[mapserver-users] Labels at the layer level

[Richard Greenwood]

I have many layers that have multiple classes. I frequently want to
label all the classes in the same way. Being lazy, and not wanting to
paste a lengthy label definition into each class, I usually create a
second layer with a single class for the labels. However this forces
MapServer to open and read the layer twice, which I think is a bit of
a performance hit over reading only once to render and label it. Is
this generally correct?

In my mind it would be ideal to have labels available at both the
layer level and the class level. Any thoughts? Does anybody have a
more elegant solution?

Thanks,
Rich

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Richard Greenwood
richard.greenwood at gmail.com
www.greenwoodmap.com