I'm not sure if this is the best channel for stylizing questions, please forgive me if it isn't.
I am trying to style a map (obviously). This is a sample image of the issue I am having:
http://unioncab.com/badmap.png
What's happening is I'm not getting nice pretty intersections, like I have seen in examples, instead there is a lot of overlapping.
I'm not sure if this is important but I am using the "edges" .shp files for 2007 from census.gov
here is the sample code for the rule regarding this dataset:
<Rule>
<ogc:Filter>
<ogc:PropertyIsEqualTo>
<ogc:PropertyName>
MTFCC
</ogc:PropertyName>
<ogc:Literal>S1400</ogc:Literal>
</ogc:PropertyIsEqualTo>
</ogc:Filter>
<MinScaleDenominator>0</MinScaleDenominator>
<MaxScaleDenominator>12e3</MaxScaleDenominator>
<LineSymbolizer>
<Stroke>
<CssParameter name="stroke">#000000</CssParameter>
<CssParameter name="stroke-opacity">1</CssParameter>
<CssParameter name="stroke-width">16</CssParameter>
<CssParameter name="stroke-linejoin">mitre</CssParameter>
<CssParameter name="stroke-linecap">butt</CssParameter>
</Stroke>
</LineSymbolizer>
<LineSymbolizer>
<Stroke>
<CssParameter name="stroke">#808080</CssParameter>
<CssParameter name="stroke-opacity">1</CssParameter>
<CssParameter name="stroke-width">12</CssParameter>
<CssParameter name="stroke-linejoin">mitre</CssParameter>
<CssParameter name="stroke-linecap">butt</CssParameter>
</Stroke>
</LineSymbolizer>
<TextSymbolizer>
<VendorOption name="group">yes</VendorOption>
<LabelPlacement>
<LinePlacement>
<PerpendicularOffset>
0
</PerpendicularOffset>
</LinePlacement>
</LabelPlacement>
<Label>
<ogc:PropertyName>FULLNAME</ogc:PropertyName>
</Label>
<Font>
<CssParameter name="font-family">Times New Roman</CssParameter>
<CssParameter name="font-style">Normal</CssParameter>
<CssParameter name="font-size">10</CssParameter>
</Font>
<Fill>
<CssParameter name="fill">#000000</CssParameter>
<CssParameter name="fill-opacity">1</CssParameter>
</Fill>
</TextSymbolizer>
</Rule>
Any suggestions on this would be much appreciated.
cooperatively,
tom farnham