One way would be to create a Mapserver-compatible ANGLE column on the table (or a view) and populate it in PostgreSQL with values from the orientation column:
update mytable set angle = orientation/10 I think what you call the anchor point is the "justification" of the text. I think Mapserver considers the point to be the lower left of the text, but you may need to experiment to confirm this. It will likely be necessary to do similar things to calculate the position of the text. Brent Fraser GeoAnalytic Inc. Calgary, Alberta ----- Original Message ----- From: "User Map" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 3:12 AM Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] anchor position hi, i have a postgre table with the column of anchor position and orientation. Orietation defines the angle in tenths of degree and the anchor position is a number between 0 and 8 that specifies which part of the text is bound to the anchor point. Each text string that is captured with cartographic information has a location in the text string, known as its anchorPosition, which is bound to the digitised coordinate, known as its anchorPoint. There are nine defined locations, identified by the numbers 0–8. how can i use this anchor position for showing the lable acccordinly, because using only the orientation in the ANGLE is not labling correctly. ____________________________________________________________ ________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
