On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Oliver Gottwald
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Michael,
>
> The labels that appear next to the contour lines are transformed/rotated to
> have the bottom of the numbers/labels parallel with the lines.  So if you
> had a contour line going at a 45 degree angle the number would be rotated so
> that the bottom of it sits around 5 pixels above the contour line.
>
> Harder to explain then to show ;-)
>
> If you look at a contour map.  The numbers follow the contour but are not
> upside down.
> Does the Acetate Layer or equivalent exist in geotools?

You can just use a TextSymbolizer to achieve this effect. You'll want
to experiment with LinePlacements which allow you to specify an offset
in pixels and follow the line for you.

Ian

-- 
Ian Turton

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