Not within MapServer proper. The various tiling services use this metatile approach so it does work. You'd need an intermediary script to do the clipping for you.
Steve >>> On 5/28/2009 at 8:36 AM, in message <1243517779820-2987684.p...@n2.nabble.com>, paalkr <pal.kristen...@statkart.no> wrote: > Hi! > > OK, are there any methods that could be used to let MapServer produce a > bigger image and then chop off excess area before sending the image to the > client? I think that this would be the easiest and most flexible solution. > > Regards, > Pål Kristensen > > > > Thomas Bonfort-2 wrote: >> >> it doesn't put any labels in the 10 outermost pixels surrounding the >> generated image (as they are chopped off by tilecache's metabuffer) >> >> thomas >> >> -- >> www.camptocamp.com >> +33 4 79 26 57 97 >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 16:45, paalkr <pal.kristen...@statkart.no> wrote: >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>> Thanks for the hint! The problem is that I'm using GeoWebCache and not >>> tilecache :) Is the >>> METADATA >>> labelcache_map_edge_buffer "-10" >>> END >>> a MapServer keyword? What does it do exactly? >>> >>> Any other possible solutions? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Pål Kristensen >>> >>> >>> Thomas Bonfort-2 wrote: >>>> >>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060214.html >>>> >>>> regards, >>>> thomas >>>> >>>> -- >>>> www.camptocamp.com >>>> +33 4 79 26 57 97 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 15:00, paalkr <pal.kristen...@statkart.no> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi! >>>>> >>>>> When creating tiles for my tilecache I have some issues regarding point >>>>> labels. Using the PROCESSING label_no_clip=true works for line and >>>>> polygon >>>>> labels, but points has not area/size and will therefor newer be present >>>>> in >>>>> two neighbouring tiles. The result are clipped labels because only one >>>>> tile >>>>> will ever know about the presence of a point. If then the label should >>>>> have >>>>> been rendered into the next tile, it will be clipped. Metatiles >>>>> (requesting >>>>> more than one tile at a time and splitting it up on the tile server) >>>>> helps, >>>>> but only a little, as the same problem will occur between metatiles. >>>>> >>>>> A solution would be that MapServer rendered each tile (map) some >>>>> percentage >>>>> larger than requested, and then chops of the excess area before >>>>> delivering >>>>> the final map. A setting at the MAP level of the mapfile controlling >>>>> this >>>>> "grow" mechanism would be great, defining the percentage the map shall >>>>> be >>>>> extended before rendering. >>>>> >>>>> Second, is there any other way to solve the issue? Especially if there >>>>> are >>>>> already features in MapServer that can be used. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Pål Kristensen >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Pål Kristensen >>>>> -- >>>>> View this message in context: >>>>> http://n2.nabble.com/Point-lables-and-tiles-tp2969528p2969528.html >>>>> Sent from the Mapserver - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> mapserver-users mailing list >>>>> mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org >>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> mapserver-users mailing list >>>> mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org >>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> >>> Regards, >>> Pål Kristensen >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://n2.nabble.com/Point-labels-and-tiles-tp2969528p2969950.html >>> Sent from the Mapserver - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mapserver-users mailing list >>> mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> mapserver-users mailing list >> mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users >> >> > > > ----- > > Regards, > Pål Kristensen > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/Point-labels-and-tiles-tp2969528p2987684.html > Sent from the Mapserver - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users