[mapserver-dev] Setting custom label position order...

[Jeff McKenna]

No objections here, looks like a useful enhancement.  I assume that the 
same logic applies as before for lines and polys (for polygons only 
cc,uc,lc,cl,cr are accepted, and for lines only lc,uc are accepted).


-jeff



On 2017-05-25 6:09 PM, Lime, Steve D (MNIT) wrote:
> I was putzing around with a need to be able to define label position
> order within the mapfile. Mu use case was that I had markers that were
> oriented to line work and if possible I wanted to use CC and then the
> other automatic placement if collisions occurred. So I tweaked mapdraw.c
> – the label cache code to add support for syntax like so:
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>   PROCESSING "LABEL_POSITIONS=CC,CL,CR,UC,UL,UR,LC,LL,LR"
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> So in this case we start at CC and so on… Works well enough but probably
> needs additional parameter support to help push subsequent positions
> away from the centered marker since you’re pretty much guaranteed
> overlap with this scheme (I’m forcing in my case so messy is ok). It’s
> usable with any feature type and POSITION AUTO so folks may have other uses.
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> Any objection to this addition? I’m not sure it’s RFC worthy…
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> Steve
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