From dd28826aef3465451620c4349b29955da10ec255 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gravitystorm Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:18:32 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add some more notes on placement, based on previous confusions. --- ShieldSymbolizer.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ShieldSymbolizer.md b/ShieldSymbolizer.md index b119e32..beb8ccd 100644 --- a/ShieldSymbolizer.md +++ b/ShieldSymbolizer.md @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ ShieldSymbolizer supports all options of [[TextSymbolizer]] and the following ad dx, dy (from TextSymbolizer) only move the text, but not the Shield. This behavior will be changed in a future release of mapnik. (See below). ### placement -`placement="line"` actually means points along a line for ShieldSymbolizer. + +`placement="line"` only means placement along a line for ShieldSymbolizer, whereas for TextSymbolizer it rotates the text too. Add the `spacing` parameter to get the ShieldSymbolizer to repeat along the line, otherwise `placement="line"` and `placement="point"` will look the same. ### base Add