[mapserver-users] Cairo and text elements

[thomas bonfort]

I agree this would be a nice feature to have, but this concerns the
cairo library. Once cairo supports this kind of text placement, we can
have a look at how to support it inside mapserver.

you might want to have a look at
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/cairo/2011-February/021777.html
for a cairo patch. I don't know if this can be picked up by mapserver
without patching its cairo calls.

regards,

Thomas

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 21:26, Jefferson Williams
<jefferson.d.williams at gmail.com> wrote:
> For some years now, I have been using PHP MapScript with my own code to make
> SVG maps for use on Wikipedia.  Since these are static maps, I typically
> tweak them with an editor (moving or editing labels, re-positioning or
> re-sizing highway shields, et cetera) to make the maps look as good as
> possible.
> Upon upgrading to MapServer 6.0.1, I found that with Cairo handling the SVG
> output, I can no longer modify the labels.  It also makes the SVG files
> about three times larger in this application.  I understand the rationale
> that I've read on this, in terms of ensuring that an SVG looks consistent
> across many different viewers; but it's not ideal for all applications.
> I'm wondering if there are any plans for MapServer/Cairo to allow the option
> of producing text through <text> elements.  For now I will probably move
> back to MapScript 5.6, but some of the new features in 6.0 would be very
> useful.
>
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>
> Jeff Williams
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