> than a scan) you should be able to use the trace applications that come
with
> most vector drawing tools to get the map into Flash.
well as you can see from the "map" in question most spatial data start life
on paper. these have to be scanned & vectorized--depending on the complexity
& quality of the source document can be like a trip thru hell's slums.
think of something like a contour map (representing lines of elevation) in
nepal.
i've seen plenty of skanky flash "maps", especially those representing
spatial data with "shared topology" like polygons representing political
boundaries (one boundary is shared among two polygons) where the polygons
float around leaving ugly gaps when you symbolize them or dead areas that
can't be identified/selected (the most frequently used GIS function is "what
the heck is that" identification, point & click on a spatial feature to find
out what it is). i know it can be done well (i've some nice flash-based GIS
apps, the ones that are produced by the oz antarctica folks like
http://aadc-maps.aad.gov.au/atlas/ are sweet) but the effort to get
something complex right isn't trivial. and the "map" in question is fairly
complex. there's the lots, lot IDs, setbacks, roads, vegetation, etc.
besides the bits of the golf course. and while that "map" might show lots'
status, it's almost impossible to know the lot ids from that "map". if i was
a nosy so-and-so i'd like a lot near the entrance so i can watch comings &
goings, which exact lot is that? if i was a bit paranoid of terrible
golfers, i might be worried about getting beaned by stray golfballs or
having one come thru my living room window. which lots are in beaning
distance of the fairway?
> I'm a huge fan of CorelDraw which comes with CorelTrace - it'll do the job
> nicely given decent input.
when we did this for a living, i swore by r2v http://www.ablesw.com/
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