Bruce, thanks for the reply and the link. Not sure how much time I will have to look at this work, but it appears to be very impressive. Thanks for sharing - I think it is people like you that are willing to help others better understand SVG that will help SVG expand in the marketplace.
Thanks again! --- In [email protected], "brucerindahl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "tbone58x" <tbellmer@> wrote: > > > > I posted a similar msg about a month ago and got sidetracked on > > other issues so will see if there is any new approaches to this > > problem. > > > > I will have a consistent basic background - map of the 48 states in > > the US. Let's say I want a user to mouse over an area (e.g. Dallas > > MSA) and retrieve attributes (company and general demographic data) > > related to that area and show it in the lower section of the > > screen. I am thinking the geo map will cover the top 1/2 to 2/3 of > > the screen. > > > > The data to display will be refreshed either daily or weekly while > > the map will never change. Perhaps the fastest approach for a user > > is to embed the info as attributes inside each SVG <path /> node. > > > > However, since this sounds like a great way to seperate the content > > from the presentation layer does it make sense to look at using > > XSLT? I have never done XSLT but it sounds like perhaps it is the > > best technique as all I would need to do is drop a new XML file > > daily or weekly. > > > > Anyone done something like this? I am a bit concerned about > > retrieval speeds and the complexity in setting up something like > > this as I am an XSLT novice. I have done a lot of googling on this > > topic and have not seen any examples. Anyone willing to share their > > experiences (maybe even code samples) on this matter will be greatly > > appreciated. > > > > I have done this with daily (and real-time) rainfall readings via > XSLT. The map interface is from the work done at www.carto.net while > I added two data streams of rainfall data. The rainfall is obtained > from different servers that provide the data in XML format. XSLT is > used to convert to a SVG fragment that is loaded in the SVG display. > > You can see it at http://www.lrcwe-data.com/CoCoRaHS.svg Use the > ALERT and CoCoRaHS buttons to display the rainfall amounts. The pull > down menus allows you to get a different day. > > Bruce Rindahl > ----- 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/
