[mapserver-users] LABEL/LEADER examples??

[Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)]

Hi Steve,

Yeah, I had five or six labels all piled up on top of each other.  I couldn't get anything to make a Leader appear.  Truth be told, I was trying to add the capability (quickly) to an already fairly complex Mapfile, I tried a few settings changes but gave up and so I figured I should start simpler to get the hang of it.  :c)

I did look for a method of forcing the leaders to always be on as well, which might be an interesting application of the capability (at least for what I want to use it for).

Bobb






-----Original Message-----
From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Woodbridge
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 1:18 PM
To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] LABEL/LEADER examples??

Bob,

The offset lable with a leader will only be attempted if there is a collision with and existing label that requires moving the label to place it on the image.

-Steve W

On 6/11/2013 2:14 PM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) wrote:
> All,
>
> Hello, I've been reading up a bit on 6.2.? and was wondering if anyone 
> had a sample of the LABEL/LEADER line mapfile that I could start 
> experimenting from.
>
> I want to do something like a billboard label with a leader line to 
> some POINT locations.
>
> I tried some real quick tests based on the docs for LEADER, but didn't 
> get any leader lines to appear.  I suspect this might need some 
> tweaking of many mapfile VARs to get it looking the way I want.  
> Longer term, I may need to do some muli-line billboard labels  (if possible).
>
> I would be glad to put my results back out somewhere public if there 
> is interest.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bobb
>
>
>
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