Hi Steve Perhaps you need an point layer for the highway signs? Randy --- Steve Pashby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bird, Derek (xwave <Derek.Bird <at> XWAVE.COM> writes: > > > > > Why don't you include your layer code then we can try to help a > bit more ... > > > > Derek > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS <at> > LISTS.UMN.EDU] On > > Behalf Of Steve Pashby > > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 2:18 AM > > To: MAPSERVER-USERS <at> LISTS.UMN.EDU > > Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Labelling highways > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm trying to label some roads with a highway sign and then > overlay their > > respective number. However, for some reason i either label the > entire road > > with highway signs or just get the highway number ! > > > > I guess it has something to do with defining a 'highway sign' > SYMBOL and > > then using that in the LAYER definition ? > > > > ... Any help will be greatly appreciated ! > > > > Cheers, > > Steve. > > > > Attachment (smime.p7s): application/x-pkcs7-signature, 3084 bytes > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > I think my layer code is all over the place ... but here goes > > FONTSET "/ms4w/apps/etc/fontset.txt" > > (... points to an ESRI truetype font) > > ################################################ > # highway symbol > > SYMBOL > NAME "U.S Route 1" > TYPE truetype > FONT esri_44 > CHARACTER '@#162' > END > ############################################### > # fat line symbol > > SYMBOL > NAME "BigLine" > TYPE ELLIPSE > POINTS 1 1 END > END > > ################################################# > # highways > > LAYER > NAME "highways" > STATUS on > TYPE line > DATA "digitised_highways" > PROJECTION > "init=epsg:28350" > END > > LABELCACHE on > LABELITEM "HWY_NO" > > CLASS > NAME "Highways" > STYLE > SYMBOL "BigLine" > SIZE 2 > COLOR 240 110 110 > END > LABEL > TYPE truetype > FONT "arial" > SIZE 12 > COLOR 255 0 0 > END > STYLE > SYMBOL "U.S Route 1" # or esri_44 ??? > SIZE 10 > COLOR 0 0 230 > OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255 > END > END > END > > Hope someone can make sense of this. > > Thankyou. > > Cheers, > Steve. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
