[mapserver-users] Label text always clipped by tiles

[Mike Stoddart]

Thanks Gregor,

I was using TileCache, but I switched it off to debug this problem. If
TileCache generates larger tiles, will there still be clipped labels?
Just fewer clipped labels? I don't think this is a workable solution
for me, but if I have the time I'll try it.

Thanks
Mike

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Gregor at HostGIS <gregor at hostgis.com> wrote:
> I came into this conversation a bit late, but...
>
> So you're tiling, and using MS as your backend. Are you using TileCache or
> similar in between? If so, TileCache supports "meta-tiling" which may help
> your label problems significantly.
>
> Using meta-tiling, TileCache requests a much larger tile (say a 5x5 tile)
> and slices it up. Thus, MapServer generates fewer tile edges and
> truncated/missing labels.
>
> That's aside from the obvious benefits of caching your tiles, if your layer
> isn't subject to change often such that caching is appropriate.
>
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