[GIS] Missing label using Easy Custom Labeling

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I’m using the Easy Custom Labeling plugin (with QGIS 1.8). I have one feature label which refused to show itself. It’s just not visible. When I look at the attributes table, the feature name appears in the same columns as the names of all the other features. I’ve tried moving nearby labels away from it–no difference. I’ve tried moving the feature (just to see what would happen)—nothing. If I turn on Labels in the corresponding feature layer, the label appears.

Where’s my label?

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You can show all labels, regardless whether they intersect, by checking the box "Show all labels" in the Engine settings of the desired label's Layer labeling settings. The Engine settings can be found on the end of the extended options tab. enter image description here

If the missing label is still not displayed, I would try to edit the Label layer manually by overwriting the field in the attribute table with some other string.

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[GIS] Customizing label features using arcpy

I had the same problem, wanting to use a specific field in an FC to use as the label. Here was my solution. I have a script before this that brings in a layer to the current .mxd from the disc and then this will turn the label on and use the "label" field instead of the "Loc_name" (or whatever the default label is)

import arcpy
mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT") 
layer = arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd, "")[0] 
if layer.supports("LABELCLASSES"):
    for lblclass in layer.labelClasses:
        lblclass.showClassLabels = True
lblclass.expression = " [Label]"
layer.showLabels = True
arcpy.RefreshActiveView()

[GIS] How to label a lot of nearby points

On the 'Advanced' tab of the 'Layer Labeling settings' menu there is the 'Engine setting' button. If you open that dialogue, you will see the option to show all labels, including colliding labels. That should give you more control and a more consistent behavior.

Something I used to do previously when I had similar problems with label placements is to create centroids of the polygons (vector - geometry tools), label those using the option to label over point and then move the points around to ensure perfect placement of your labels.

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