[Geomoose-users] Curved labels and libgd or gd.

[FRANZ OKYERE]

Yes I use vera_sans which happens to be in the fontset.list but then the background goes pinkish, you know. 

> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:44:27 -0700
> Subject: RE: [Geomoose-users] Curved labels and libgd or gd.
> From: bfraser at geoanalytic.com
> To: franzzoa at hotmail.com
> 
> Sounds like the problem is with TrueType fonts.  What do you specify for
> the font name?  Is it in the fonts\fontset.list?  What is your MAP ->
> FONTSET pointing to?
> 
> >
> > Yes Brent Here is portion of my map file that is supposed to do the lines
> > and the labels. The shapefile is of a line type.
> >
> >   LAYER
> >     NAME 'demoroads2'
> >     TYPE LINE
> >     DATA 'C:\ms4w\apps\geomoose2\maps\demo\countydata\demoroads.shp'
> >     METADATA
> >       'wms_title' 'demoroads'
> >     END
> >     STATUS DEFAULT
> >     TRANSPARENCY 100
> >     PROJECTION
> >     'proj=longlat'
> >     'ellps=WGS84'
> >     'datum=WGS84'
> >     'no_defs'
> >     END
> > CLASS
> >   EXPRESSION ('[ROADCLASS]' eq 'C')
> >
> >   STYLE
> >     COLOR 255 0 0
> >     SYMBOL 'plainline'
> >     SIZE 2
> >     MINSIZE 1
> >     MAXSIZE 4
> >   END
> >
> >
> > END
> > END
> >
> >
> > #and then I use an annotation layer to add the labels
> >
> >         LAYER # Road layer
> >         NAME road_labels
> >         DATA 'C:\ms4w\apps\geomoose2\maps\demo\countydata\demoroads.shp'
> >         STATUS ON
> >         TYPE annotation
> >         MAXSCALEDENOM 2834
> >         MINSCALEDENOM 1400
> >         LABELITEM 'ROAD_NAME'
> >         LABELCACHE ON
> >
> >         CLASS
> >         LABEL
> >
> >         COLOR 144 250 0
> >
> >         BUFFER 4
> >         ANGLE AUTO
> >        END
> >          END
> > END  # End of Road layer
> >
> > Now,
> > the above works fine and shows the lines and labels but once I add
> > ANGLE FOLLOW and/or TYPE TRUETYPE everything disappears. So what can I
> > do to see the labels whowing and following the line direction?
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Franz Okyere.
> >  GIS Specialist
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:36:55 -0700
> >> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Curved labels and libgd or gd.
> >> From: bfraser at geoanalytic.com
> >> To: franzzoa at hotmail.com
> >> CC: geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> >>
> >> libgd is not important to ANGLE FOLLOW (at least not that I'm aware of).
> >> Are your labels using a TrueType font (not bitmapped)?  When you say
> >> they
> >> don't align, does that mean they are only horizontal?  Are the layers
> >> you
> >> are trying to label TYPE LINE?
> >>
> >> Best Regards,
> >> Brent Fraser
> >>
> >> > Hi All, I need to find out whether I have libgd with my mapserver
> >> > installation- I'm using gm2 on ms2.3.1. as my labels don't align with
> >> my
> >> > line feature even after I have used angle follow in my mapfile. I've
> >> > downloaded the gd-2.0.33-1 binaries but honestly i'm not sure what i'm
> >> > doing with them. Can anyone help! Thanks. Franz Okyere. GIS
> >> SPECIALIST.
> >> >
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