[Ottawa_users] Map Labelling

[Jeff McKenna]

Howdy Chris,

It's just ANGLE FOLLOW within the LABEL object.  It was added in the 
4.10 release.  It doesn't seem to be perfect (on a single map image at 
the street-level some labels will follow the line feature, but some 
others for some reason run perpendicular to the feature)...so give it a 
try and see if you like it.

jeff



Christopher Thorne wrote:
> 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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