[mapserver-users] how can I make labels not cover symbols?

[William Kyngesburye]

On Apr 22, 2009, at 12:42 PM, Thomas Bonfort wrote:

>> Yet another idea was to use an annotation layer, but be able to  
>> specify
>> static text for the LABEL.  I don't see this option either.
>>
>
> you can do that with the TEXT keyword at the CLASS level.
>
> CLASS
>  TEXT '>'
>  LABEL
>    FONT "symbolfont"
>    ...
>  END
> END

Ah, I did miss something ;)

I just had to adjust priorities so that the symbol layers always draw  
first (and forced), and now the labels don't cover symbols.


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