Problems showing mapInfo text layer without OGR {Scanned} {Scanned} {Scanned}

[Frederico Lucca]

Ok, thanks a lot.
I found the solution using MapInfo Universal Translator as you describe and
it creates 3 fields, with text, size and angle.
With ogr2ogr I couldn't reach a usefully shape.

Problem solved.
Thanks again.

Best Regards,

Fred

On 5/2/06, Siki Zoltan <siki at agt.bme.hu> wrote:
>
> Shape file cannot store text features. When ogr2ogr convert mapinfo text
> features to shape file it changes text to point shape features.
> My layer definition is usefull if you have line features which gives the
> insertion points and directions of texts. I usually use MapInfo Universal
> translator to create such shapes :(
> Another solution could be to have point features and direction attribute
> beside the text to display.
>
> Unfortunatelly I cannot tell you how to reach that shape with ogr2ogr :(
>
> Zoltan
>
> On Tue, 2 May 2006, Frederico Lucca wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the help, but I think the problem is that the text i have in
> my
> > mapinfo file don't have a text field to display. The feature is a text.
> > Maybe the problem is how to translate it to a shape file.
> > I already try to use:
> >
> > ogr2ogr -f "ESRI Shapefile" -nlt POINT shp/TB.shp TB.TAB
> > ogr2ogr -f "ESRI Shapefile" shp/TB.shp TB.TAB
> >
> > But I have always the same problem.
> >
> > Using OGR everything is ok...
> >
> > #STYLEITEM "auto"
> > #CONNECTIONTYPE ogr
> > #CONNECTION "/var/www/maps/TB.TAB"
> >
> > But according to Frank, I need a thread-safe environment and OGR is not
> > really threadsafe.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Fred
> >
> > On 5/2/06, Siki Zoltan <siki at agt.bme.hu> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Frederico,
> > >
> > > Tra something like this
> > >
> > > LAYER
> > >         NAME "sample"
> > >         DATA "path/to/your/shape"
> > >         STATUS ON
> > >         TYPE ANNOTATION
> > >         LABELITEM "text_field_to_display"
> > >         LABELMAXSCALE 8001
> > >         SYMBOLSCALE 2000 # you need it for scaleable labels
> > >         CLASS
> > >                 LABEL
> > >                         COLOR 240 150 5
> > >                         SIZE 7
> > >                         POSITION CC
> > >                         FONT my_font    # defined in your FONTSET file
> > >                         TYPE TRUETYPE
> > >                         ANGLE AUTO
> > >                 END
> > >         END
> > > END
> > >
> > > I hope this helps you
> > >
> > > Zoltan
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2 May 2006, Frederico Lucca wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello all,
> > > >
> > > > I have a mapinfo text layer and i need to view it on the map.
> > > > I use ogr2ogr to convert to esri shape format and put in my mapfile
> but
> > > i
> > > > can't see the layer.
> > > > I have a multi-thread environment, then i don't want to use OGR,
> because
> > > of
> > > > mutex.
> > > >
> > > > LAYER
> > > >  NAME TB
> > > >  TYPE annotation
> > > >  #STYLEITEM "auto"
> > > >  #CONNECTIONTYPE ogr
> > > >  #CONNECTION "/var/www/maps/TB.TAB"
> > > >  DATA "/var/www/maps/shp/TB"
> > > >  STATUS DEFAULT
> > > >  MINSCALE 1
> > > >  MAXSCALE 50000
> > > >  CLASS
> > > >   COLOR 255 0 0
> > > >   OUTLINECOLOR 171 158 137
> > > >  END
> > > > END
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > > Fred
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > "Everything under the sun is in tune
> > > > But the sun is eclipsed by the moon"
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > "Everything under the sun is in tune
> > But the sun is eclipsed by the moon"
> >
>
>


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