Ok, thanks a lot.<br>I found the solution using MapInfo Universal Translator as you describe and it creates 3 fields, with text, size and angle.<br>With ogr2ogr I couldn't reach a usefully shape.<br><br>Problem solved.<br>
Thanks again.<br><br>Best Regards,<br><br>Fred<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/2/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Siki Zoltan</b> <<a href="mailto:siki@agt.bme.hu">siki@agt.bme.hu</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Shape file cannot store text features. When ogr2ogr convert mapinfo text<br>features to shape file it changes text to point shape features.<br>My layer definition is usefull if you have line features which gives the<br>insertion points and directions of texts. I usually use MapInfo Universal
<br>translator to create such shapes :(<br>Another solution could be to have point features and direction attribute<br>beside the text to display.<br><br>Unfortunatelly I cannot tell you how to reach that shape with ogr2ogr :(
<br><br>Zoltan<br><br>On Tue, 2 May 2006, Frederico Lucca wrote:<br><br>> Thanks for the help, but I think the problem is that the text i have in my<br>> mapinfo file don't have a text field to display. The feature is a text.
<br>> Maybe the problem is how to translate it to a shape file.<br>> I already try to use:<br>><br>> ogr2ogr -f "ESRI Shapefile" -nlt POINT shp/TB.shp TB.TAB<br>> ogr2ogr -f "ESRI Shapefile" shp/TB.shp
TB.TAB<br>><br>> But I have always the same problem.<br>><br>> Using OGR everything is ok...<br>><br>> #STYLEITEM "auto"<br>> #CONNECTIONTYPE ogr<br>> #CONNECTION "/var/www/maps/TB.TAB"
<br>><br>> But according to Frank, I need a thread-safe environment and OGR is not<br>> really threadsafe.<br>><br>> Thanks in advance,<br>><br>> Fred<br>><br>> On 5/2/06, Siki Zoltan <<a href="mailto:siki@agt.bme.hu">
siki@agt.bme.hu</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > Hi Frederico,<br>> ><br>> > Tra something like this<br>> ><br>> > LAYER<br>> > NAME "sample"<br>> > DATA "path/to/your/shape"
<br>> > STATUS ON<br>> > TYPE ANNOTATION<br>> > LABELITEM "text_field_to_display"<br>> > LABELMAXSCALE 8001<br>> > SYMBOLSCALE 2000 # you need it for scaleable labels
<br>> > CLASS<br>> > LABEL<br>> > COLOR 240 150 5<br>> > SIZE 7<br>> > POSITION CC<br>> > FONT my_font # defined in your FONTSET file
<br>> > TYPE TRUETYPE<br>> > ANGLE AUTO<br>> > END<br>> > END<br>> > END<br>> ><br>> > I hope this helps you
<br>> ><br>> > Zoltan<br>> ><br>> > On Tue, 2 May 2006, Frederico Lucca wrote:<br>> ><br>> > > Hello all,<br>> > ><br>> > > I have a mapinfo text layer and i need to view it on the map.
<br>> > > I use ogr2ogr to convert to esri shape format and put in my mapfile but<br>> > i<br>> > > can't see the layer.<br>> > > I have a multi-thread environment, then i don't want to use OGR, because
<br>> > of<br>> > > mutex.<br>> > ><br>> > > LAYER<br>> > > NAME TB<br>> > > TYPE annotation<br>> > > #STYLEITEM "auto"<br>> > > #CONNECTIONTYPE ogr
<br>> > > #CONNECTION "/var/www/maps/TB.TAB"<br>> > > DATA "/var/www/maps/shp/TB"<br>> > > STATUS DEFAULT<br>> > > MINSCALE 1<br>> > > MAXSCALE 50000<br>
> > > CLASS<br>> > > COLOR 255 0 0<br>> > > OUTLINECOLOR 171 158 137<br>> > > END<br>> > > END<br>> > ><br>> > > Thanks in advance.<br>> > ><br>
> > > Fred<br>> > ><br>> > > --<br>> > > "Everything under the sun is in tune<br>> > > But the sun is eclipsed by the moon"<br>> > ><br>> ><br>> >
<br>><br>><br>> --<br>> "Everything under the sun is in tune<br>> But the sun is eclipsed by the moon"<br>><br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>"Everything under the sun is in tune
<br>But the sun is eclipsed by the moon"