[mapserver-users] How to use ANNOTATION layer in combination with RASTER data?

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Jorrit,

The ANNOTATION layer is deprecated and might event be remove in 
mapserver 6.4

Anyway if you just want to put an arbitrary label on an image You can 
create a point layer and use FEATURE to define where you want the label 
and use TEXT to define the text of the label.

-Steve W

On 6/3/2014 8:01 AM, Jorrit Goddijn wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I try draw an ANNOTATION type layer based on RASTER type layer.  When
> doing this based on a shape file I would set the LABEL item on the
> ANNOTATION layer to be attribute used in the shapefile.
>
> What LABELITEM should I use when using RASTER data?
>
> I posted the Mapfile I have so far hereunder.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Bye
>
> Jorrit
>
> #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> #grib wave direction layer example
>
> #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>      LAYER
>
>          NAME "grib_data"
>
>          TYPE RASTER
>
>          DATA
> "/var/www/mapserver/data/grib/routeguard/4nwcurpol99_2013110412.grb2"
> #Current direction @ Mean sea level
>
>          PROCESSING "BANDS=1"
>
>          PROCESSING "SCALE=0,360" #scale all degrees
>
>          PROJECTION
>
>              "+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs +pm=-360"
>
>          END
>
>      END
>
> #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> # the annotation layer
>
> #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>    LAYER
>
>      NAME        "grib_label"
>
>      DATA        "grib_data"
>
>      STATUS      OFF
>
>      TYPE        ANNOTATION
>
>      CLASSITEM   "CLASS" # do I need it?
>
>      LABELITEM   "VAR_10-1-0_L101" #what variable name to use?
>
>      CLASS
>
>        EXPRESSION [VAR_10-1-0_L101] #gives parse error
>
>        STYLE
>
>          COLOR      -1 -1 -1
>
>        END
>
>        LABEL
>
>          COLOR 132 31 31
>
>          TYPE TRUETYPE
>
>          FONT arial-bold
>
>          SIZE 12
>
>          ANTIALIAS TRUE
>
>          POSITION CL
>
>          PARTIALS FALSE
>
>          MINDISTANCE 300
>
>          BUFFER 4
>
>        END # end of label
>
>      END # end of class
>
>    END # annotation layer
>
>
>
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