AW: [mapguide-internals] Re: Stylization FTW

[Samuel Berger]

Would it be a big deal to support DWFx or is it mainly 'just changing a flag
in DWF Toolkit'? 
I think it would add a big value to MapGuide to export DWGx (XPS)!
As the DWF-Viewer is abandoned, but the whole rendering code is still there,
XPS output could open new ways like nice printouts  or a Silverlight
client...

Sam


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Welton-Lair
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Januar 2010 18:50
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GeneratePlot creates a version 6.01 DWF (effectively a zip) which contains
version 6.01 W2D/Whip resources.

Support for generating other versions of DWF, like DWFx, is not currently
available in MapGuide.

Walt

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[mailto:mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Samuel
Berger
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GeneratePlot delivers an ePlot in Whip 2D, whatever you set in MgDwfVersion
parameter, right? Is there a way to make GeneratePlot return a .dwfx (an
.xps in other words)? This way, everyone running Windows could watch the
plots out of the box....

Jason: as the geometry data in SymbolDefinition is very similar to XAML or
SVG, you could use Inkscape to draw your symbols and export  XAML or SVG, or
use Microsoft Expression Design and export it as XAML. 

Sam

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For plot to DWF are you referring to the problem that when you open the DWF
and zoom in the quality is poor due to the generalization?  If so, the way
to improve the data resolution is to increase the DisplayDpi on the MgMap
used with GeneratePlot.  But... the published MgMap API doesn't let you set
this, nor does GeneratePlot have an override that let you override it.

The only other option I can think of (short of enhancing the API) is to use
the GetPlot HTTP API.  You can control nearly all aspects of the plot,
including the DisplayDpi.  See the Web Tier test pages under MappingService
/ GetPlot.

Walt

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[mailto:mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jason Birch
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:34 PM
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Subject: [mapguide-internals] Re: Stylization FTW

Me too. It's really quite powerful.  Unfortunate that there's no
sketching tool available to actually draw the symbols yet, but towards
the end I was at the point that I could draw them in my head. Except
for the bloody arcs... SOHCAHTOA all over the place :)

I was generally using a space +-1mm on each axis, which seemed to work
OK for me especially when it came to figuring out map scale mapping.
Glad I work in metric :)  now I wish I could figure out how to plot to
dwf without the nasty generalization/stroking.


On 2010-01-06, Walt Welton-Lair <walt.welton-lair at autodesk.com> wrote:
> I agree, it's looking very nice.
>
> I'm glad the enhanced stylization is seeing some action.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jackie Ng
> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:58 PM
> To: mapguide-internals at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [mapguide-internals] Stylization FTW
>
>
> Wow, that is one purty looking map. Good job!
>
> I notice the tooltips stay at the same position instead of following the
> mouse pointer (like the basic AJAX viewer). Is this default behaviour in
> Fusion?
>
> - Jackie
>
>
> Jason Birch wrote:
>>
>> Thanks again for all the help on my stylization questions.  We're going
to
>> be officially launching a new version of NanaimoMap out of beta tomorrow
>> that makes extensive use of it:
>>
>> Default theme:
>>   - Places of Interest  -> Image-based
>>   - Transportation  -> Linear: Sidewalks, Crosswalks, Bike Routes,
Bridges
>>
>> Utilities theme:
>>   - Extensive use of point-based stylization in the Water, Sanitary, and
>> Storm layers
>>
>> And probably others I can't remember.  You can launch the map here right
>> now:
>>
>> http://maps.nanaimo.ca/nanaimomap/
>>
>> And yes, I know there's a JS problem in the Utilities theme... haven't
>> been
>> able to figure it out.
>>
>> When I get a few minutes to breathe, I'll be uploading all of the
>> hand-crafted utility symbols to the wiki.
>>
>> Jason
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