[GRASSLIST:3962] Re: A question about labeling

[Markus Neteler]

On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 10:58:26AM +0200, Radim Blazek wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 June 2002 06:33 pm, Steve Kimball wrote:
> > On Sunday 24 March 2002 02:29 pm, Ben Logan wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > My question is regarding the positioning of labels.  Once I have
> > > labels attached to a vector map, do I have to position each one
> > > manually?  For example, if I am labeling roads with their names and
> > > numbers, I want the labels to clearly identify the roads.  It would be
> > > good if long names could follow the curvature of the roads.  In tight
> > > spots, there might be a leader arrow pointing to a road segment that
> > > allows the label to be moved into a more open area.  What I'm talking
> > > about is pretty much standard for printed maps, e.g. county maps, or
> > > even the online maps available through Yahoo.
> > >
> > > Does each label have to be manually positioned, or is there a piece of
> > > software that can determine the best position for the labels?
> 
> v.label: http://mpa.itc.it/radim/g50/lab.pdf
> (the position is not best; no arrows)

This command was missing in the list of modules, I have
added it.

See the man pages here:
http://grass.itc.it/gdp/html_grass5/html/v.label.html

Markus