[GRASSLIST:3370] Re: A question about labeling.

[Radim Blazek]

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?

Best position no, 
labels along line can be generated by v.label 
(but was (is?) only in MAIN branch, not in release branch)

Radim

>
> Thanks,
> Ben