If you use an an ANNOTATION layer type instead of a POINT you should be ok. ANNOTATION layers link the point symbol with the text so the MINDISTANCE set in the text label is honored. You may want to pre-sort your city shapefile based on population if possible (in ascending order) so that the largest cities gain preference.
Steve >>> "Hudson, Mark (xwave)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/20/06 2:22 PM >>> 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.
