RFC 11: Curved Labels

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Great work guys! I look forward to this.

I couple of comments, which might be too detailed for the rfc, or not.

1) What is the behavior when the label extends beyond the feature?
2) Would it be appropriate to be able to control long labels on short 
features? - I know we don't do this today so it might be outside of scope.
3) What plans if any do you have to deal with right side up-ness of a 
label that is curved, I proposed a fast algorithm for that in the bug :) 
The problem being that while the first character rendered might be right 
side up, the remaining might be mostly upside down so a quick scan of 
the feature is needed to determine what is right side up.

Thanks Benj and Steve!

-Steve W.

Steve Lime wrote:
> Hi all: You may or may not know that a patch for curved label support
> just mysteriously appeared one morning a bit ago in bugzilla. Output
> is pretty impressive. I worked with the author on a few integration
> points (collision avoidance being the biggie) and an patched patch
> was submitted in the last week. (Thanks Benj!)
> 
> Anyway, we wrote up a quick RFC for your consideration. See:
> 
> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-11
> 
> Thanks- Steve
>