded with a circle

Miguel de la Fuente writes: 

> Hello, 
> 
> does anybody know how to put a circle around the labels in MapServer? An
> example please?

Miguel, 

 From what I understand you need to label it twice, once with a circle and 
once with the real label. There is the ability to provide a mask but not a 
"circle" mask. Come to think of it do you really want a circle or more like 
an oval? 

Lowell