[mapserver-users] SVG

[Paul Ramsey]

Galdos Systems (www.galdos.ca) of Vancouver (pesky Canadians) makes a
business out of GML converters, and GML -> SVG is one of their
favourites. I shudder to think how complex their DSSSL sheets are, but I
understand they do the conversion using standard XML translation tricks.

Stephen Lime wrote:
> 
> Actually MapServer is having GML output added as we speak. Initially this will be available
> via the OpenGIS WMT interface but logically it could be added as query output as well. Since
> you're talking raw data here it boils down to queries rather than full draws. I believe there are tools
> to move from GML to SVG but haven't played in that area at all.
> 
> This GML addition is really the last addition before the official 3.5 release, so soon...
> 
> Steve
> 
> Stephen Lime
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> >>> Zhou Xu <zhox at yeah.net> 08/19/01 09:11PM >>>
> I find a Perl SVG library at http://cs.nott.ac.uk/~jxm/SVG/iexplore.html, maybe useful for this thread.
> 
> On 2001-8-16 18:34:00, you wrote:
> >David Moffett wrote:
> >>
> >> I am thinking about adding SVG ( Scalar Vector Graphics ) to mapserver.
> >> My questions are:
> >>
> >> 1. Is someone already doing this?  There was some talk on the mailing in
> >> Oct 2000 but I  did not see a conclusion.
> >> 2. Is it a good idea?  I think it is since we would like to use it
> >> ourselves.
> >> 3. What approach would be best.  I have looked at the code and have some
> >> ideas but I am a far cry from an expert on mapserver.
> >>
> >
> >
> >I'm not aware of anything that has been started on this front yet, but
> >we've had lots of interest expressed to have MapServer produce vector
> >output (SVG being only one possibility).  So if any of these projects
> >takes off then it's the kind of additions that we might get involved in.
> >
> >Anyway, I think your idea is a good one, but I think it should be done
> >"the right way" in order for your work to be profitable in the long
> >run.  A bit like the kind of changes Steve did when SDE and OGR were
> >added, and which allowed the PostGIS guys to plug their driver with much
> >less efforts.
> >
> >Basically that would mean redesigning important parts of the rendering
> >code in MapServer (and likely some of the mapfile stuff too) to make it
> >less GD-centric and be able to deal with various types of output.  If
> >this is done well for the SVG case then other output formats such as
> >GML, Flash, etc. can be added with much less efforts.
> >
> >My 0.02$
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