Hi Michal, Good question - I don't know, but I doubt it.
Seems like the LINE_PLACEMENT mode inherently repeats whereas the POINT_PLACEMENT (when used with polygon geometries) simply places a single label at the shape's centroid. I think some kind of third mode, like SPARSE_PLACEMENT, or something that automatically scatters labels _within_ a shape would be very cool. I've also needed this feature and as a work around ended up just manually plotting points and rendering them with the PointDatasource feature (from lwu's not-yet-committed patch). This would not scale well of course. Short of adding this feature to mapnik, you could try labeling a dynamically generated PostGIS point layer that represents a bunch of randomly spaced points within the original polygon, but that are a minimum distance apart. Dane On Oct 14, 2008, at 11:23 PM, Michal Migurski wrote: > Hi, > > Anyone know if / how it's possible to place text in a polygon and have > it repeat? > > I'm thinking in particular of things like very large parks / open > spaces, where a single label in the center of the area is difficult to > spot. > > I see that TextSymbolizer has a spacing parameter, but it's my > understanding that this applies only to line placement. > > -mike. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > michal migurski- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 415.558.1610 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mapnik-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users _______________________________________________ Mapnik-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users
