On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 6:15 PM, Arne Kepp <a...@tiledmarble.org> wrote: > And the really, really long answer is to fix the location of all the > labels, i.e. create a new layer that just has the labels and points > where they should be shown.
Yep... that is a global optimization problem that needs to take into account all the labels active in the whole grid set at the same time. Not that hard, just needs a fast database where one can write all the labels, get them back in the proper priority order, save the busy area as labels are placed, and save also the resulting label layout including position, rotation, fonts and whatnot (ok, not hard, but it might take its dear time at higher zoom levels on a large map). And then a way to disable all label placement smarts in the renderer and just draw the labels as they come from the db Cheers Andrea -- ------------------------------------------------------- Ing. Andrea Aime GeoSolutions S.A.S. Tech lead Via Poggio alle Viti 1187 55054 Massarosa (LU) Italy phone: +39 0584 962313 fax: +39 0584 962313 mob: +39 333 8128928 http://www.geo-solutions.it http://geo-solutions.blogspot.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/GeoSolutionsIT http://www.linkedin.com/in/andreaaime http://twitter.com/geowolf ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list Geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users
