Hi, Mapserver needs LABELITEM in the layer definitions before it knows what to write into labels. And then it needs a whole LABEL section that defines how the labels should look like on a map. Label settings are described in http://mapserver.org/mapfile/label.html#label
However, I cannot find there a basic example of how to use built-in bitmap fonts for labeling. That would be the most simple way to start with. -Jukka Rahkonen- Chris Green wrote: Hi all Apologies in advance if this turns out to be a stupid question, but I can't find a way to make Map Server v5.0 display place names. I have created a shape file with points for towns and cities, each of which has a label. If I check this layer with Quantum GIS (which I used to create the points) I can display both the points and the labels showing town and city names. However when I define this layer in the mapfile with type 'point' MapServer gives me a display of the points but not the labels. If I define it as type 'annotation' I don't see either points or labels. I feel sure I am missing something obvious but after quite a few hours I am stuck. Can anyone suggest what I am doing wrong? Chris Green _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
