Hi Brian, Two things I'd try are placing the Text Labeling Style at the top of your mapfile and using name="NAME" (all CAPS is needed if it is reading from a shapefile)
Also, have you gotten the text labels to appear without the Filter Statement? Cheers, Dane On Jul 30, 2008, at 1:08 PM, Brian Peschel wrote: > I have a point feature (which I draw as a symbol) I am trying to label > and isn't working (C++). I modified my data so this symbol is the > only > thing being drawn. > > I have two different styles setup. The rule to draw the symbol is: > <Rule> > <Filter>[mapnik:geometry] = '1' and [point_symbol] = > 'cemetery'</Filter> > <PointSymbolizer file="syms/cemetery.png" type="png" width="20" > height="20" allow_overlap="true"/> > </Rule> > > which is being drawn. I have a separate rule for the text (I had this > inside the above rule but it didn't make a difference) > <Rule> > <Filter>[mapnik:geometry] = '1' and [point_symbol] = > 'cemetery'</Filter> > <TextSymbolizer name="name" face_name="DejaVu Sans Bold" size="8" > fill="green" dy="-25" halo_radius="1" wrap_width="0"/> > </Rule> > > Looking in the mapnik source, adding in my own debug, I see in > src/agg_renderer.cpp::process(text_symbolizer ...) that the code is > getting down into the POINT_PLACEMENT block and is calling > finder.find_point_placement(). But the loop just below (for (unsigned > int ii = 0; ii < text_placement.placements.size(); ++ii)) is never > executing. > > I seriously doubt there is a problem in the mapnik library, so I > assume > I am doing something wrong. Any ideas? Or do I need to dive into the > find_point_placement() method? > > -- > Brian Peschel > > > _______________________________________________ > Mapnik-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users _______________________________________________ Mapnik-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users
