[mapserver-users] Labelling

[Fawcett, David]

It isn't exactly clear to me what you are trying to accomplish Nelson.
I see two possibilities:
 
a.  If you want to create a label that is independent from the features
in your data set, you can create a class with an inline feature, setting
the x and y coords, and using 'text' to specify what the label text
should be.  You could even create this labeled feature on the fly by
passing this info in as a URL configuration.  If you just want to show
the label, you could do this in an annotation layer instead of a
point/poly/line layer.  
 
b.  If you want to specify label points for your a point/poly/line
layer, you could create a point dataset of your label points and then
use that as the basis of an annotation layer 
 
With either of these methods, you could either specify the label
position to a fixed location, like the center, or upper left position,
or you could use auto and let MapServer find the best position for it.
 
David.  

	-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Daniel
Degasperi
	Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 11:07 AM
	To: Nelson Soto
	Cc: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
	Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Labelling
	
	
	Hi,
	
	you can't give some coordinates to your label. I solved the
problem by creating a point layer.
	
	
	
	Nelson Soto schrieb: 

		Is it possible to create a label and position it with
given coordinates? If I do not like the positioning of the labels, can I
in any way specify my own?

		
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