OK, I rearranged my XML-config again and now it works! Mmmhh, I'm sure I had this config already tested. Sorry, Artem, but I'm still a newbie...
Summary (also for other users): Important for the rendering priority is the arrangement of the three main elements in your XML-config: - Layers: The first layer in the config is rendered first, the following layers are rendered on top of the first. Layers are listed at the bottom of your config. - Styles: The ordering of your styles is unimportant for the rendering priority. - Rules: Same as layers. The first rule is applied first, the following rules are applied next. This concerns labels and geometry. Unlike other software, MapNik makes no difference between both. Correct me, if I understood something wrong. thanks Jürgen Artem Pavlenko-3 wrote: > > > On 9 Oct 2008, at 11:48, spillocaster wrote: > >> >> I also have problems with placing my labels in the correct way. >> >> I understand the function of the painter model, but I don't get the >> desired >> result. I want a simple map with labeled streets and city names on >> top of >> it. But some city names are missing. I first draw the street layer >> as lines >> without labeling, the next layer is the city names pointlayer without >> styling of the geometry, only labels. Then I load again the street >> layer >> with a style only for the labels. According to the painters model, the >> streetnames should have a lower prority as the city names, because >> they are >> drawn last. But this isn't true. Some city names are missing. Does >> MapNik >> load the geometry in a cache? > > Nope. > >> In this case the streetnames are having a >> higher priority although they are drawn last. >> >> Only when I load the city names layer as the first layer, all cities >> are >> labeled and some street names are not. Then the labeling is correct, >> but the >> map looks horrible, because the street vectors are laying above my >> city >> names. >> > You shouldn't have to do this. Can you post your *.xml (or Python) and > resulting map so we can investigate further. > >> I decided to load the pointlayer with the city names as the first >> layer with >> a transparent point style. I wanted to give him a higher priority, >> because >> he is loaded first in the cache, but that didn't helped me. >> >> Is there any solution or workaround? >> >> I hope that I described it clearly. > > Please, consider subscribing to this mailing list. > Cheers > Artem >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Text-Rendering-Priority-tp18022102p19896448.html >> Sent from the Mapnik - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Text-Rendering-Priority-tp18022102p19912349.html Sent from the Mapnik - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Mapnik-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users
