Makes sense, it was the answer I was afraid of. =) In a perfect world, the "spacing" parameter would work for polygons as well as lines, perhaps arranging labels in a honeycomb pattern?
I'm not willing to fake it with points, because they'd make the label spacing resolution dependent. Not all that desirable. -mike. On Oct 15, 2008, at 12:16 PM, Dane Springmeyer wrote: > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- michal migurski- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 415.558.1610 _______________________________________________ Mapnik-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users
