[OpenLayers-Users] Avoiding label collisions

[Andreas Hocevar]

Hey,

OpenLayers does not do any label collision management. If you want
nice labels, you might want to consider rendering your data on a
server (WMS, e.g. GeoServer or MapServer).

Andreas.

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Nathan Wiebe <nwiebe at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I've got a project using OpenLayers that shows units driving around to
> various locations on a map.  These I'm using 5 different
> OpenLayers.Layer.Vector layers from GeoRSS feeds to display different kinds
> of units.  The base layer of the map is static prerendered tiles.    I'm
> having trouble with the labels for the units and location overlapping making
> things unreadable.  I've tried placing for one type of unit above the
> marker, and placing labels for other types of units below the marker, but
> the labels end up overlapping anyway as the units move around.
>
> Is there any kind of label collision avoidance I can convince OL to do for
> me?  Any other easy solutions?
>
> --
> Nathan Wiebe
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