On 2011-05-05 11:11, Andrea Aime wrote: > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Sveen Atle Frenvik (Geomatikk IKT) > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello list! >> >> Sorry if this question has been asked before, but I couldn't find any >> posts dealing with this question. >> >> My question is this: is it possible to render a text on top of a "box" >> using sld? Kinda like a highway shield, but just a plain, >> single-colored, rectangle-shaped box with a border that corresponds to >> the with of the text. >> >> See the attached image for an example of what i mean (the image is >> rendered in esri-world) > It is possible via a custom extension to SLD that we have, and only > if you use GeoServer 2.1. See my FOSS4G 2010 presentation slides, > towards the end of the presentation, it talks about road plates, but if > your plate is the well known mark "square" you'll get what you're looking > for: > > http://2010.foss4g.org/presentations_show.php?id=3588 > > Cheers > Andrea > Ah!
Thank you very much! That presentation was indeed helpful, contains many SLD-tricks I could use. And the road plate solution seems to be exactly what I want. However, I do not feel like using a non-stable release in our production environment. However, I guess that the stable 2.10 release is just around the corner? Any ETA? -atle -- Atle Frenvik Sveen Utvikler Geomatikk IKT AS tlf: 45 27 86 89 [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users
