[Ottawa_users] Map Labelling

[Christopher Thorne]

Hello Jeff,
You got me existed when you said "spline text". I can't help but ask how 
is spline text represented in a mapfile then? you would not happen to 
have an example? and what version of mapserver is it in? 10.2 or dev?

And How good is it? :)

Chris

Jeff McKenna wrote:
> I know we've been looking at the MapText stuff for years and drooling...
> 
> Note: MapServer now has spline text (labels follow features), I believe 
> through a hack in the GD code.
> 
> jeff
> 
> 
> 
> Sampson, David wrote:
>> Hey Folks,
>>
>> I'm looking for open source tools that can label maps dynamically.
>>
>> Examples of proprietary tools would be label EZ by Map Plex 
>> (_http://www.maptext.com/_)
>>
>> 1. the labels should have conflict detection to eliminate or minimize 
>> over laps.
>> 2. The labels need to follow features like rivers, road or contour lines
>>
>> Any sugestions?
>>
>> The only thing I found was this one:
>> _http://www.ads.tuwien.ac.at/research/labeling/_
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
> 
> 


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