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(...) (URL) Currently the program is pretty basic (it only supports ArcInfo Ungenerate files). I've copied the code and modified it a bit to do several different map projections. Todd, If you remember where you got the country data from, will you (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.announce, Todd Lehman writes: This is fantastic stuff Todd, well done and thanks. Most of my comments have already been covered by others but... (...) And often utterly bonkers... last time I was in Berks and Hants I didn't find anywhere (...) (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Hi Todd, (...) I'm happy that you point that two OS. I've tried to have SVG working under Linux RedHat 7.3 and Mozilla 1.0.1 without success. The plugins that are on Adobe web page are from 2001 and have been developped for Mozilla 0.99 and they (...) (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.admin.general)
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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 (...) (22 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 (22 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 (...) (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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