[ka-Map-users] Accessing attribute tables as labels for features

[Pēteris Brūns]

Your layer description is without label definitions.
It should be writen so:
LAYER
  GROUP "GenFac"
   NAME genfac
   TYPE POINT
   STATUS OFF
   DATA "mydata/genfac.shp"
   LABELCACHE ON
   LABELITEM discr
   CLASS
     NAME "GenFac"
     STYLE
       SYMBOL "star"
       SIZE 10
       COLOR 000 165 255
     END
#you need label block in class for labeling
   
    LABEL
      #...here mus be your label description
    END

   END
 END

see map file documentation as previously Luca wrote
Here is described label block parameters 
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/mapfile/label

pb

നെടുമ്പാല ജയ്സെന്‍ wrote:
> Hai,
>
>    Thanks for ur response, but, I tried this earlier. The layer 
> description from my mapfile is given below:
> ------------------------------------------
> LAYER
>   GROUP "GenFac"
>    NAME genfac
>    TYPE POINT
>    STATUS OFF
>    DATA "mydata/genfac.shp"
>    LABELCACHE ON
>    LABELITEM discr
>    CLASS
>      NAME "GenFac"
>      STYLE
>        SYMBOL "star"
>        SIZE 10
>        COLOR 000 165 255
>      END
>    END
>  END 
> -------------------------
> The corresponding attribute table field for the genfac.shp is discr. 
> The contents  in the attribute table field "discr" is not seems 
> visible. Where I really missed?  Anything else should I setup in 
> mapfile, or in any other files?
>
>
> 2008/5/28 Luca Casagrande <luca.casagrande at gmail.com 
> <mailto:luca.casagrande at gmail.com>>:
>
>     On Wednesday 28 May 2008 14:21:35 നെടുമ്പാല ജയ്സെന്‍ wrote:
>     > Hai,
>     >   I have set up a visualization for my area with ka-map using
>     shapefile
>     > layers. The only remaining thing is, I need to put labels for
>     the vector
>     > features, for which, I want to use the data from attribute tables
>     > associated with vector layers. I tried for it, but as a new
>     person to this
>     > field, no idea how to make it out. Any possible way to do that?
>
>     For each layer, set the LABELITEM tag for the column that holds
>     the names.
>     More info here:
>     http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/mapfile
>     Bye
>     Luca
>
>
>
>
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