I ended up this problem by converting polygon feature to point using ArcGIS. Then I included two layers, one for showing polygon and text labels for point layer.
Regards, Ritesh Ambastha Michal Migurski-3 wrote: > > 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 > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Repeated-labels-on-polygons--tp19987434p21722636.html Sent from the Mapnik - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Mapnik-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users
