[OpenLayers-Users] SVG Overlay

[Pierre GIRAUD]

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 <miles.togoe at gmail.com> 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 <miles.togoe at gmail.com> 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>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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