Labels that follow streets - like Google maps

[Bart van den Eijnden]

Hi Steve,

I think this would be a very much wanted feature for sure.

Is it final that there is not gonna be any integration with Label-EZ?

Cairo doesn't seem to have anything for this as well as far as I can see.

Best regards,
Bart

> Hi all,
>
> I love the way Google maps label their streets. The labels bend to
> follow the streets. What kind of interest is there from the community
> for this type of enhancement?
>
> I suppose that ideally the developers would like the GD folks or the
> Freetype folks to implement this, but it seems like about 2 years since
> I originally brought it up. There is at least one bug that covers this:
>
> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=206
> (this bug should probably be split into two separate items)
>
> I think that "label follows" should be raised in priority because the
> MapText project has gone away, and this would be a very good feature to
> have in mapserver. I'm not sure I would "spline" the label, as that is
> NOT what other implementations are doing and spline math is Way more
> complicated than plunking down characters that are aligned with the
> various street segments.
>
> So, in an effort to gage the community interest in this and hopefully
> get a developer to champion this cause, make yourself heard.
>
> -Steve W.
>