Hello again! This is a note to Bill, and/or anyone who's interested.
SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is/are wonderful. I mean, I feel the same energy toward SVG that I felt toward MapInfo in the 1990s. (I started with Mapinfo in 1991!) I like Bill's MI2SVG utility http://www.gisnet.com/notebook/SVG_mapping.htm But alas, I can't edit it. My ancient 4-point-something MapBasic actually refused to install on my current computer. Would anyone be able to simply change the word .rowid on line 278 to .fips (and another copy for .smsa)....and recompile the programs so that I can use the MBX? The result (I presume!) is that I will create a state, county, and MSA file that can be used by SVG developers, including the proper FIPS code in each element ID. If you would like to explore SVG, first download the Adobe viewer: http://www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install/main.html Then check these out, to see some of the really wonderful things people are doing with it. http://www.carto.net/papers/svg/us_population/index.html http://app2.health.state.pa.us/epiqms/ http://www.intantatlas.com If you really want to go all out, I can suggest other things to add to the mbx. For instance, adding a ;stroke-linejoin:round before all the endquotes in line 281 greatly beautifies the resulting file. (not sure if needed other places, too) Anyhow: Can anyone compile and send me the mbx files with the two changes? One for .fips and one for: .smsa in place of .rowid (Even better would be an option in the mbx to select the field to export.) MapBasicless, and SVG-full, With appreciation, Margie --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 15675
