[mapguide-users] Overlapping labels for points

Andrew DeMerchant andrew.demerchant at gemtec.ca
Tue Dec 4 09:34:14 EST 2007


Hmm. Maybe something to try would be turning on symbols....to see if 
it's a bug that only occurs when you've got no symbols showing, but do 
have labels.

Andrew


Christy Nieman wrote:
> Assuming that Studio is reporting correctly, "Labels are fixed (not 
> dynamic)" and "Allow other labels to obscure feature symbols on this 
> layer" are not checked.  In the XML files AllowOverpost is false.  I'm 
> not certain, but I believe the problem only happens when there are no 
> symbols being displayed with the labels (i.e. I have it set so that 
> when at large scales, there are no symbols drawn, just the city name 
> labels).
>
> Christy
>
> Andrew DeMerchant wrote:
>> Am I right in saying that your layers labels are not 'dynamic'? In MG 
>> Studio, in the same area that you edit your label settings, you can 
>> specify some additional settings....If you set them to be dynamic, 
>> they shouldn't overlap - but that will cause some to not show up, 
>> until you zoom in.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>>
>> Christy Nieman wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I've been working with MapGuide OS for some time now and I've 
>>> noticed a problem with labels for points overlapping.  I have 
>>> attached an image with an example of the problem I'm having.  The 
>>> Layers were created with MG Studio, and I'm using MGOS 1.2.
>>>
>>> While the attached image shows labels from several layers (same SDF 
>>> feature source, different attribute filters), I have confirmed that 
>>> the problem also happens with labels in the same layer.  Has anyone 
>>> seen this before?  Is there a solution?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Christy
>>>
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