[mapserver-users] MapInfo Auto Labeling and MapServer

[Julien-Samuel Lacroix]

Hi,

There's the SIZEUNITS parameter in the mapfile that can help you. I'm 
not sure it works with labels, but it worth a try:
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/mapfile/layer

You can also try to set STYLEITEM AUTO at the layer level, but that 
won't work with labels.
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/vector_data/mapinfo

Julien

Matej wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> after deploying MapServer on one of our servers I thinks that MapServer 
> is a great tool but I am having some problems with TABs, imported from 
> MapInfo. I am able to load all the layers from the test workspace except 
> one, which consists of a houses (circle symbol) and house addresses 
> (auto-labeling from the data field "Address").
> 
> I have therefore some questions and will be very glad if there are some 
> answers available :)
> 
> - In MI for that layer I have auto labeling set which works OK. When I 
> look at the map on different zooms, the text is larger or smaller, but 
> every label exists and if I zoom in enough, every house has it's number 
> visible. Is there a chance to somehow "directly" load this auto labeling 
> into MapServer? If it is, how can I do this?
> 
> I haven't found a good answer to the first question, so the next one is:
> - I have problems getting all the house addresses from MI since it 
> creates the labels only with the sizes according to current zoom level 
> AND only the part of the map visible at that moment. So when I want to 
> have all the houses numbered with readable addresses (not covering each 
> other), I have to zoom in enough and then move with cursor along the 
> entire map for MI to "create" satisfactory labels. Using this method 
> (well, it's a very very stupid one!) it works for smaller maps, but for 
> larger it's a no-no. Also the labeling tools that are in MI affect 
> current view only. Is there a tool which would do it more user-friendly?
> 
> Since this is a pretty common problem as I see it, I am sure that some 
> of you already had this problem and (hopefully!) found a solution.
> 
> Thanks everyone for help and ideas in advance,
> Matej Serc
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