Thanks Gregor, I was using TileCache, but I switched it off to debug this problem. If TileCache generates larger tiles, will there still be clipped labels? Just fewer clipped labels? I don't think this is a workable solution for me, but if I have the time I'll try it.
Thanks Mike On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Gregor at HostGIS <[email protected]> wrote: > I came into this conversation a bit late, but... > > So you're tiling, and using MS as your backend. Are you using TileCache or > similar in between? If so, TileCache supports "meta-tiling" which may help > your label problems significantly. > > Using meta-tiling, TileCache requests a much larger tile (say a 5x5 tile) > and slices it up. Thus, MapServer generates fewer tile edges and > truncated/missing labels. > > That's aside from the obvious benefits of caching your tiles, if your layer > isn't subject to change often such that caching is appropriate. > > -- > HostGIS, Open Source solutions for the global GIS community > Greg Allensworth - SysAdmin, Programmer, GIS Person, Security > Network+ Server+ A+ Security+ Linux+ > PHP PostgreSQL MySQL DHTML/JavaScript/AJAX > > "No one cares if you can back up — only if you can recover." > _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
