[mapserver-users] mapserver POSITION question

[Raivo Alla]

Thank you for advice!


I will try this as soon as possible..


Raivo


On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Daniel
Morissette<dmorissette at mapgears.com> wrote:
> Raivo Alla wrote:
>>
>> As it could be seen on the picture
>> (http://picasaweb.google.com/snaperski/Ort#5347526051315751666),
>> street labels are strangely positioned in different ways.
>> I want labels only when they have enough space to fit in
>> (MINFEATURESIZE AUTO) and I want them
>> centered. As it appears, sometimes they are aligned left, sometimes
>> right, only lucky ones at the center.
>> Those red boxes are to visualize vertex points.
>>
>
> You are using "ANGLE AUTO" in your label definition. In this case, MapServer
> places the label at the center of the longest segment of the polyline that
> define the street, and follows the angle of that segment.
>
> If you use ANGLE FOLLOW then the label will be placed at the center of the
> polyline itself (i.e. at total_length/2)... that should give the results
> that you expect.
>
> Daniel
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