On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 3:16:56 AM UTC-5, Vinny P wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Will Pittenger > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Key requirements for the gallery: >> >> 1. Support for SVG as images rather than mere documents >> 2. Unlimited depth of nested folders >> 3. Updating the gallery by synching the remote files with those local >> 4. Ability to allow downloading the maps in PNG, SVG, SVGZ, zipped >> (both PNG and SVG), and 7z (both PNG and SVG) >> 5. Ability to allow downloading entire folders of maps (which are >> categories) in 7z or zip format >> >> 1. That seems more like a client side issue than a server-side issue. Is > there any special treatment you need for SVG? > 2. Nested folders in terms of data storage or the serving path? Both are > doable. > 3. Where is the remote source being synced to? Depending on the sync > method you prefer and the size of the files, this may be problematic, but > fixable. > 4. Allowing downloads is easy enough to do. If you want to dynamically > convert your SVG files to PNG though, you might have a problem; a lot of > the libraries that are capable of the conversion can't run on App Engine > due to the sandbox. > 5. Again, allowing downloads is easy to do, regardless of format type. >
3. I don't have one yet. I examined the Google Drive API, but I don't know it or ReSTful. Too many hurdles. If it can be done via the application's own storage, problem solved. I can probably figure a way to read that from within a servlet. 4. The SVGs have already been exported to PNG by Inkscape. As for dynamic conversion, there's always BATIK. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
