[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Specifying MINDISTANCE for point features of a shapefile???

[Hudson, Mark (xwave)]

Hello:    I have a shapefile of cities (represented by points obviously), and I want to tell Mapserver to draw features a minimum distance apart – just like the MINDISTANCE parameter of the LABEL object.  The cities shapefile covers a large area, so I want to display the layer at small scales.  However, at this scale some cities appear very close to one another  - and actually overlap.  Can I tell Mapserver to not do this and only draw them when there is a specified distance between features?   Thanks, Mark Hudson.