[mapserver-dev] Label positioning around points

Christy Nieman cnieman at dmsolutions.ca
Fri Sep 21 08:34:35 PDT 2012


I suppose then this brings back possibly having a user-defined "Auto" order?

On 09/21/2012 11:31 AM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> On 12-09-21 11:28 AM, Christy Nieman wrote:
>> I don't think they should be skipped, but UC and LC are, in my
>> experience, not ideal point label locations.  As far as I know, the 4
>> corners should be considered first (specific order is open for debate in
>> the reading I've done).
>>
>
> Actually, it may just be a matter of taste, but I am of the opposite 
> opinion. Looking at the two images attached to #4242, I find that the 
> labels in position UC look better than in *L or *R positions:
>
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/attachment/ticket/4249/label-placement-auto.png 
>
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/attachment/ticket/4249/label-placement-auto-new.png 
>
>



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