[mapserver-users] RE: Labeling

[Jay Kapalczynski]

What I am trying to do is use annotation from a Geodatabase.  From what
I hear GeoMoose / Map Server will not read it.

 

I converted the Annotation Feature Class to a Point.

Then created a Polygon from the Annotation Feature Classes, pointing to
the Point Feature class for the Attributes (label field, degree field)

 

I then read the Polygons into GeoMoose and label on the field and Angle
the text by "Angle' Field.

 

The ANGLE call to Map Server dosent seem to work in this case

 

Any thoughts?

 

 

From: Jay Kapalczynski 
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 2:48 PM
To: 'mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org'
Subject: Labeling

 

Don't know if I have to correct location.

 

I have been successful labeling street centerlines using the ANGLE
FOLLOW in the .map File


This is being performed on a Shapefile Line feature

 

I also have a Polygon Feature that has a field that I am trying to
label....once again I need the text to follow the polygon 

As you can see from the image the road names a following properly, but
the labels for the polygons are not following...

I tried the ANGLE FOLLOW on the Polygon and It will not draw..

I tried ANGLE [Angle] with Angle being a field name that holds Degree
values (ex 270) does the field have to be numeric?

 

 

Is there some other syntax that I have to put in the map file that will
force the text to follow the Polygon?

 

THANKS

 

 

 

 

STREET MAP FILE

 

LAYER # Maple Grove Streets Name

                    NAME Streets_Labels

                    DATA './GEOCODED_CENTERLINES2.shp'

                    STATUS DEFAULT

                    TYPE annotation

                    MAXSCALE 6000

                    MINSCALE 100

                    LABELITEM 'STREET_NAM'

 

                                LABELCACHE ON

                     CLASS

                       COLOR -1 -1 -1

                       LABEL

                                TYPE TRUETYPE

                                FONT vera_sans

                                ANGLE FOLLOW

                                POSITION AUTO

                                MAXSIZE 10

                                SIZE 8

                                MINSIZE 8

                                ANTIALIAS TRUE

                                COLOR 0 0 0

                                OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 192

                                BUFFER 2

                       END

                     END

  END # Maple Grove Streets Name

 

PARCELS MAP FILE THAT DOES NOT WORK

 

                LAYER # Maple Grove Parcels

                    NAME Parcel_Labels

                    DATA './parcels.shp'

                    STATUS DEFAULT

                    TYPE annotation

                    MAXSCALE 2500

                    MINSCALE 100

                    LABELITEM 'TextString'

 

                   ANGLE [Angle]

                   POSITION AUTO

                   PARTIALS FALSE

                                

                                LABELCACHE ON

                     CLASS

                       COLOR -1 -1 -1

                       LABEL

                                TYPE TRUETYPE

                                FONT vera_sans

                                MAXSIZE 8

                                SIZE 8

                                MINSIZE 2

                                #ANTIALIAS TRUE

                                COLOR 0 0 0

                                OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 128

                                BUFFER 2

                       END

                     END

  END # Maple Grove Parcels

 

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