[Mapserver-dev] AUTO label placement

[jorodrig at sfwmd.gov]

The only solution I found is to force the lable to a desired position 
via :position UR or UL etc.  This also stops duplicate labels.  Look 
closely, you may actually be seeing a duplicate when you do a query, 
its not that the label is not aligning.  
Jospeh

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris G. Nicholas" <cgn at globexplorer.com>
Date: Thursday, August 28, 2003 1:36 pm
Subject: [Mapserver-dev] AUTO label placement

> I am playing a bit here with a street database loaded into 
> PostGIS, trying to get street labeling to align with the road 
> segments; attached is what I'm getting.  Just wondering what it 
> takes to get the alignment to kick in...
> 
> thanks in advance!
> 
> Chris Nicholas
> GlobeXplorer
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> 
> My mapfile has a layer definition like:  
> 
>        LAYER
>                PROJECTION
>                        "init=epsg:4326"
>                END
>                                                                   
>           
>                CONNECTIONTYPE postgis
>                NAME "streets"
>                MAXSCALE 6000000
>                CONNECTION "user=mapmaker dbname=gextest host=pogo"
>                DATA "the_geom from streets USING SRID=4326"
>                STATUS ON
>                TYPE LINE
>                LABELITEM "name"
>                LABELCACHE ON
>                CLASS
>                        LABEL
>                                MINDISTANCE 50
>                                ANGLE AUTO
>                                POSITION AUTO
>                                COLOR 155 155 155
>                                BUFFER 10
>                        END
>                END
>        END
>                                                                   
>           
> 
> 
>