[Qgis-developer] Proposal: Lift feature freeze for labelling

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

2008/10/3 Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>:
> Tim Sutton ha scritto:
>> Hi all
>>
>> If you cast your mind back to our feature plans for QGIS 1.0, one
>
> Hi Tim.
> I agree QGIS cannot be "sold" as a real desktop GIS without proper
> labelling, so I would be very much in favour of including the engine you
> suggest (provided it is feasible to include it in a reasonable time frame).
> One thing I do not see (but it's implemented in Mapserver) is the
> "follow" option, where labels are allowed not to be on a straight line,
> but they follow a curve. Do the devs of PAL have plans to include it?

If I recall correctly, the demonstration they showed (based on gvsig)
had a 'free' mode that followed features - they had quite a few other
options for tweaking label placement behaviour. I'll follow this up
with them tomorrow.

Best regards

Tim

> All the best.
> pc
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