I'm just wondering if you noticed that we are using a svg symbols catalogue. http://dev.openlayers.org/sandbox/camptocamp/vectorSymbols/examples/symbol_catalog.svg
Regards, Pierre On Dec 12, 2007 10:49 PM, miles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pierre GIRAUD wrote: > > If you need vector symbols you should have a look at this example. > > > > http://dev.openlayers.org/sandbox/camptocamp/vectorSymbols/examples/vector-symbols.html > > > > This seems backwards to me to have to replicate graphic or symbol > libraries in yet another graphics api - if we're outputting dynamic > graphics in SVG in our code, now we have to change our output code to > OpenLayers vector language ? Which then converts it back to SVG ? > duh? The advantage of using an open xml standard like SVG is that it > can be displayed not just on the screen in OpenLayers but converted via > ImageMagik, saved to an xml output file to be used in Inkscape (or even > in a text editor), or in reverse, created in Inkscape and brought in > from there, and likewise used in other programs. I'm starting to > wonder if we should or need to patch or fork a version of OpenLayers > with direct handling of SVG ? > > > > > Two notes : > > - This only works for point features, > > - this converts svg symbols into vml groups so that they can be > > rendered into IE. > > > > Regards, > > Pierre > > > > On Dec 12, 2007 9:28 PM, miles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Tim Schaub wrote: > >> > >>> Hey- > >>> > >>> miles wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Are there any examples of using a SVG overlay? I didn't see any. I > >>>> suspect it's kind of tricky since I assume the SVG coordinate system > >>>> would need to be translated to the coordinate system/projection being > >>>> used for the base layer. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> If you open the following page in Firefox, you're looking at an "SVG > >>> overlay." > >>> > >>> http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/rotate-features.html > >>> > >>> Did you mean something different? > >>> > >>> > >> yes, I realize OpenLayers renders in SVG or VML but I meant overlaying > >> an actual SVG xml file. This would permit displaying icons made in > >> Inkscape, etc and I would think be faster since OpenLayers does not have > >> to convert the vector language code to SVG. Obviously it would only > >> display in a browser that supports SVG - or should we say won't display > >> in IE, the only browser that does not support SVG ): > >> > >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> > >> <!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) --> > >> <svg > >> xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"; > >> xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"; > >> version="1.0" > >> width="744.09448" > >> height="1052.3622" > >> id="svg2"> > >> <defs > >> id="defs4" /> > >> <g > >> id="layer1"> > >> <path > >> d="M 231.42858 336.64789 A 48.57143 47.142857 0 1 1 > >> 134.28572,336.64789 A 48.57143 47.142857 0 1 1 231.42858 336.64789 z" > >> > >> style="fill:#ff0000;fill-rule:evenodd;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:1px;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-opacity:1" > >> id="path2160" /> > >> </g> > >> </svg> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
