Labels in images are a touchy thing. I've created a proprietary
routine to do the work myself, it took a lot of thought and
programming to come up with it, so I am not surprised when free
services don't add labels to the images.

There are a lot of issues with polygon labels:

1. How do you size the label?
2. How do you make sure it fits into the polygon?
3. How do you figure out where to put the label?
4. How do you find the largest empty area in a polygon?
5. How do you deal with holes in polygons to prevent labels from being
placed over one?
6. How do you handle labeling for different zoom levels?
7. How do you deal with labels that cross tile boundaries?
8. How may other issues did I forget to mention?

These are just a couple of issues off the top of my head. They are
solvable but I believe unless you use some sort of professional
software, like an ESRI or Mapinfo product, you're going to be
disappointed.

-John Coryat

http://maps.huge.info

http://www.usnaviguide.com
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