[Gdal-dev] OGR: how to get information about font name in style string for point features

[ksa]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Warmerdam" <warmerdam at pobox.com>
To: "ksa" <nil5-ksa at yandex.ru>
Cc: "gdal-dev" <gdal-dev at remotesensing.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Gdal-dev] OGR: how to get information about font name in style
string for point features


> ksa wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using ogr1.2.1 on Linux Slackware 9.1. I've got some difficulties in
> > getting
> > style of point features.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have follow MIF file:
> >
> > --top of MIF file
> > Version 300
> > Charset "WindowsCyrillic"
> > Delimiter ","
> > CoordSys Earth Projection 1, 0
> > Columns 2
> >   ID Integer
> >   Code Char(8)
> > Data
> >
> > Point 36.145654 54.531409
> >     Symbol (45,0,10,"MapInfo Weather",0,0)
> > --end of MIF file
> >
> >
> >
> > So, I have follow style string (by calling
OGRFeature::getStyleString()):
> >
> > SYMBOL(a:0,c:#000000,s:10pt,id:"mapinfo-sym-45.ogr-sym-8").
> >
> >
> >
> > There is no information about font name in that style string. How I can
get
> > information about font name? MIF-file contains the information about
font
> > name ("MapInfo Weather").
> >
> > How I can get information about font name?
>
> Sergey,
>
> It appears the font information is lost even though it should properly be
> carried into the style string.  I would encourage you to file a bug report
> against GDAL's mapinfo driver about this, including an attached mid/mif
file
> set that demonstrates the problem.
>
> The bad news is that we are someone backlogged on mapinfo related issues
and
> it is unlikely to be resolved for a while.  The Mapinfo driver is fairly
> complicated and it takes some serious effort to get into the right
"headspace"
> to make fixes to the style related stuff.   I don't forsee Daniel or I
doing
> that in the near future and the original author of the .mid/mif section is
> no longer involved.
>
> If your need is sufficiently compelling, you could fund a bit of time to
> fix this particular issue or look into preparing a patch yourself (though
> this is a complicated area).
>
> Best regards,
>
> --
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>
>

Hi, Frank.

It is really important for me to receive this information somehow. Can you
prompt me in what classes it's really necessary to make changes to receive
this information?

Thankful in advance.