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Many years ago (maybe 1986) I wrote some of the simple projection routines for a little mapping project.. I think it was some sort of independent study. While I was unaware of the Free BSD and linux issues, I wasn't intending to propose ArcView due (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Got the idea from this page (URL) that uses some nifty javascript to do something similar. ROSCO (23 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) mmm, good idea. I wonder if I could get it to just fill in the form fields based on the viewport. If you zoom in (Command-click on Mac, Ctrl-click on Windows) or pan (Option-drag on Mac, Shift-drag on Windows), then the viewport changes. I bet (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) A public domain ESRI .e00 file from GRID or NOAA, I forget which. (...) ya (...) I realize how popular ArcView is, but I avoided it because I need things to run on Linux and FreeBSD (and also because of licensing issues, since it's a (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Pretty neat for an alpha version 8?) Any chance you could set it up to fill in the lat/long values by clicking a point on the map? ROSCO (23 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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"Adrian Drake" <tremor@apk.net> skrev i meddelandet news:HCEwID.1EFv@lugnet.com... (...) It worked for me on Win2000 (Administrator rights). -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd, A few questions and comments. - What is your source for the country polygons? - You are coding all the map generation? You have your own code writing the SVG? I have been recently working with a program called SVGMapper. Well, it's an (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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BTW, here's a quick comparison showing file sizes when the same view is rendered for different intended viewing sizes: (URL) reason they’re not all the same file size, even though it’s all vector graphics, is because at smaller intended viewing (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Me too. Although that approach certainly has its downsides in cases like NELUG, which officially covers a 5-state area but 99% of the activity occurs within 20 miles of Boston. I think the arbitrary geometry approach really works great in (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) oh absolutely, yes! In fact, in SVG, you can link not only to other webpages but also to other SVG files that load into the current viewport. Sorry I forgot to list this last night on my to-do list. It's a must-have. --Todd (23 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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