One option you may want to look into in the future is Scalable Vector
Graphics (SVG) to do your mapping functions.
SVG is a very inexpensive solution when it comes to publish maps on the web.
Scalable Vector Graphics is a new, completely open standard recommended and
developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
The development of SVG is seconded by many notable software groups and
scientific communities around the globe.
SVG offers all the advantages of Flash, the de-facto vector web standard of
the day, plus the following features:
non-propriterary, embedded fonts,extensible markup language
(XML),stylesheets (CSS), interactivity (zoom-in, recenter, etc.), animation.
With the help of the DOM, full HTML compatibility is obtained. For a more
detailed description of svg check
(http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/Overview.html)
We have prepared an SVG Mapping Technology Preview at
http://www.dbxgeomatics.com/svg.asp
This includes many samples of SVG maps (as well as an introduction to SVG).
Browse the SVG Map Gallery for samples of interactive and high quality maps
!
Your comments are welcomed !
Regards,
Dany Bouchard
DBx Geomatics
38 de l'Orbite
Hull, Qu�bec
Canada
J9A 3C7
T�l�phone/Telephone: 819.743.3870
T�l�copieur/Fax: 819.775.3264
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Vitrine technologique SVG / SVG Technology Preview:
http://www.dbxgeomatics.com/svg.asp
Utilitaire d'exportation SVG / SVGExport Utility:
http://www.dbxgeomatics.com/SVGExport.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alice Dobry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "MapInfo Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 1:46 PM
Subject: MI advice on making static maps for web
> Hello Fellow Mappers,
>
> Can someone out there point to some data that I could quickly use
> with MapInfo to create general background maps at the county
> level. I would be overlaying my set of points and their 4-digit
> labels over this map, and each map would contain anywhere from 2
> to 10 of my points. I would like the data used for the county
> map background to give me towns/cities, major hydrology,
> highways, and maybe topo lines. The biggest problem with the data
> I already have is that the places (towns) layer is in one table
> per region, so I can't distinguish whether it's a big city or
> small town. This is quite frustrating because I obviously want
> to represent a larger place with a different symbol and label
> than a small town. It would also be nice if the highways could
> be labeled with a number over a shield rather than just a text
> label. And I'd like the data to be organized by state and county.
> I would be saving each map at about a size of 400 x 400 pixels in
> GIF format.
>
> Maybe this is asking too much, but I'd like to end up with a map
> background that's reasonably aesthetic in appearance that
> includes my points as well. Every map is for some different web
> page. For now, they need to be static maps, because we won't be
> ready for a while to move to a mapping server.
>
> For the last round of maps I created for these static web pages I
> used a CGI script I wrote to request maps from the U.S. Census
> Tiger Map Server. There is (or should I say was) this feature
> where you can use their server to read a file of points on your
> web server and they would deliver a map in your browser with your
> points overlaid on it. This feature, however, just doesn't seem
> to function in the last month or so. I'm starting to conclude
> that they're not supporting it any longer.
>
> I know there's a plethora of vendors selling data, map viewers
> and internet mapping servers. Either they're way too expensive
> or too cumbersome to use. Or maybe I'm just uniformed about
> what's available. All I really want at the moment is some data
> to use within MapInfo to generate the static maps for the web
> site, not a full-blown mapping server ($$).
>
> Any suggestions or ideas are greatly welcomed.
>
> Regards,
> Alice
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