Hi Brian,

Had you seen this resource for SVG before? The section on paths might give you 
some hints as to what is going on in your phrase.

http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/IG/resources/svgprimer.html#path

Cheers, bob

On Jun 20, 2014, at 10:33 AM, Brian Schott <[email protected]> wrote:

> [moved to chat]
> 
> I stumbled upon a map pushpin svg at the following link.
> 
> http://svg-edit.googlecode.com/svn/branches/2.6/editor/svg-editor.html
> 
> I couldn't actually render it at that location, but snooping around in the
> code I found this phrase,
> 
> data-curopt="#shapelib_raph_location"
> 
> which upon pasting into an editor is saw the following svg phrase, which I
> am using.
> 
> M16,3.5c-4.142,0-7.5,3.358-7.5,7.5c0,4.143,7.5,18.121,7.5,18.121S23.5,15.143,23.5,11C23.5,6.858,20.143,3.5,16,3.5z
> M16,14.584c-1.979,0-3.584-1.604-3.584-3.584S14.021,7.416,16,7.416S19.584,9.021,19.584,11S17.979,14.584,16,14.584z
> 
> I am now trying to translate geometrically the location of the icon so that
> it is not downward and to the right of where it should be. I'll either have
> to study svg paths more, or get lucky with trial and error.
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Brian Schott <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> Joe,
>> 
>> [snip]
> 
>> I guess for my app, I question the ability to use the the material at the
>> "interactive" link because I am not creating charts. The google maps
>> reference seems to point me toward using SVG drawn icons, which are
>> somewhat problematic for me because I want a map pushpin icon which so far
>> I have not found as an SVG, likely because it would require cubic bezier
>> curves )which are not in my ability set).
>> 
>> Thanks much for the reply.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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