[Mapserver-users] Autonumbering of labels?

[Doug]

Stephen Woodbridge wrote:

> Doug wrote:
> 
>> The reason we're trying to stay away from MapScript is the thread 
>> safety issues we've been reading about.  That and the fact that we do 
>> all of our application coding in Java, for which there doesn't appear 
>> to be any standard, accepted implementation.
>>
>> So how to people use MapScript anyway if it's not thread safe?  Always 
>> as separate CGI processes?
> 
> 
> Yes, PHP is required to run as a CGI process and likewise for Perl (ie: 
> you can not run it as an apache module or mod_perl application).
> 
> So what are your requirements regarding autonumbering and label collisions?
> 
> -Steve W.

If I understand what you're asking, I think we want to show all labels 
all the time, even if they collide.  Or even if some hid others, we 
wouldn't want to re-order the numbers.

Doug