On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, SCISOFT wrote: > Bill - I notice that you use a compressed SVG file (.SVGZ). What > compression algorithm or utility is used to create these? The SVG format > is XML (text) and as such results in a much larger file size than the > 102K of your NE States example.
I used gzip, the open source GNU compression utility. Compressing the XML based SVG text is how you improve the download speed. I've since learned how to use relative coordinates in building the regions and polylines, so I will soon be able to produce a significantly smaller file. BTW, the original uncompressed MapInfo tables are 270K, so the text-based SVG isn't such a burden after all. - Bill Thoen --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 10821
