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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Simple question, but I am not sure how best to word it. Since we all love maps, I have a diagram below.<o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Create some points along a polyline. Easy using “Points along Gemoetry”<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Display and label the points and put a rotation on the labels and justify as needed (middle right in this case)<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What I want to do is shift the label out from the point slightly. That’s easy if using Offset X and Y, but it does exactly as expected and moves them X and Y, NOT accounting for the angle.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m guessing I would need to use Data Defined X and Y and do some trigonometry using the angle and distance to calculate the new preferred label position. Does anybody have code to do this?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A simple workaround I did use was to just pad a few spaces to the end of the label (ie “FIELD NAME” || ‘ ‘)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=368 height=451 style='width:3.8333in;height:4.6979in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.png@01D76F2D.EC0549E0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Tony<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Tony Shepherd</span></b><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> </span><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>|</span></b><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> GeoSpatial / Mapping Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Ph 027 435 6193 </span><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>|</span></b><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> E </span><a href="mailto:tony@farmmaps.nz"><span style='color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>tony@farmmaps.nz</span></a><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>FarmMaps NZ, 3 Kerwood Place, Gore 9740<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://tonyshepherd8.wixsite.com/home"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=157 height=34 style='width:1.6354in;height:.3541in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01D76F2D.EC0549E0"></span></b></a><a href="https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=ISTLGORE2"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=170 height=37 style='width:1.7708in;height:.3854in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image004.png@01D76F2D.EC0549E0"></span></b></a><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>