Oh, great. I'll try it out, and update the docs accordingly.
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 11:10 PM, Andrea Aime
<[email protected]>wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Martin Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I am styling a map which displays points along roads. A label is
>> displayed for each point. Unfortunately, when roads are near one another
>> (such as in dual-carriageways) conflict resolution prevents some labels
>> from displaying even though there is lots of available space nearby. (See
>> attached image - ideally every point would be labelled).
>>
>> In the case of labels along lines this kind of problem can be solved by
>> using the SLD maxDisplacement vendor option. Is there any option or
>> strategy which will allow point labels to be automatically displaced in the
>> same way? (I've tried spaceAround, but that just results in ugly
>> collisions).
>>
>> If not, would it be possible to extend the maxDisplacement option to work
>> with points as well? One issue might be that relocating a point label is
>> pretty unconstrained (unlike lines). One way of dealing with this would be
>> to allow point labels to be automatically displaced left or right and up or
>> down from the point - this would allow 4 options to try for label position.
>>
>
> maxDisplacement already works for points (using concentric circles search
> pattern) and polygons as well (same as points).
>
> Cheers
> Andrea
>
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