SHP point to line

[antti siukola]

Thanks!!!!

How come I haven't seen that before... probably just too close BUT
great thanks! :)

AnttiS

On 8/15/06, Eijnden, Bart van den (AGI) <b.vdeijnden at agi.rws.minvenw.nl> wrote:
> Have a look at LABELANGLEITEM in the MAP file reference.
>
> Best regards,
> Bart
>
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> [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU]Namens antti siukola
> Verzonden: dinsdag 15 augustus 2006 9:11
> Aan: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Onderwerp: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] SHP point to line
>
>
> Hi!
>
> I have a layer (SHP) containing street names that is presented in
> points. All these points have an angle defined and a column for the
> street name. I wan't to read the street name and use the angle for
> drawing the string.
> "Do you have an angle column in the shape file that you want to use for
> the orientation of the label?" - YES
>
> I also have a shape-file in LINE format that defines the angle but
> doesn't contain the street names so is there a way to merge these
> layers or something?
>
> Antti S
>
> On 8/14/06, Stephen Woodbridge <woodbri at swoodbridge.com> wrote:
> > antti siukola wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > Is it possible to get angle data from a shp file that is point information?
> > > The shp contains the data but I can't get it automatically out of
> > > there. LABEL docs say that ANGLE can automatically computed only from
> > > LINE information but is there another way?
> >
> > Antti,
> >
> > What is the angle of a point?
> > Can you explain what you are trying to do?
> > Do you have an angle column in the shape file that you want to use for
> > the orientation of the label?
> >
> > -Steve
> >
> > > Antti S
> > >
> > > On 8/8/06, antti siukola <siukola.antti at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Hi!
> > >>
> > >> I have a shp-file that contains a lot of point information. Is there a
> > >> way I could translate this to lines? Should this even work? The thing
> > >> is that the layer contains street names that are connected to these
> > >> points but then I can't get the angle information out of the shp
> > >> automatically since it only works with lines.
> > >>
> > >> Cheers!
> > >>
> > >> Antti S
> > >>
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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