> > - style with name label snaking along (above or inside) 
> each annotated 
> > linestring rather than being displayed horizontaly
> There is a way to more or less do this... I had thought that it was  
> on by default but it has been a while since I've looked into it.   
> I'll check it out and let you know what I find out.

Ok, thanks, even if it's only by API there's no problem with that

> >
> > - style with set of linestrings displayed as thick (e.g. white)
> > lines with
> > outer rims (e.g. black) so as to look more like what raster maps  
> > with roads
> > on them look like.
> In order to do this you have to make a custom SLD, currently 
> you have  
> to use the XML editor to do it. For best appearance you can make 2  
> FeatureTypeStyles one that is a line of 3 thickness and one 
> that is a  
> line of 1 thickness.  Currently this requires 2 passes through the  
> data for shapefiles.  For a quick approximation ( a single pass) you  
> can have 2 rules in a single feature type style.  The problem with  
> this solution is that intersections will look a little funny.  This  
> is because 1 case 1 all the thick lines are drawn then all the thin  
> lines are drawn but in the second case for each feature line 1 is  
> drawn then line 2 is drawn (rather than all thick lines for all  
> features).  When 2 features intersect the first feature will 
> be drawn  
> with both lines then the second feature will cover the lines at the  
> intersection.  (This explanation isn't the clearest, my apologies).
Thanks, I'll try it out, I suspected SLDs were the answer.

Thanks for your reply Jesse,

Robbie


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