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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 (...) (22 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 (...) (22 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 (22 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) (22 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 (...) (22 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 (...) (22 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 (...) (22 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 (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) A few things are contributing to this... First, the big demo page is loading eight maps simultaneously, each of which consist of thousands of points within hundreds of polygons. It would be a lot faster if the demo page were broken into (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Nifty stuff. One thing I liked about the old approach was that the "areas of influence" of clubs could be arbitrary geometry. There is no circle center and diameter that will include all of certain club's areas of influence while not (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That's probably the one you want. It's assumed, apparently, that NT is included in that range. It was pre-installed on my computer on IE (well, version 2.0, anyway. I suspect that's why it runs slowly for me and gave that error. However, I (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I never got that far; I noted a lack of an NT version to download [only 98 - XP]. Scott A (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman's utterance expressed in news:HCEEGo.23J7@lugnet.com: (...) my old bucket (300 MHz-computer sucks!) Too bad there are no LUG's here in Denmark :( Good work! (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd, Is it possible to add in hyperlinks to the graph itself? For example looking at the second page I generated a map which showed BrickFest. It would be nice to click on the BrickFest circle and this would send me to either the BrickFest home (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hey, what's the big idea of putting your life first? Don't you realize that people have hobbies to take care of?!? Dave! (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Not true. I have NT and it appeared to load the images just fine. There was, however, an error message at the bottom of the screen that said "Unrecognized DOCTYPE declaration. Image might not display correctly" It appears to be displaying (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) SVG does not appear to support Win NT[?] :( Scott A (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Hey all, I've been working on a brand new mapping facility for charting LEGO organizations worldwide. It's for mapping all types of LEGO user groups (LUGs, LTCs, MUGs, etc.) as well as for events (BrickFest, BricksWest, NWBrickCon, LEGO World, etc., (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general) !!
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FYI.. I've been moving, and so got a bit behind in processing LUGNET membership applications. I'm sorry for the delays and am catching up now. -Suz (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Sorry, yes, I meant a public demo. I had to get up at 5am Sunday morning for a NELUG train show and consequently fell short Saturday night. I do have something ready now for a demo but I want to add two more things first that will really make (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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