There looks to be a bug someplace. *argh* See http://maps.dnr.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/mapserv48?map=/usr/local/www/docs_maps/testing/placement/test.map&mode=map
You shouldn't need to manually compute any offset. The code is written to take into account the symbol size when computing label position. The labels are offset by 1/2 the marker size. (The user defined offset is applied after that.) I can only guess that there is something busted in the size computation function. I'll check on that. Steve >>> Bob Basques <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/28/05 2:15 PM >>> All, Why isn't there a way to define how far out the Label POSITION value should be, what is the value anyway? Couldn't a label SCALE value work for something like this? For example, I' working with a fairly large Symbol and the Labels are drawing over the top of the symbols. I'm trying to align one symbol to the upper right, with left justification, and another at the lower Left with right justification. I tried with the OFFSET parameter, but the negative numbers seems to be giving MapServer heartache. So I tried it with the POSTION paramter and while it works as it should, the Labels are still ending up on top of the Symbols. With a (pixel) SCALING applied to the POSITION parameter, all would be well in my own little universe. I guess this might be an enhancement request. I did a couple of searches in Bugzilla and didn't see anything related to this. Possibly with a way to enter the negative number I can get the OFFSET parameter to help with placement, as using it along side of POSITION works fine with positive numbers. :c) bobb
