I am attaching the file, but this didn't fix the problem. You can see the empty boxes.
Thx, though ;) -W On 10/15/07, Stephen Woodbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this a transparent overlay layer? is IMAGECOLOR 0 0 0? if so then > that color is transparent and you leters are also transparent. If that > is the case change your label COLOR 1 1 1 and it should fix the problem. > > -Steve > > Webb Sprague wrote: > > Hi again > > > > I am trying to get labels based on a the "name" field in a postgis > > table (of GNIS placenames). Everything works great (the overlay, the > > triangle symbol, etc), but in the image, I get empty boxes where the > > letters should be (though I get a one-to-one box to letter). If > > anyone can help, I would sure appreciate it. (I am running a generic > > mapserver from installed by fink.) > > > > Here is the view definition in sql: > > > > SELECT placenames.gid AS oid, placenames.name, placenames.desig, > > placenames.elev, placenames.the_geom > > FROM placenames > > WHERE placenames.desig::text = 'airport'::text > > ORDER BY placenames.gid; > > > > Here is the my font file (yes, the files do exist): > > > > MAPSCRIPT[2]$ cat fonts.list > > arial /Library/Fonts/ArialHB.ttf > > arial2 /Library/Fonts/Arial > > MAPSCRIPT[2]$ > > > > Here is the layer in my mapfile: > > > > LAYER > > NAME "airports" > > CONNECTIONTYPE postgis > > CONNECTION "user=wsprague dbname=or_gis host=localhost" > > DATA "the_geom from airports_view" > > STATUS DEFAULT > > TYPE POINT > > > > LABELITEM "name" > > LABELCACHE ON > > > > CLASS > > NAME "LocationSymbol" > > SYMBOL "triangle" > > COLOR 100 100 82 > > > > LABEL > > # OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255 > > # MINDISTANCE 200 # Label only at close > > range > > COLOR 0 0 0 > > TYPE TRUETYPE > > SIZE 12 > > FONT "arial" > > POSITION cc > > ANGLE AUTO > > PARTIALS FALSE > > END #end label > > > > END > > END > >
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