On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Brian Peschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was looking at the template file osm-template.xml. In there I see a > definition for a ShieldSymbolizer. > > <Style name="roads-text"> > <Rule> > <Filter>[highway] = 'motorway' and [length] = 1</Filter> > <MaxScaleDenominator>500000</MaxScaleDenominator> > <MinScaleDenominator>100</MinScaleDenominator> > <ShieldSymbolizer name="ref" face_name="DejaVu Sans Bold" > size="11" fill="#809bc0" placement="line" > file="%SYMBOLS_DIR%/motorway_shield1.png" type="png" width="17" > height="17" min_distance="100"/> > </Rule> > > What interests me is the 'placement' attribute. (I am not sure if this > should be in the mapnik mailing list or this one, but since it is the > OSM template file, I am posting here). Looking at the mapnik source > code for the load_map() method, this isn't supported. mapnik never > reads this field out of the xml file. > > Since the shield_symbolizer class inherits from the text_symbolizer > class, I know it can be set, it just isn't being done. > > Is this an oversight on the mapnik side? Or does this attribute have no > meaning for a shield symbolizer and (probably) should be removed from > the template file?
The mapnik renderer classes hard code the shield symbolizer to a point placement. It doesn't really make much sense otherwise. So yes, the placement attribute in the style file is redundant (and a little misleading given it's set to line), and can be removed. Dave _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev
