Re: [mapserver-users] SVG, PDF and Flash output in MapServer 6.0.
On 10/09/2010 4:08 PM, Andreas Neumann wrote: Hi, Thank you for your information on future plans about output based on Cairo. Regarding the SVG support, my main concern is that if the output goes through Cairo than there is no chance of adding attributes and semantics to the vector features in SVG - am I correct? In SVG one could f.e. embed title and description elements, as well as non-graphical That is correct from what I can see. attributes in a separate namespace in the XML output. Now that SVG support will be widespread in all browsers (IE9 will be implementing SVG), I would assume that people would make more use of SVG output, also for interactive maps. In this setup it would be nice if one could have the option between a pure graphical output (probably the CAIRO output version) and a more semantically rich output (a separate output driver?) I would recommend to go with Cairo, but leave the door open for another, alternative output driver for more sophisticated SVG output. I agree with you that we would have more control on what we can output if we have a native MapServer svg driver. I think adding a native SVG driver will always possible baring in mind that there is enough need/interest to add it and support it in the long term Thanks for your feedback. regards, Regarding SWF: it would be better if Flash would die in the long run - it is not part of the open web and a black box. All browser project now seem committed to implement SVG and canvas. So I myself wouldn't care if you would drop SWF support. Other users may think different. Just my two cents, Andreas On 9/10/10 5:09 PM, Yewondwossen Assefa wrote: Hi all, The Dev team is reviewing and preparing for the 6.0 MapServer release [1][2]. There are significant changes and new features in this release. One of them is the rendering overhaul. The reasons behind is to facilitate the long term maintenance and make sure that all the output formats are in sync feature-wise. Currently output drivers such as svg, pdf and flash lag in functionality and supported features compare to the AGG/GD output. As part of this re-factoring, the Cairo library [3] will be added allowing SVG and PDF outputs to pass through this library. This would deprecate the current support of native svg and pdf in MapServer. The other renderer that is affected is the SWF (Flash) renderer: at this point there is no effort to bring this output feature to the level of other renderers. This means that there is a big chance that the SWF support will not be part of the 6.0 release (unless someone wants to fund it). Is this something that affects lots/some users? best regards, [1] http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/60ReleasePlan [2] http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/60MigrationIssues [3] http://cairographics.org/ * * -- Assefa Yewondwossen Software Analyst Email:yass...@dmsolutions.ca http://www.dmsolutions.ca/ Phone: (613) 565-5056 (ext 14) Fax: (613) 565-0925 ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users -- Assefa Yewondwossen Software Analyst Email: yass...@dmsolutions.ca http://www.dmsolutions.ca/ Phone: (613) 565-5056 (ext 14) Fax: (613) 565-0925 ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
[mapserver-users] SVG, PDF and Flash output in MapServer 6.0.
Hi all, The Dev team is reviewing and preparing for the 6.0 MapServer release [1][2]. There are significant changes and new features in this release. One of them is the rendering overhaul. The reasons behind is to facilitate the long term maintenance and make sure that all the output formats are in sync feature-wise. Currently output drivers such as svg, pdf and flash lag in functionality and supported features compare to the AGG/GD output. As part of this re-factoring, the Cairo library [3] will be added allowing SVG and PDF outputs to pass through this library. This would deprecate the current support of native svg and pdf in MapServer. The other renderer that is affected is the SWF (Flash) renderer: at this point there is no effort to bring this output feature to the level of other renderers. This means that there is a big chance that the SWF support will not be part of the 6.0 release (unless someone wants to fund it). Is this something that affects lots/some users? best regards, [1] http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/60ReleasePlan [2] http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/60MigrationIssues [3] http://cairographics.org/ * * -- Assefa Yewondwossen Software Analyst Email: yass...@dmsolutions.ca http://www.dmsolutions.ca/ Phone: (613) 565-5056 (ext 14) Fax: (613) 565-0925 ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
Re: [mapserver-users] SVG, PDF and Flash output in MapServer 6.0.
Hi, Thank you for your information on future plans about output based on Cairo. Regarding the SVG support, my main concern is that if the output goes through Cairo than there is no chance of adding attributes and semantics to the vector features in SVG - am I correct? In SVG one could f.e. embed title and description elements, as well as non-graphical attributes in a separate namespace in the XML output. Now that SVG support will be widespread in all browsers (IE9 will be implementing SVG), I would assume that people would make more use of SVG output, also for interactive maps. In this setup it would be nice if one could have the option between a pure graphical output (probably the CAIRO output version) and a more semantically rich output (a separate output driver?) I would recommend to go with Cairo, but leave the door open for another, alternative output driver for more sophisticated SVG output. Regarding SWF: it would be better if Flash would die in the long run - it is not part of the open web and a black box. All browser project now seem committed to implement SVG and canvas. So I myself wouldn't care if you would drop SWF support. Other users may think different. Just my two cents, Andreas On 9/10/10 5:09 PM, Yewondwossen Assefa wrote: Hi all, The Dev team is reviewing and preparing for the 6.0 MapServer release [1][2]. There are significant changes and new features in this release. One of them is the rendering overhaul. The reasons behind is to facilitate the long term maintenance and make sure that all the output formats are in sync feature-wise. Currently output drivers such as svg, pdf and flash lag in functionality and supported features compare to the AGG/GD output. As part of this re-factoring, the Cairo library [3] will be added allowing SVG and PDF outputs to pass through this library. This would deprecate the current support of native svg and pdf in MapServer. The other renderer that is affected is the SWF (Flash) renderer: at this point there is no effort to bring this output feature to the level of other renderers. This means that there is a big chance that the SWF support will not be part of the 6.0 release (unless someone wants to fund it). Is this something that affects lots/some users? best regards, [1] http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/60ReleasePlan [2] http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/60MigrationIssues [3] http://cairographics.org/ * * -- Assefa Yewondwossen Software Analyst Email:yass...@dmsolutions.ca http://www.dmsolutions.ca/ Phone: (613) 565-5056 (ext 14) Fax: (613) 565-0925 ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
