[postgis-users] Getting dimensions of polygon sides

[Bruce Rindahl]

Obe, Regina wrote:
>  When I exported it out with Ogr2Ogr, it exported out polygon boxes
> angled in the direction the text should be angled (almost like a
> placeholder for the text). 
>   
That is how I get it.  You can use it in ArcMap but the exported 
shapefile is exactly as you describe.
Bruce

> So does it look fine in ArcMap, but when you export it out it sometimes
> has a line crossing itself? or you can't export it out at all? 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net
> [mailto:postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of
> Bruce Rindahl
> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 11:08 AM
> To: PostGIS Users Discussion
> Subject: Re: [postgis-users] Getting dimensions of polygon sides
>
> My limited experience is the annotation in ArcMap can be a pretty 
> bizarre format.  Sometimes is comes out fine - other times it has a line
>
> crossing itself.  If you have a curved annotation, it gets even worse.
>
> Bruce
>
> Obe, Regina wrote:
>   
>> Can someone who has ArcMap 9.2 verify for me if it can or can not
>>     
> export
>   
>> annotations in ESRI Shapefile format.  The idea that it can't is
>>     
> totally
>   
>> baffling to me.  So I'm guessing its some misunderstanding. I still
>>     
> have
>   
>> to install my ArcMap 9.2 and become an addict, but I think it would
>>     
> take
>   
>> me a while to get up to speed since all the menu options are too much
>> for my little brain to handle.
>>
>>   
>>     
>
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