[mapserver-users] Label alignment . . .

[Brent Fraser]

Bob,

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Brent

> All,
>
> I'm playing around with generating a map collar image by labeling some
> lines with MapServer.
>
> I get the labels looking about what I would like them to look like, but
> the alignment vertically ( and this applies to horizontal  alignment as
> well ) is not playing nice.
>
> See this link:
> http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/datasets/SHP/FED/USGS/USNG/mn_usng_lines_labels_public_2.map?mapext=503179.6728349806%20111379.8994326578%20508281.0020239575%20135621.41573867595&mapsize=70%20600&mode=map&MOOSETIME=1241653121858
> (
> http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/datasets/SHP/FED/USGS/USNG/mn_usng_lines_labels_public_2.map?mapext=503179.6728349806%20111379.8994326578%20508281.0020239575%20135621.41573867595&mapsize=70%20600&mode=map&MOOSETIME=1241653121858
> )
>
> I'm thinking that the labels are moving back and forth horizontally
> because of the underlying line work, It's not strictly horizontal but
> curved slightly, and there may or may not be a vertice visible within a
> view.  (Can a vertice be marked somehow?) So I think MapServer is using
> the longest straight segment within the view to center on for labeling.
>
> Question, how do I get these to line up vertically (and horizontally)?  I
> know there was some recent justification work going on, but didn't follow
> it in detail.
>
> Thanks
>
> bobb
>
> Pertinent mapfile chunks:
>
>   LAYER
>
>     METADATA
>
>           "ows_title" "layer_0"
>
>           "gml_include_items"
>
>           "all"
>
>     END
>
>          NAME 'usng'
>
>     DATA '0000_00/MN_Line_Experiments/MN_USNG_Ramsey_Line_Northing_Beta'
>
>     STATUS DEFAULT
>
>     TYPE LINE
>
>     LABELITEM 'NORTHING'
>
>     CLASS
>
>       LABEL
>
>         TYPE TRUETYPE
>
>         FONT bluehigh
>
>         SIZE 10
>
>         COLOR 25 25 25
>
>         OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 254
>
>         ANGLE 0
>
>         OFFSET -15 -1
>         FORCE true
>       END
>
>     END
>   END
>
>   LAYER
>
>     METADATA
>
>           "ows_title" "layer_0"
>
>           "gml_include_items"
>
>           "all"
>
>     END
>
>          NAME 'usng'
>
>     DATA '0000_00/MN_Line_Experiments/MN_USNG_Ramsey_Line_Northing_Beta'
>
>     STATUS DEFAULT
>
>     TYPE LINE
>
>     LABELITEM 'NORTHING'
>
>     CLASS
>
>       LABEL
>
>         TYPE TRUETYPE
>
>         FONT bluehigh
>
>         SIZE 15
>
>         COLOR 25 25 25
>
>         OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 254
>
>         ANGLE 0
>
>         FORCE true
>       END
>
>     END
>   END
>
>   LAYER
>
>     METADATA
>
>           "ows_title" "layer_0"
>
>           "gml_include_items"
>
>           "all"
>
>     END
>
>          NAME 'usng'
>
>     DATA '0000_00/MN_Line_Experiments/MN_USNG_Ramsey_Line_Northing_Beta'
>
>     STATUS DEFAULT
>
>     TYPE LINE
>
>     LABELITEM 'NORTHING'
>
>     CLASS
>
>       LABEL
>
>         TYPE TRUETYPE
>
>         FONT bluehigh
>
>         SIZE 10
>
>         COLOR 25 25 25
>
>         OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 254
>
>         ANGLE 0
>
>         OFFSET 14 -1
>         FORCE true
>       END
>
>     END
>
>     MAXSCALE 5000000
>
>   END
>
>
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