[udig-devel] Free Form Text Labels In UDig

[Jesse Eichar]

Just another note.  We probably can share code because we have a  
concept of a map graphic which has a single method which takes a  
Graphics2D object.  The implementor just writes to the graphics 2D  
object for the mapgraphic information.

Jesse

On Aug 24, 2007, at 1:38 PM, Sunburned Surveyor wrote:

> Does UDig currently support "free-form" text labels? (By free-form I
> mean a note placed on a map that is not directly tied to a feature.)
>
> I need to write a test for some new rendering code in OpenJUMP and I
> was going to implement some limited support for this type of label.
> The basic concept is that the user selects the location for the note,
> selects text height, font, text color, etc. and the label is created
> and rendered on the map screen.
>
> I thought I would send a quick e-mail over to you UDig folks to see if
> you had already worked on something similar. I know that we can't
> share rendering code because of the SWT/Swing differences, but I
> thought we might be able to share an interface or implementation for a
> free form text label and possibly a file format for the storage and
> transfer of such labels.
>
> It would be great if someone could create free form text labels in
> OpenJUMP and then import those labels into UDig, or the other way
> around.
>
> I'm sure you guys are all very busy, but if any of you are interested
> in sharing some code on this please let me know. I will start my work
> on the code next week.
>
> The Sunburned Surveyor
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