Some comments related to mapserver labelling

[pvgenuchten]

Labels (or other use of fonts) require a fontset element to be defined on the mapfile, a fontset is a key path file having references to the fonts used.

Consider that the font needs to be available on the server (e.g. mscore fonts)

Currently when you combine labels and style in a single layer, only the geometry is drawn. Seems a mapserver layer can only have a single class which applies, 2 options:

• repeat the label definition in each of the classes
• throw a warning to the user, indicating to split the layer into a label and geometry layer

Syntax for labels is (currently bridge adds label within style)

CLASS
    LABEL
      OFFSET 0.0 0.0
      TEXT "[soil_cla_1]"
      SIZE 12.607142857142854
      FONT "DeJaVu"
      TYPE truetype
      COLOR "#323232"
    END
  END

[GeoSander]

Thanks for the recommendations @pvgenuchten. In general, the QGIS Bridge -> MapServer workflow leaves a lot to be desired.