[Mapserver-users] polygon label placement

[Dean Gadoury]

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Hi,
Every now and then I need to label polygons in MapServer and I'm often 
unsatisfied with the resulting placement. Labeling is fine for points 
and lines, but when it comes to polygons it can be unpredictable. I've 
attached an image produced by MapServer in which the label for Florida 
is in an odd location. Does anyone have any insight into how MapServer 
decides where to place labels in polygons?

If I'm not mistaken the POSITION parameter will only place the label 
relative to the point at which MapServer decides the label will go. 
Depending on the label's POSITION its quite possible to have labels that 
fall completely outside a polygon. Is there a way to force labels to be 
within a polygon? Is there anything else I'm missing?

In the attached image the label position is CC and the label is way up 
on the FL/AL border.

Dean

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Dean Gadoury

DM Solutions Group
30 Rosemount Ave. Suite 200
Ottawa, Ontario. K1Y 1P4
613.565.5056 ext. 24

dgadoury at dmsolutions.ca
www.dmsolutions.ca


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