Time for action – labeling lines

Place names are useful but a road map without a road name, or at least road codes, is almost useless. You need to get back to the roads style and add code to enable road labeling:

1. Take the Roads.xml file, make a copy to RoadsLabeled.xml, and then edit the new file in your text editor.

2. Go to line 9 and replace the text inside the Name element with the following code snippet:

       <Name>RoadsLabeled</Name>

3. Go to line 11 and replace the text inside the Title element with the following code snippet:

       <Title>Geoserver Beginners Guide: Roads with labels along the line</Title>

4. Remove the last LineSymbolizer, from line 26 to 31. We need a simpler symbol to have a pretty map.

5. Set the width of black line to 4:

       <CssParameter name="stroke-width">4</CssParameter>

6. Set the width of red line to 2:

       <CssParameter name="stroke-width">4</CssParameter>

7. After the last LineSymbolizer, add a new TextSymbolizer element. Inside it, you...