[GRASSLIST:3365] Re: A question about labeling.

[Ben Logan]

On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 08:57:18AM -0700, Roger Miller wrote:
> On Sunday 24 March 2002 06:29, 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?
> 
> I wasn't aware of any way to attach labels to vectors so that they would need 
> to be positioned.  How are you doing that?  The process of "labeling" a 
> vector object in GRASS generally just means assigning the vector class an 
> attribute text.  You can read the label when you query an object, but it 
> isn't otherwise displayed.
> 
> You can place text on a map using the paint commands or with ps.map.  In 
> either case the labels are not attached to an object and they must be 
> positioned manually.  If you want to warp text around a curve then you would 
> have to place each character separately.

Ahhh...thanks.  That clears some things up.  I was misunderstanding
the function of labels in GRASS.  I thought (due to the d.vect.labels
command) that the attribute texts were what might appear on a finished
map as labels.  You've saved me some frustration. :)

Thanks,
Ben

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