After a quick download/play. Inkscape can export to bitmap. From there,
it can be converted into something low-brow for the rest of us. It's
also available for Windows. Getting stuff into Inkscape is trickier, but
print -> PS, ps2svg is 100% generic. So it seems like Ross's stuff is
translatable even by those us of in the Windows world.

Ross, could you please send me a SVG copy of what you've got. I'll see
if its as simple as it seems to convert into primitive graphic formats.

Thanks

Andrew

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SVG is an XML based format for graphics.  It is similar to Postscript in
that it is a collection of drawing commands rather than a bitmap /
pixmap.

I use it because there is a very good drawing program under Linux called
Inkscape, similar to Adobe Illustrator / Corel Draw.  It is also
supported on later version of firefox directly.

I can convert EPS into SVG using ghostscript and ps2svg.ps but mostly
I'm cleaning up bitmaps then using a tracing tool to produce the path of
the coast, river etc.  I can send people examples if they want.

Cheers,

Ross


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Hiya All

Just did a quick search at www.download.com

There are a number of SVG viewers and converters out there for the windows
environment.
Adobe are doing a lot of work with SVG. The have a viewer and a free plugin
for most browsers out there.
http://www.adobe.com/svg/
If Adobe has made a move on this then I expect that the other major players
in the graphics world wont be far behind.
I'm hunting now for a photoshop plugin for SVG

Cheers
Nick 

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From: dq-owner@dq.sf.org.nz [mailto:dq-owner@dq.sf.org.nz] On Behalf Of
Andrew Withy (DSL AK)
Sent: Thursday, 12 October 2006 8:04 a.m.
To: dq@dq.sf.org.nz
Subject: Re: [dq] Maps of Ranke (and SVG)

After a quick download/play. Inkscape can export to bitmap. From there, it
can be converted into something low-brow for the rest of us. It's also
available for Windows. Getting stuff into Inkscape is trickier, but print ->
PS, ps2svg is 100% generic. So it seems like Ross's stuff is translatable
even by those us of in the Windows world.

Ross, could you please send me a SVG copy of what you've got. I'll see if
its as simple as it seems to convert into primitive graphic formats.

Thanks

Andrew

-----Original Message-----

SVG is an XML based format for graphics.  It is similar to Postscript in
that it is a collection of drawing commands rather than a bitmap / pixmap.

I use it because there is a very good drawing program under Linux called
Inkscape, similar to Adobe Illustrator / Corel Draw.  It is also supported
on later version of firefox directly.

I can convert EPS into SVG using ghostscript and ps2svg.ps but mostly I'm
cleaning up bitmaps then using a tracing tool to produce the path of the
coast, river etc.  I can send people examples if they want.

Cheers,

Ross


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