[OSGeo-Standards] Demonstrations of SVG Map are prepared

[Satoru Takagi]

Hi folks,

I prepared a demonstration site to emulate specifications of 
SVG Map by using AJAX and modern browsers, because the SVG 
processing function of Web browser got better.

http://www.gissoken.org/svg/maps/tech_kddi/


SVG Map is open and simple Web map platform by SVG.

I think that it has the architecture considerably different from 
other Web Map systems, platforms, specifications. And I think that
different knowledge for the solution of the problem that geo web has
is included in there.
Therefore I prepared it because I wanted you to interest in the SVG Map.

It has a concept to realize the functions of the basis 
of the map services only by SVG document data with hyperlink 
and web browser. 
The dynamic servers are not necessary (or optional). And data formats except
SVG are unnecessary, too.

It also may be called the Tiling and Layering module for SVG.
SVG Map has been examined in Japanese SVG Interest Group of W3C.

In addition, I prepared for the following demonstrations as the 
thing which geo community might be interested.

Cooperation with WMS (Demo 4 of above demonstration site)
Cooperation with open street map server (Demo 6)

Of course these are realized by static SVG document files.

It will suggest an architecture to process tiled map servers 
having various different methods uniformly and simply by Linked Data 
which is the basis of Web1.0.

And, I also prepared software which convert into SVG Map data from 
shapefile and the specifications of SVG Map.
# External links are described in above demonstration site.

Note:
A Javascript cord which this demonstration uses, and the converter are 
open sources.

Regards,

Satoru