[mapserver-users] display feature name beside feature
Steve Lime
Steve.Lime at dnr.state.mn.us
Wed Sep 23 11:20:39 EDT 2009
It's still not clear from your response if you can see the railway points now or not. You could
before, but now? Someone else suggested removing the CLASSITEM from the layer in question,
did you try that?
Steve
>>> On 9/22/2009 at 11:57 PM, in message
<1253681869217-3697539.post at n2.nabble.com>, sunny74 <sb.ray at hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
> Regarding the railway points I was able to see the points before doing all
> this.
> I did all this just to see the Labels i.e names of the railway stations
> beside the points
> But I am not able to see this.
> Can u tell me where the problem is?
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Steve Lime wrote:
>>
>> And you can see the railway points?
>>
>>>>> On 9/21/2009 at 7:34 AM, in message
>>>>> <1253536453758-3684929.post at n2.nabble.com>,
>> sunny74 <sb.ray at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Lars,
>>>
>>> I have added the fontset file and also the Label and other definitions at
>>> the appropriate places but still the Labels are not being displayed for
>>> the
>>> layer RailwayStation.
>>>
>>> My map file now looks like this:
>>>
>>> # Map file created from QGIS project file D:/QGIS/newwr.qgs
>>> # Edit this file to customize for your map interface
>>> # (Created with PyQgis MapServer Export plugin)
>>> MAP
>>> NAME newwr.map
>>> # Map image size
>>> SIZE 600 600
>>> UNITS dd
>>>
>>> EXTENT 67.440106 17.379867 78.390250 25.122977
>>> FONTSET 'c:/ms4w/Apache/cgi-bin/shape/fonts.txt'
>>> PROJECTION
>>> 'proj=longlat'
>>> 'ellps=WGS84'
>>> 'datum=WGS84'
>>> 'no_defs'
>>> ''
>>> END
>>>
>>> # Background color for the map canvas -- change as desired
>>> IMAGECOLOR 192 192 192
>>> IMAGEQUALITY 95
>>> IMAGETYPE gif
>>> OUTPUTFORMAT
>>> NAME gif
>>> DRIVER 'GD/GIF'
>>> MIMETYPE 'image/gif'
>>> #IMAGEMODE PC256
>>> EXTENSION 'gif'
>>> END
>>> # Legend
>>> LEGEND
>>> IMAGECOLOR 255 255 255
>>> STATUS ON
>>> KEYSIZE 18 12
>>> LABEL
>>> TYPE BITMAP
>>> SIZE MEDIUM
>>> COLOR 0 0 89
>>> END
>>> END
>>>
>>> # Web interface definition. Only the template parameter
>>> # is required to display a map. See MapServer documentation
>>> WEB
>>> # Set IMAGEPATH to the path where MapServer should
>>> # write its output.
>>> IMAGEPATH '/tmp/'
>>>
>>> # Set IMAGEURL to the url that points to IMAGEPATH
>>> # as defined in your web server configuration
>>> IMAGEURL '/tmp/'
>>>
>>> # WMS server settings
>>> METADATA
>>> 'wms_title' 'newwr.map'
>>> 'wms_onlineresource'
>>> 'http://my.host.com/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=wms.map&'
>>> 'wms_srs' 'EPSG:4326'
>>> END
>>>
>>> #Scale range at which web interface will operate
>>> # Template and header/footer settings
>>> # Only the template parameter is required to display a map. See
>>> MapServer documentation
>>> END
>>>
>>> LAYER
>>> NAME 'STATE'
>>> TYPE POLYGON
>>> DATA 'C:\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\Shape\STATE.shp'
>>> LABELITEM 'STATE'
>>> CLASSITEM 'STATE'
>>> METADATA
>>> 'wms_title' 'STATE'
>>> END
>>> STATUS DEFAULT
>>> TRANSPARENCY 100
>>>
>>> PROJECTION
>>> 'proj=longlat'
>>> 'ellps=WGS84'
>>> 'datum=WGS84'
>>> 'no_defs'
>>> ''
>>> END
>>> CLASS
>>> NAME 'STATE'
>>> STYLE
>>> SYMBOL 0
>>> SIZE 2
>>> OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>>> COLOR 255 255 127
>>> END
>>> END
>>> END
>>>
>>> LAYER
>>> GROUP 'basic1'
>>> NAME 'WaterBody'
>>> TYPE POLYGON
>>> DATA 'C:\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\Shape\WaterBody.shp'
>>> METADATA
>>> 'wms_title' 'WaterBody'
>>> END
>>> STATUS OFF
>>> TRANSPARENCY 100
>>> PROJECTION
>>> 'proj=longlat'
>>> 'ellps=WGS84'
>>> 'datum=WGS84'
>>> 'no_defs'
>>> ''
>>> END
>>> CLASS
>>> NAME 'WaterBody'
>>> MAXSCALEDENOM 2000000
>>> MINSCALEDENOM 1500000
>>> STYLE
>>> SYMBOL 0
>>> SIZE 2
>>> OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>>> COLOR 150 123 90
>>> END
>>> END
>>> END
>>>
>>> LAYER
>>> GROUP 'basic1'
>>> NAME 'Rail_Buffer'
>>> TYPE POLYGON
>>> DATA 'C:\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\Shape\Rail_Buffer.shp'
>>> METADATA
>>> 'wms_title' 'Rail_Buffer'
>>> END
>>> STATUS OFF
>>> TRANSPARENCY 100
>>> PROJECTION
>>> 'proj=longlat'
>>> 'ellps=WGS84'
>>> 'datum=WGS84'
>>> 'no_defs'
>>> ''
>>> END
>>> CLASS
>>> NAME 'Rail_Buffer'
>>> MAXSCALEDENOM 2000000
>>> MINSCALEDENOM 1500000
>>>
>>> STYLE
>>> SYMBOL 0
>>> SIZE 2
>>> OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>>> COLOR 117 232 255
>>> END
>>> END
>>> END
>>>
>>> LAYER
>>> GROUP 'basic1'
>>> NAME 'Roads'
>>> TYPE LINE
>>> DATA 'C:\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\Shape\Roads.shp'
>>> METADATA
>>> 'wms_title' 'Roads'
>>> END
>>> STATUS OFF
>>> TRANSPARENCY 100
>>> PROJECTION
>>> 'proj=longlat'
>>> 'ellps=WGS84'
>>> 'datum=WGS84'
>>> 'no_defs'
>>> ''
>>> END
>>> CLASS
>>> NAME 'Roads'
>>> MAXSCALEDENOM 2000000
>>> MINSCALEDENOM 1500000
>>>
>>> STYLE
>>> SYMBOL 0
>>> SIZE 2
>>> OUTLINECOLOR 45 220 182
>>> COLOR 0 0 0
>>> END
>>> END
>>> END
>>>
>>> LAYER
>>> GROUP 'basic2'
>>> NAME 'Diversions'
>>> TYPE LINE
>>> DATA 'C:\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\Shape\Diversions.shp'
>>> METADATA
>>> 'wms_title' 'Diversions'
>>> END
>>> STATUS OFF
>>> TRANSPARENCY 100
>>> PROJECTION
>>> 'proj=longlat'
>>> 'ellps=WGS84'
>>> 'datum=WGS84'
>>> 'no_defs'
>>> ''
>>> END
>>> CLASS
>>> NAME 'Diversions'
>>> MAXSCALEDENOM 1500000
>>> MINSCALEDENOM 1000000
>>>
>>>
>>> STYLE
>>> SYMBOL 0
>>> SIZE 2
>>> OUTLINECOLOR 144 50 207
>>> COLOR 0 0 0
>>> END
>>> END
>>> END
>>>
>>> LAYER
>>> GROUP 'basic2'
>>> NAME 'Rail_Side_Line'
>>> TYPE LINE
>>> DATA 'C:\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\Shape\Rail_Side_Line.shp'
>>> METADATA
>>> 'wms_title' 'Rail_Side_Line'
>>> END
>>> STATUS OFF
>>> TRANSPARENCY 100
>>> PROJECTION
>>> 'proj=longlat'
>>> 'ellps=WGS84'
>>> 'datum=WGS84'
>>> 'no_defs'
>>> ''
>>> END
>>> CLASS
>>> NAME 'Rail_Side_Line'
>>> MAXSCALEDENOM 1500000
>>> MINSCALEDENOM 1000000
>>>
>>> STYLE
>>> SYMBOL 0
>>> SIZE 2
>>> OUTLINECOLOR 170 115 90
>>> COLOR 0 0 0
>>> END
>>> END
>>> END
>>>
>>> LAYER
>>> GROUP 'basic'
>>> NAME 'RailwayLine'
>>> TYPE LINE
>>> DATA 'C:\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\Shape\RailwayLine.shp'
>>>
>>> METADATA
>>> 'wms_title' 'RailwayLine'
>>> END
>>> STATUS OFF
>>> TRANSPARENCY 100
>>> PROJECTION
>>> 'proj=longlat'
>>> 'ellps=WGS84'
>>> 'datum=WGS84'
>>> 'no_defs'
>>> ''
>>> END
>>> CLASS
>>> NAME 'RailwayLine'
>>>
>>>
>>> STYLE
>>> SYMBOL 0
>>> SIZE 2
>>> OUTLINECOLOR 255 0 0
>>> COLOR 255 0 0
>>> END
>>> END
>>> END
>>>
>>> LAYER
>>> GROUP 'basic2'
>>> NAME 'LANDMARKS'
>>> TYPE POINT
>>> DATA 'C:\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\Shape\LANDMARKS.shp'
>>> METADATA
>>> 'wms_title' 'LANDMARKS'
>>> END
>>> STATUS OFF
>>> TRANSPARENCY 100
>>> PROJECTION
>>> 'proj=longlat'
>>> 'ellps=WGS84'
>>> 'datum=WGS84'
>>> 'no_defs'
>>> ''
>>> END
>>> CLASS
>>> NAME 'LANDMARKS'
>>> MAXSCALEDENOM 1500000
>>> MINSCALEDENOM 1000000
>>>
>>> STYLE
>>> SYMBOL 'CIRCLE'
>>> SIZE 8
>>> OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>>> COLOR 229 210 191
>>> END
>>> END
>>> END
>>>
>>> LAYER
>>> GROUP 'basic'
>>> NAME 'RailwayStations'
>>> TYPE POINT
>>> DATA 'C:\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\Shape\RailwayStations.shp'
>>> CLASSITEM 'S_NAME'
>>> LABELITEM 'S_NAME'
>>> METADATA
>>> 'wms_title' 'RailwayStations'
>>> END
>>> STATUS OFF
>>> TRANSPARENCY 100
>>> PROJECTION
>>> 'proj=longlat'
>>> 'ellps=WGS84'
>>> 'datum=WGS84'
>>> 'no_defs'
>>> ''
>>> END
>>> CLASS
>>> NAME 'RailwayStations'
>>> STYLE
>>> SYMBOL 'CIRCLE'
>>> SIZE 8
>>> OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>>> COLOR 255 0 0
>>> END
>>> LABEL
>>> COLOR 132 31 31
>>> SHADOWCOLOR 218 218 218
>>> SHADOWSIZE 2 2
>>> TYPE TRUETYPE
>>> FONT arial-bold
>>> SIZE 12
>>> ANTIALIAS TRUE
>>> POSITION CL
>>> PARTIALS FALSE
>>> MINDISTANCE 300
>>> BUFFER 4
>>> END # end of label
>>>
>>> END
>>>
>>> END
>>>
>>> LAYER
>>> GROUP 'basic3'
>>> NAME 'LC_Gate'
>>> TYPE POINT
>>> DATA 'C:\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\Shape\LC_Gate.shp'
>>> METADATA
>>> 'wms_title' 'LC_Gate'
>>> END
>>> STATUS OFF
>>> TRANSPARENCY 100
>>> PROJECTION
>>> 'proj=longlat'
>>> 'ellps=WGS84'
>>> 'datum=WGS84'
>>> 'no_defs'
>>> ''
>>> END
>>> CLASS
>>> NAME 'LC_Gate'
>>> MAXSCALEDENOM 1000000
>>> MINSCALEDENOM 500000
>>>
>>> STYLE
>>> SYMBOL 'CIRCLE'
>>> SIZE 8
>>> OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>>> COLOR 15 155 200
>>> END
>>> END
>>> END
>>>
>>> LAYER
>>> GROUP 'basic3'
>>> NAME 'Bridges_Minor'
>>> TYPE POINT
>>> DATA 'C:\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\Shape\Bridges_Minor.shp'
>>> METADATA
>>> 'wms_title' 'Bridges_Minor'
>>> END
>>> STATUS OFF
>>> TRANSPARENCY 100
>>> PROJECTION
>>> 'proj=longlat'
>>> 'ellps=WGS84'
>>> 'datum=WGS84'
>>> 'no_defs'
>>> ''
>>> END
>>> CLASS
>>> NAME 'Bridges_Minor'
>>> MAXSCALEDENOM 1000000
>>> MINSCALEDENOM 500000
>>>
>>> STYLE
>>> SYMBOL 'CIRCLE'
>>> SIZE 2
>>> OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>>> COLOR 43 253 114
>>> END
>>> END
>>> END
>>>
>>> LAYER
>>> GROUP 'basic3'
>>> NAME 'Bridge_Major'
>>> TYPE POINT
>>> DATA 'C:\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\Shape\Bridge_Major.shp'
>>> METADATA
>>> 'wms_title' 'Bridge_Major'
>>> END
>>> STATUS OFF
>>> TRANSPARENCY 100
>>> PROJECTION
>>> 'proj=longlat'
>>> 'ellps=WGS84'
>>> 'datum=WGS84'
>>> 'no_defs'
>>> ''
>>> END
>>> CLASS
>>> NAME 'Bridge_Major'
>>> MAXSCALEDENOM 1000000
>>> MINSCALEDENOM 500000
>>>
>>> STYLE
>>> SYMBOL 'CIRCLE'
>>> SIZE 2
>>> OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>>> COLOR 97 136 146
>>> END
>>> END
>>> END
>>>
>>> #Circle symbol
>>> SYMBOL
>>> NAME 'CIRCLE'
>>> TYPE ellipse
>>> FILLED true
>>> POINTS
>>> 1 1
>>> END
>>> END
>>> END
>>>
>>> My Fontset file is fonts.txt and it is located in the same folder as the
>>> map
>>> file.
>>> It contains the following:
>>>
>>> arial C:/WINDOWS/Fonts/arial.ttf
>>> arial-bold C:/WINDOWS/Fonts/arialbd.ttf
>>>
>>> So where is the problem?
>>> Where am I going wrong?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your reply.
>>>
>>> sunny.
>>>
>>> Lars Lingner-2 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> sunny74 schrieb:
>>>>> Hi Michael,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your reply.
>>>>> I had gone thru' the links you have given before making this post.But I
>>>>> am
>>>>> having the problems given in the link below:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
> http://n2.nabble.com/font-error-while-trying-to-show-Label-on-map-td3654455.html#a3654
>
>>> 455
>>>>> When using truetype I get the error probably bec' I am not able to
>>>>> specify
>>>>> the fontset file.
>>>>> So I need to know the following:
>>>>> 1) What kind of file is the fontset file?I think it is a text file
>>>>
>>>> its just a textfile, yes
>>>>
>>>>> 2) Where do I keep the fontset file - in the same folder as the map
>>>>> file
>>>>> or
>>>>> in different folder.If different folder how do I specify the path in
>>>>> the
>>>>> map
>>>>> file.
>>>>
>>>> as you wish. You have to tell MapServer the place with the keywortd
>>>> FONTSET.
>>>>
>>>>> 3) Where do I keep the fonts? Is it okay if I keep it in the Windows
>>>>> Font
>>>>> Folder i.e C:/Windows/Fonts
>>>>
>>>> yes, you can keep it there. MapServer needs read permissions to the
>>>> fonts. In the fonset file you can define the path.
>>>>
>>>>> 4)How do I specify the path of the fonts in the fontset file?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> /path/to/fonts/font.ttf
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please have a look at
>>>>
>>>> http://mapserver.org/mapfile/map.html
>>>> and
>>>> http://mapserver.org/mapfile/fontset.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lars
>>>>
>>>>
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