[Mapserver-users] polygon label placement

[Tyler Mitchell]

I thought POSITION AUTO helped with this?  But maybe I'm dreaming..

> On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 14:54, Dean Gadoury wrote:
> > 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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