[mapserver-dev] drop shadow for labels

[Stephen Woodbridge]

On 5/21/2017 1:54 PM, Tamas Szekeres wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Could someone explain how to configure drop shadow for label in 
> mapserver 7.x ?
> It looks like the SHADOWCOLOR/SHADOWSIZE implementation has been 
> stripped from the code and I'm not sure what replaces that option.
> The documentation is very brief in this regard.

BACKGROUNDCOLOR [r] [g] [b] | [hexadecimal string]

     Color to draw a background rectangle (i.e. billboard). Off by default.

     Note

     Removed in 6.0. Use a LABEL STYLE object with GEOMTRANSFORM 
labelpoly and COLOR.
BACKGROUNDSHADOWCOLOR [r] [g] [b] | [hexadecimal string]

     Color to draw a background rectangle (i.e. billboard) shadow. Off 
by default.

     Note

     Removed in 6.0. Use a LABEL STYLE object with GEOMTRANSFORM 
labelpoly, COLOR and OFFSET.
BACKGROUNDSHADOWSIZE [x][y]

     How far should the background rectangle be offset? Default is 1.

     Note

     Removed in 6.0. Use a LABEL STYLE object with GEOMTRANSFORM 
labelpoly, COLOR and OFFSET.

http://mapserver.org/mapfile/label.html#label-style

STYLE
   GEOMTRANSFORM 'labelpoly'
   COLOR 153 153 153
   OFFSET 3 2
END # STYLE
STYLE
   GEOMTRANSFORM 'labelpoly'
   COLOR 255 0 0
END # STYLE

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