Thank you. Of course this is quite an undertaking and you might already have become proficient with the things you need to do by the time the application project will(?) be finalized (depending on team's time resources) :)
Domenico --- In [email protected], Marjorie Roswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What features and capabilities would you like or expect to find in > > such application? > > Well, one of the main features would be to be able to open my files. I > mean, I know that sounds basic, but for instance, amaya, and others > don't open files generated by Bill Thoen's wonderful little MapInfo > export utility (maybe the SVG programs have trouble with the > coordinate system, I don't know.). Also, a number of apps won't open > my Instant Atlas (instantatlas.com) files. I wrote to RapidSVG, for > instance, and they bascially said that you can open RapidSVG- created > files, but not necessarily other SVG files > > So, honestly, that's my first battle: getting the file open! Then, > being able to interact with the graphic and the DOM together... > > I downloaded Sketsa, a basic viewer, but it's slow (maybe a memory > problem on my home computer?), and also doesn't have any sophisticated > interaction tools built in. > > Batik's Squiggle also seems to be in essence just a viewer. > > I tried looking at eclipse, which someone mentioned in this thread, > but couldn't really figure out what to do with it. > > > SVGComposer is so far the best tool I've seen to figure out what's > going on in an SVG file. And, thankfully, it actually opens my files. > But it doesn't have any tools to teach me how to do more interactive > stuff. > > The "holy grail" of what I'm after, looks either like "instant atlas" or like > http://www.carto.net/papers/svg/us_population/index.html > > Andreas (thank you, Andreas!) has a nice tutorial on how to do that > last one, and Tom (on this list) and I are going to try to figure it > out, but so far, we haven't even found a tool that can open my > geographic file, click on a state or county, and see the associated > elements. (the file is around 5 mb, since it has all the counties...) > SVGComposer has the ability to "flash" when you select an element in > the DOM, but the file is so big, I can't seem to even find it. Not > sure it actually is selecting in that file. > > Anyhow, I am completely smitten with SVG (and although at work I'm > limited to non-open source programming environments, by fiat, and most > of the samples out there use open source stuff), I do intend to figure > out how to do wonderful stuff, even if I have to do it in just a > straight text editor. > > So in sum: > > - opening the file (most necessary) > - tools for basic interactive operations. > - tools specifically for building GIS applications in SVG > - a good book (not written yet) on building GIS applications in SVG. > > Andreas, would you like to write one? I'd be happy to help! > > BTW, when I get some time (which isn't now) I'll make my state, > county, and MSA SVG file available, and see what tools people can > figure out to interact with it. > > Best Regards, > > Margie > > On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:29:14 -0000, Domenico Strazzullo > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Marjorie Roswell > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello SVG Developers, > > > > > > So: your development environments please! (and any insight, > > especially > > > on tools for developing interactive maps.) > > > ... > > > Wondering if you're working in a text-based environment for > > > interactive development, or something else... eager to know and > > > learn... > > > > Hi Marjorie, > > > > What features and capabilities would you like or expect to find in > > such application? > > > > Your, as well as anyone else's, feedback would be appreciated. > > > > Please, anyone feel free to write offlist. Thanks. > > > > Domenico > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- > > To unsubscribe send a message to: svg-developers- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -or- > > visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my > > membership" > > ---- > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > ADVERTISEMENT > > > > ________________________________ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
