Return the mapped color ramp as a
        :rtype: str

def getColorMapAsContinuousSLD(self, nodata=-9999):
        """
        Return the mapped color ramp as a
        :rtype: str
        """
        colorMap = ET.Element('ColorMap', type='interval')

        # Add a line for the no-data values (nv)
        ET.SubElement(colorMap, 'ColorMapEntry', color='#000000', quantity=str(nodata), label='NoData', opacity='0.0')

        def get_label_formatter(value):
            label_tag="{label:.0f}"
            if abs(value) < 0.01 and value != 0:
                label_tag = "{label:.2E}"
            elif abs(value) < 10:
                label_tag="{label:.2f}"
            elif abs(value) < 99:
                label_tag="{label:.1f}"
            return label_tag

        if self.min != self.max and self.slope > 0:
            for rampIndex in range(len(self.colorRamp)):
                valueForIndex = (rampIndex - self.intercept) / self.slope
                red, green, blue = self.colorRamp[rampIndex]
                hexRGB = '#%02X%02X%02X' % (red,
                                            green,
                                            blue)

                label_tag = get_label_formatter(valueForIndex)
                ET.SubElement(colorMap, 'ColorMapEntry', color=hexRGB,
                              quantity=str(valueForIndex),
                              label=label_tag.format(label=valueForIndex),
                              opacity=str(self.alpha))
        else:
            valueForIndex = self.max
            red, green, blue = self.colorRamp[0]
            hexRGB = '#%02X%02X%02X' % (red,
                                        green,
                                        blue)
            label_tag = get_label_formatter(valueForIndex)
            ET.SubElement(colorMap, 'ColorMapEntry', color=hexRGB,
                          quantity=str(valueForIndex),
                          label=label_tag.format(label=valueForIndex),
                          opacity=str(self.alpha))


        return ET.tostring(colorMap)