Bob,
I now get the username dialog when I try to turn on layers.
I think you will be able to get some improvement with the GRID Layer's LABEL
POSITION settings, but in the end it will not be perfect. To get a finer level
of control over the GRID LABELs, we need to introduce some more map file
objects.
Here's some of my notes from March (the last time we talked about this)
Need concept of margin so phantom lines in margin not labeled
Labels should be gapped relative to margin/neatline, not extent of output
graphic file
- gap should be user-settable parameter
Text placement must take into account non-90 deg map rotation (must include
dx and dy of text box)
So possible map file objects might be:
MARGIN
WIDTH: width specified in pixels (left, right, top, bottom?)
SHAPE: PROJECTED, GEOGRAPHIC (follows curved graticule lines)
TRANSPARENCY: 0 - 100 %
TICS: length in pixels (left, right, top, bottom?)
NEATLINE: thickness, style
ANNO: GAP: in pixels from margin/neatline, or as mult of text size
ORIENTATION: UP, PARALLEL
LABEL: FORMAT: deg/min/sec symbols, linear units
STYLE: sub/superscript (see USNG, or UTM labels on Canadian NTS
sheets)
TRUNCATE: full/partials
others?...
And I have no idea how polar projection map GRID labels would be spec'd out.
That should get the creative juices flowing...
Brent
Bob Basques wrote:
Brent,
Sorry about that, I really need to get a test box for outside posting of
things. :c)
Here is a screenshot about what I'm talking about:
Basically I want to align the labels along the edges. I've tried a few
different things to fake it with some positive results, But nothing that
I can implement as a production piece because it needs some sort of
manual intervention in the final process.
The entities are predefined lines as a SHP file that I'm labeling. Now
using the MapServer Grid Object I got this far:
But even this is not getting me to the final destination. There's not
much control on numbering and the process is fairly slow compared to
just labeling the lines.
Any ideas?
bobb
>> Brent Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Bob,
I get a Username/Password request dialog from the URL...
Brent Fraser
Bob Basques wrote:
All,
in the following interface:
http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/gis/gismo_public/html/?mapbook=/datasets/CONFIGS/SAINT_PAUL/PUBLIC_WORKS/MAPBOOKS/TS/usng_1st.xml
The last two layers in the "US National Grid Layers" folder show a layer
with lines Easting and Northing, that I want to label. They label just
fine, but I would like to align them along an edge of the view
automatically, the ideal situation would be to have two labels on each
end of the lines along the edges of the view.
We've tried using the GRID object, even going so modifying the source
for GRID, you can see an example in the third to last layer above, "USNG
via MapServer GRID" (Wait for it, it's kinda slow right now) And just
can't seem to get the output in any sort of usable result for printing.
Question, anyone got any ideas about how to align those labels along the
edges?
Thanks
bobb
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