label rounded with a circle

[Andy Canfield]

Here is what I did to put a label on a circle. My Layer definition
looks like this:
                    LAYER
  			NAME "TAPS"
  			METADATA
    			"DESCRIPTION"   "TAPS"
    			"RESULT_FIELDS" "MAP VALUE TYPE"
  			END
  			TYPE POINT
  			LABELITEM "VALUE"
  			STATUS OFF
  			DATA "TAPS"
  			CLASSITEM "TYPE"
  			CLASS
  				TEMPLATE "ttt_query.html"
  				LABEL
      				COLOR  0 0 0
      				FONT fritqat
      				TYPE truetype
      				SIZE 6
      				FORCE true
      				POSITION cc
      				PARTIALS FALSE
    			END
      			EXPRESSION /2$/
    			COLOR  255 255 255
    			OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
    			SIZE 12
    			SYMBOL "circle"
  			END
                    END
and my "circle" symbol definition looks like:
                SYMBOL
  			NAME "circle"
  			TYPE ellipse
  			FILLED true
  			POINTS
    			25 25
  			END
		END

On 11/30/05, Lowell.Filak <lfilak at medinaco.org> wrote:
> 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
>