> > - 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 _______________________________________________ User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) http://udig.refractions.net http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel
