Legend Editor : Labeling

Open the Legend Editor Labeling

from menu : Datasets > Legend Editors… > Labeling
right-click menu in the Dataset List : right-click dataset > Legend Editor… > Labeling

Orbit GIS uses a technique called 'Layout Component' to graphically display any non spacial attribute.
The most easy way to create a graphic representation of an attribute, is using it's value as a label on the map view. For example an attribute containing the street name, or a city name.
Orbit GIS allows to define a single label per model.
The labeling tab provides a wide range of possibilities to edit the graphic appearance of the label (font, style, transparency, orientation, positioning, halo and shadow).

Parameter	Comment
Show the labels	Tick to activate the labeling of an attribute
Resolve Collisions ?	Resolve collisions of labels by hiding some of them
Label this value	Select the attribute to label

It is possible to specify each of these graphic parameters, press Apply tot see the result on the Map View.

Parameter	Comment
Font Name	Select a font.
Font Style	Select a font style (plain, bold, italic, bold-italic).
Font Color	Choose a color for the label text.
Font Size	Enter a font size and select a size unit (point on screen, mm on paper, meter on scale).
Line Spacing

Parameter	Comment
Style	Select a text frame style (text, text box (round), text callout (round).
Box Fill	Choose a fill color for the text frame.
Box Outline	Choose an outline color for the text frame.

Parameter	Comment
Transparency	Set the transparency percentage of the label from opaque to completely transparent.

Parameter	Comment
Orientation	Set the label orientation.
Orientation Reset	Reset the label orientation to horizontal.
Orientation Type	Only available for line objects Select if the orientation is absolute or relative as seen from the line object.

Parameter	Comment
Hotspot	Set the label location compared to the centroid or axis of the object, the standard point of implantation of the label.
Hotspot Margin	Enter the deviation distance of the label location compared to the centroid or axis of the object and select a size unit.

Parameter	Comment
Visibility	Tick to activate the Halo of the label text. See Halo.
Color	Choose a color for the halo of the label text.
Transparency	Set the transparency percentage of the halo of the label from opaque to completely transparent.

Parameter	Comment
Visibility	Tick to activate the shadow of the label. See shadow visuals.
Style	Choose between drop or perspective shadow. See shadow style.
Direction	Set the drop shadow direction.
Direction Reset	Reset the drop shadow direction to the default value.
Distance	Set the visual distance between the label and his shadow (see shadow distance) and select a size unit.
Color	Choose a color for the shadow of the label.
Transparency	Set the transparency percentage of the shadow from opaque to completely transparent.
Blur	Set the blur or fading of the shadow, from no blur to maximal blur. See shadow blur.

Parameter	Comment
Style	Choose between drop or perspective shadow. See shadow style.
Light angle	Set the angle of light incidence.
Length	Set the length of the perspective shadow. See shadow length.

Parameter	Comment
Decimals	Only available for labeling float attributes. Set the number of decimals to round off in the label.
Render as Image	Only available by labeling an image url.
Thumbnail size	Only available by labeling an image url. Set the size of the thumbnail.