Hi Eric, Yeah that Mapserver looks interesting.
Thanks, /Johan On 11/1/05, Eric Mauvière <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Johan, > 1) http://gdal.maptools.org/ogr/ogr2ogr.html > ogr2ogr will let your shape file into GML, an XML format you'll probably be > able to read in Flash (not so easy though to redraw features through the > drawing API...) > 2) http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ > Mapserver is an open source server-side mapping software with wich you can > convert shp files to swf files > (uses Ming for swf export) > 3) if your client own Esri's software ArcGis, he could convert his shape > file to an AI (Adobe Illustrator) file, > then with Illustrator, you may convert it into a swf file. > > Hope this helps, > > Eric > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Johan Lopes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Open Source Flash Mailing List" <[email protected]>; "Flashcoders > mailing list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 5:16 PM > Subject: [Flashcoders] OT:Converting shapefile (.shp) > SVG > SWF > > > Hi all, > > I'd like some pointers on how to convert a UK map sent to me in .shp > format to SWF format. > > After a quick research I've found out that it's possible to first > export the data to SVG and then use an SVG to SWF tool to do the rest. > But I'd like to know if there's a better way to do this. > > I'm building an application where GIS data is supplied to me by the client. > > Here's what I've found so far: > > 1) Using ArcExplorer (http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/) to > explore the Layers of the GIS map data > 2) Followed this tut to convert .shp formats to SVG > (http://www.carto.net/papers/svg/utils/shp2svg/) > 3) Now looking to use this tool > (http://robla.net/1996/svg2swf/#download) and ming to export to SWF > > I found the "ogis2svg" command line tool quite straightforward but now > am stuck trying to convert the SVG output to SWF using the svg2swf > tool mentioned above. > I've googled it and haven't found many "respectable" tools for this purpose. > > Any pointers/gotchas/tips would be greatly appreciated. > > Cheers, > > /Johan > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
