[mapserver-users] LABELPOLY with increased padding

[Jana Golinowski]

> I agree this would be an important feature to have.
> For now, you should be able to hack around it by specifying the width
> of the outline as twice the value of the padding you want. You do
> loose the possibility of having an outline of a different color than
> the fill.

It is possible to have different colors for fill and outline. You just have to 
use 2 styles with varying widths:

LABEL
   ...
   STYLE
     GEOMTRANSFORM LABELPOLY
     COLOR 0 0 0
     OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
     WIDTH 10
   END
   STYLE
     GEOMTRANSFORM LABELPOLY
     COLOR 0 150 220
     OUTLINECOLOR 0 150 220
     WIDTH 8
   END
END

The problem is that you can't have a transparent fill with a small outline and 
this padding.

Greetings, Jana.