I guess my next question is: does anyone have this software who would like a very small gig...?
On Apr 17, 7:36 am, "Maps.Huge.Info (Google Maps API Guru)" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
