[mapserver-users] Problems with labels

[woodbri at swoodbridge.com]

James,

You can do one of two things to get labels.

1) if you want the point marker and the label then leave the TYPE as 
POINT but you need to add LABELITEM "dbf field name" to the LAYER and 
add a LABEL block to your CLASS block inside the LAYER block.

2) if you only want the label and not the point mark, then declare 
the TYPE as ANNOTATION and do the same as above.

-Steve

On 27 Sep 2002 at 10:30, James Anderson wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am a Mapserver Newbie. I have a mapinfo map with text labels. I have
> exported the mapinfo.tab file to shape files. I get a files like
> lt_text.shp and lt_polyline.shp
> 
> When I display the lt_polyline.shp in mapserver it displays fine. I
> use the line type. When I display the lt_text.shp in mapserver it
> draws points where the text would be. I am using the point type.
> 
> I need to be able to get mapserver to actually display the text 
> labels. How can I do this ?? I have tried various types for the 
> text shp file, but it either does not display the text or it makes an
> error and does not diplay the map.The dbf file that is alongside the
> shp file has all the labels in it. Can anyone help ??
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> James.
>