[mapserver-users] tiled label issue - labels cut off in cases where the label fits on one tile but not the other?

[Lime, Steve D (MNIT)]

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From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Mark Volz
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 2:00 PM
To: thomas bonfort
Cc: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] tiled label issue - labels cut off in cases where the label fits on one tile but not the other?

Thomas

At what level is  "labelcache_map_edge_buffer" set?

Thanks

Mark Volz, GISP
GIS Specialist


> -----Original Message-----
> From: thomas bonfort [mailto:thomas.bonfort at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 12:14 PM
> To: Mark Volz
> Cc: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] tiled label issue - labels cut off in 
> cases where the label fits on one tile but not the other?
> 
> sorry, wrong thread... tl;dr : set your mapfile's 
> labelcache_map_edge_buffer to the same value as your mapcache tileset's metabuffer.
> 
> On 18 July 2013 19:10, thomas bonfort <thomas.bonfort at gmail.com> wrote:
> > You're nearly there !
> >
> > http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2012-October/073462
> > .h
> > tml
> >
> > this is also documented in the mapcache docs and sample 
> > configuration
> file.
> >
> > --
> > thomas
> >
> > On 18 July 2013 18:59, Mark Volz <MarkVolz at co.lyon.mn.us> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I am trying to set up a my mapfile so that I can tile my parcel 
> >> layer.  I think I
> have everything set up correctly, however there are still some cases 
> where labels are cut off.  After some investigation I came to the 
> conclusion that I either have something wrong, or that I may have come 
> across a bug or limitation.
> >>
> >> Here is what I did:
> >> 1) I set up PROCESSING "LABEL_NO_CLIP=True" so that the entire 
> >> parcel is used to calculate the label position
> >> 2) I set up POSITION to CC so the label will be centered
> >> 3) I verified that PARTIALS is set to FALSE so that labels will 
> >> "flow off" a tile
> >> 4) I set MINFEATURESIZE to AUTO
> >>
> >> Here is what I noticed:
> >> In most cases everything works great.  However,  on a larger label 
> >> where
> some letters may fall on one tile, and other letters may fall on the 
> other tile, only the tile that has label anchor point of the parcel is labeled.
> >>
> >> For Example:
> >> Consider a parcel that should have the label "Joe Smith"  The label 
> >> is
> centered on the parcel.  The label "Joe Smi" appears on the left tile.
> However the label "th" is missing from the right tile.
> >>
> >> Question:
> >> How can I get the rest of the label to appear on the tile that does 
> >> not
> contain the label anchor point so that the user will see "Joe Smith" 
> instead of just "Joe Smi"
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >>
> >> Mark Volz, GISP
> >> GIS Specialist
> >>
> >>
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