You probably want to check out MapServer (http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/). It's open source and outputs .swf from shp files (as well as jpgs, pngs, gifs, etc). It's not exactly tuned for Flash (in my evaluation it seemed a little buggy) but it works. It's actually a pretty awesome, mature product. Contact me offlist if you have any more questions about MapServer's capabilities.
I can also highly recommend this book: http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590594908/qid=1130872360/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/701-3469299-8633926 On 11/1/05, Johan Lopes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
