[Mapserver-users] Mapserver to SVG Demo

[Jeff Hoffmann]

Geoff Anderson wrote:
> 
> Here's the Mapserver to SVG Demo.  It loads the current Mapserver map 
> image into SVG. The image is not converted to SVG, just provides a 
> raster base map over which SVG stuff can be implemented. On browsers 
> where the SVG mouse events work, users may "digitize" points and query 
> PostGIS by point coordinates (which might be correct...).  

That's pretty cool.  I've been thinking about playing around with a 
similar concept, although purely vector based (or mixed vector/raster). 
  Have you tried doing something like this except using the WFS output 
available in mapserver 3.7-dev version & running the output through a 
gml2svg XSLT?  It seems like that should be a pretty straightforward 
process.  I'm really new to the whole SVG thing but just recently I saw 
a demo where you can dynamically modify the SVG in the client and 
thought it'd be a great way to create annotatable maps in a web browser. 
  Now it's just a matter of finding the time to play around with it.

> Please let me know if anyone wants the PHP source.  It's not pretty, but 
> it seems to work.

Do you know of a good tutorial on the web when it comes to scripting 
inside the SVGs?  I think that's where the biggest learning curve for me 
  would come into play.

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Jeff Hoffmann
PropertyKey.com