Hi, Check LABELANGLEITEM in map file reference.
Zoltan On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, antti siukola wrote: > Hi! > > I have a layer (SHP) containing street names that is presented in > points. All these points have an angle defined and a column for the > street name. I wan't to read the street name and use the angle for > drawing the string. > "Do you have an angle column in the shape file that you want to use for > the orientation of the label?" - YES > > I also have a shape-file in LINE format that defines the angle but > doesn't contain the street names so is there a way to merge these > layers or something? > > Antti S > > On 8/14/06, Stephen Woodbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > antti siukola wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > Is it possible to get angle data from a shp file that is point > > > information? > > > The shp contains the data but I can't get it automatically out of > > > there. LABEL docs say that ANGLE can automatically computed only from > > > LINE information but is there another way? > > > > Antti, > > > > What is the angle of a point? > > Can you explain what you are trying to do? > > Do you have an angle column in the shape file that you want to use for > > the orientation of the label? > > > > -Steve > > > > > Antti S > > > > > > On 8/8/06, antti siukola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hi! > > >> > > >> I have a shp-file that contains a lot of point information. Is there a > > >> way I could translate this to lines? Should this even work? The thing > > >> is that the layer contains street names that are connected to these > > >> points but then I can't get the angle information out of the shp > > >> automatically since it only works with lines. > > >> > > >> Cheers! > > >> > > >> Antti S > > >> > > > > > > > >
