[postgis-devel] AsSVG patch

[Marco Hugentobler]

Hi Paul,

Thanks a lot. I probably should update my svn copy more often ;-)

cheers,
Marco

Am Donnerstag 10 April 2008 16:39:52 schrieb Paul Ramsey:
> Marco,
>
> Thanks, I'm sorry I should have e-mailed you when I applied the patch.
> You'll find it's in the svn version, please check it for correctness.
>
> P.
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 1:30 AM, Marco Hugentobler
>
> <marco.hugentobler at karto.baug.ethz.ch> wrote:
> > Dear postgis developers,
> >
> >  As I didn't receive any feedback to the patch for AsSVG, I just repeat
> > my e-mail. I think the patch is quite interesting for svg power users and
> > so it would be good if someone could review it and it could ev. find its
> > way to the standard PostGIS distribution.
> >
> >  Regards,
> >  Marco
> >
> >
> >  ----------  Weitergeleitete Nachricht  ----------
> >
> >  Betreff: [postgis-devel] AsSVG patch
> >  Datum: Freitag 08 Februar 2008
> >  Von: "Marco Hugentobler" <marco.hugentobler at karto.baug.ethz.ch>
> >  An: postgis-devel at postgis.refractions.net
> >
> >  Dear postgis developers,
> >
> >  Find attached a patch that improves the svg output:
> >
> >  * Support of GeometryCollection geometries
> >  * proper closing of the SVG path geometries using the SVG "z|Z" command
> > (in case of POLYGON|MULTIPOLYGON elements)
> >  * introduction of additional white-spaces in some cases for easier
> > parsing * removal of unnecessary minus signs infront of "0" coordinates
> >
> >  The patch has been tested by the SVG experts Andreas Neumann,  Klaus
> > Förster and Bruce Rindahl. It would be great if the patch could be
> > integrated into postgis svn. Please review the code carefully, as I'm a
> > newbie in postgis server programming.
> >
> >  The documentation of ST_AsSVG could be changed the following way:
> >
> >  ST_AsSVG(geometry, [rel], [precision])
> >
> >  Return the geometry as an SVG path data. Use 1 as second argument to
> > have the path data implemented in terms of relative moves, the default
> > (or 0) uses absolute moves. Third argument may be used to reduce the
> > maximum number of decimal digits used in output (defaults to 15). Point
> > geometries will be rendered as cx/cy when 'rel' arg is 0, x/y when 'rel'
> > is 1. Multipoint geometries are delimited by commas (","),
> > GeometryCollection geometries are delimited by semicolons (";").
> >
> >
> >  Best regards,
> >  Marco
> >
> >  --
> >  Dr. Marco Hugentobler
> >  Institute of Cartography
> >  ETH Zurich
> >
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Dr. Marco Hugentobler
Institute of Cartography
ETH Zurich
Technical Advisor QGIS Project Steering Committee