[OSGeo-Standards] SVG Map Toolkit 0.7.0 released

[Landon Blake]

Lorenzo,

I agree that Satoru should have stated that his toolkit was closed source when he posted the download link. Since this is an OSGeo mailing list, that would have been appropriate.

However, I think it is important to encourage as much use of open technology standards (like SVG) in software as possible, even proprietary software. I believe we should welcome Satoru to discuss the use of SVG to present cartographic information on this list, while he exercises care to avoid using the list solely as a marketing tool.

But perhaps I am in the minority.

Landon

-----Original Message-----
From: standards-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:standards-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Lorenzo Becchi
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 2:19 AM
Cc: standards at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Standards] SVG Map Toolkit 0.7.0 released

you can recognize what you want but this is still an OSGeo mailing list[1]:
"This list is for discussion of OSGeo's standards-related activities, 
including such things as our interactions with OGC. "

if you look at OSGeo home page [2]:
"Created to support and build the highest-quality open source geospatial 
software. Our goal is to encourage the use and collaborative development 
of community-led projects."

so I invite you to start talking about "open source geospatial software" 
and "collaborative development of community-led projects",
otherwise you'll better move this thread to some OGC [3] mailing list as 
Massmarket [4] is.

lorenzo


[1] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/standards
[2] http://www.osgeo.org/
[3] http://www.opengeospatial.org
[4] http://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/groups/massmarket



Satoru Takagi wrote:
> Hi lorenzo,
>
> I recognize that this is a mailing list about the standards.
> And, it is SVG Map as a standard specification that I want to discuss 
> here.
>
> I wish SVG Map specifications are supported in many Open Source 
> Softwares. And there was really the thing that the one was carried out 
> in the past.
> See Also:
> http://www.dmsolutions.ca/news/releases/2005-03-29.html
>
> In addition, software including the essential know-how to output SVG 
> Map contents is opened too.
> See also:
> http://blog.svg-map.com/2008/01/shapfile-to-svg.html
>
> It uses GeoTools, but it will be preferable for it to be included in 
> GeoTools oneself.
>
> Regards,
>
> Satoru Takagi
>
> Lorenzo Becchi さんは書きました:
>>
>>
>> Satoru Takagi wrote:
>>> Hi Daniel,
>>>
>>> SVG Map Toolkit is not an open source. 
>>
>> ???
>> are you promoting it in a list for Open Source software?
>>
>> if you want a help to find the right Open Source licence for your 
>> software this is the place to talk about it
>>
>> ciao
>> lorenzo
>>
>>
>>
>>> Its openness is the specifications which it is based on. SVG Map 
>>> Toolkit is based on SVG 1.1 Tiny.
>>> Openness of specifications of the W3C including SVG is improved by 
>>> its royalty-free policy. On the other hand, for example, it is not 
>>> guaranteed with the specifications of ISO.
>>>
>>> Especially, SVG Map Toolkit supports Geographic Coordinate System 
>>> specifications of SVG1.1.  And probably it is the only 
>>> implementation to realize layering based on it and hyperlink.
>>>
>>> Because there are not so much the demand in Japan though it is 
>>> technically possible, implementation on non-Windows platforms 
>>> excluding BREW is not still examined.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Satoru Takagi
>>>
>>> Daniel Morissette さんは書きました:
>>>> Could you please clarify the license terms of SVG Map Toolkit? Is 
>>>> it an open source license or not?
>>>>
>>>> The notes at http://blog.svg-map.com/2007/09/svg_map_toolkit.html 
>>>> seem to suggest that it has a "trial time limit" ... and I can't 
>>>> read the license in Japanese.
>>>>
>>>> Also, are there plans to port the toolkit to non-Windows platforms?
>>>>
>>>> Daniel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Satoru Takagi wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> I continue working on Web GIS application of SVG.
>>>>>
>>>>> The project is called SVG Map and uses SVG as mechanism for 
>>>>> inter-operation (mash-up) of the GISs by the hyperlink that is not 
>>>>> existing WebGIS mechanism to use SVG (or web browser) for as only 
>>>>> mere indication mechanism. In other words it has the client 
>>>>> centric inter-operation architecture not a server centric 
>>>>> architecture that demanded a great deal of operative costs.
>>>>> In addition, the project takes the support from the Japanese 
>>>>> Government as de-jure standardization.
>>>>>
>>>>> SVG Map has the specifications that some expansion was given to 
>>>>> SVG which we call SVG Map Profile.
>>>>>
>>>>> SVG Map Profile :
>>>>> http://blog.svg-map.com/2008/07/the-index-of-sv.html
>>>>>
>>>>> We have released SVG Map Toolkit as implementation of SVG Map 
>>>>> Profile. SVG Map Toolkit is a viewer of ActiveX type for IE.
>>>>> And latest SVG Map Toolkit 0.7.0 were released this time.
>>>>>
>>>>> Download SVG Map Toolkit 0.7.0:
>>>>> http://blog.svg-map.com/2008/09/svg-map-toolkit.html
>>>
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