Question about Labels

[Jelmer Baas]

Flavio,

Thanks for the example!

As I wrote to Daniel (I replied to him, instead of the list, sorry): 
This works, sometimes. I know get this nice error:

msDrawMap(): Image handling error. Failed to draw layer named 'topo'.
msOGRGetValues(): OGR error. Invalid field index!?!

For *some* layers. Others do seem to work...

Any ideas?

-- 
Jelmer

> Example, if those are MapInfo Text Features (see LABELITEM and
> LABELANGLEITEM):
> 
> LAYER
>   NAME "Streets fro Labeling"
>   TYPE ANNOTATION
>   MINSCALE 0
>   MAXSCALE 300
>   SYMBOLSCALE 2000
>   STATUS ON
>   CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
>   CONNECTION "..\data\streets.TAB"
>   LABELITEM "OGR:LabelText"
>   LABELANGLEITEM "OGR:LabelAngle"
>     CLASS
>       NAME "Street Labels"
>       COLOR -1 -1 -1
>       LABEL
>         ANTIALIAS TRUE
>         TYPE TRUETYPE
>         FONT arial
>         MINSIZE 1
>         SIZE 2
>         COLOR 0 0 0
>       END
>     END
> END
> 
> Mit freundlichem Gruss / Best Regards
> Flavio Hendry
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jelmer Baas <jelmerbs at XS4ALL.NL>
> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:10:16 +0200
> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Question about Labels
> 
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> It's been quite a while since I posted here, everything went pretty
>> smooth so far.
>>
>> Now I have a small problem with labels. We have MapInfo .TAB files,
>> which are converted from AutoCAD drawings (meaning everything is in
>> one
>> layer).
>> When I open one of these files in MapInfo, I can see labels on some
>> places. When I draw the map with MapServer, I see only the
>> (poly)lines.
>>
>> So, I added an extra layer of type Annotation. This, by default,
>> doesn't
>> show me any layers. So I need to add LABELITEM, but I have no idea
>> what
>> layers need to be labeled. Also, this changes with every file that's
>> being drawn.
>>
>> Does anyone know how to tell MapServer to draw labels "The MapInfo"
>> way?
>>
>>
>> My current layer definition:
>>
>>
>> LAYER
>> 	NAME topo
>> 	MINSCALE 1
>> 	MAXSCALE 3000
>> 	STATUS ON
>> 	Type LINE
>> 	CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
>> 	CONNECTION "e:\topo.tab"
>> 	STYLEITEM "AUTO"
>> 	Class
>> 	End #CLASS
>> End #LAYER
>> LAYER
>> 	NAME topo
>> 	MINSCALE 1
>> 	MAXSCALE 3000
>> 	LABELMAXSCALE 50000
>> 	STATUS ON
>> 	Type ANNOTATION
>> 	CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
>> 	CONNECTION "e:\topo.tab"
>> 	CLASS
>> 		LABEL
>> 			COLOR 100 0 0
>> 			POSITION LR
>> 			SIZE MEDIUM
>> 		END #label
>> 	END #CLASS
>> End #LAYER
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>
>> With kind regards,
>> Jelmer Baas
>> Speer IT B.V.
> 
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