Updated Ideas (markdown)

springmeyer 2012-06-16 12:03:53 -07:00
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3) move icon a bit if it would collide with others 3) move icon a bit if it would collide with others
4) replace an already placed icon with a collection icon when there is another one to be shown right there 4) replace an already placed icon with a collection icon when there is another one to be shown right there
- unlikely to implement this, as it is better done as a (zoom dependent) pre-processing step before mapnik
5) <strike>push lines apart so that there is a minimum distance between them</strike> (nearly done) 5) <strike>push lines apart so that there is a minimum distance between them</strike> (nearly done)
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9) stronger coupling between icon and text (maybe similar to the ShieldSymbolizer?) so that manual text dy tweaking is not required anymore (want to be able to say: "place this icon in size 20x20 and put the text in size 12pt five pixels below it") Idea: “TownSymbolizer”. 9) stronger coupling between icon and text (maybe similar to the ShieldSymbolizer?) so that manual text dy tweaking is not required anymore (want to be able to say: "place this icon in size 20x20 and put the text in size 12pt five pixels below it") Idea: “TownSymbolizer”.
10) collapsing of little small areas with the same tags into a single big one (for e.g. a big forest), so that e.g. the name is drawn only once 10) collapsing of little small areas with the same tags into a single big one (for e.g. a big forest), so that e.g. the name is drawn only once
- unlikely to implement this, as it is better done as a (zoom dependent) pre-processing step before mapnik
11) be able to suppress automatic text rotation (per style or layer) - contour lines should always be displayed so that the base line of the text points to the lower ground 11) be able to suppress automatic text rotation (per style or layer) - contour lines should always be displayed so that the base line of the text points to the lower ground