[Chameleon] question about future/possible functionality

[Tom.Kralidis@CCRS.NRCan.gc.ca]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bart van den Eijnden [mailto:bartvde@xs4all.nl]
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 5:44 PM
> To: tom.kralidis@ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca; chameleon@lists.maptools.org
> Subject: Re: [Chameleon] question about future/possible functionality
> 
> 
> Hi Tom,
> 
> do you think VML is an option for this?
> 
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-011011developers.story
> 
> Are there any plans for after the 1.0 final release already?
> 

None that I'm aware of.  Our goal is to make the final 1.0 release for now.
But VML sounds like a neat idea.  You can also look at SVG.

> And the interface you talk about is a few edit fields in 
> which a user can 
> type a coordinate, and then press a button so the point will 
> be added to 
> the feature?
> 

Correct.  There is an associated JavaScript API with Chameleon which allows
this.


> Thanks,
> Bart
> 
> On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 17:28:15 -0400, 
> <Tom.Kralidis@CCRS.NRCan.gc.ca> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Bart van den Eijnden [mailto:bartvde@xs4all.nl]
> >> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 5:22 PM
> >> To: chameleon@lists.maptools.org
> >> Subject: [Chameleon] question about future/possible functionality
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> nowadays a lot is possible in DHTML and Javascript. I see 
> that panning 
> >> of a map image now actually involves the moving of the image.
> >>
> >> Most of the elements in Chameleon provide viewing 
> functionality. Is it 
> >> theoretically possible to also provide editing 
> functionality without the 
> >> use of Java? I refer to functionality like:
> >>
> >> -add a feature (e.g. a polygon) by drawing on the map
> >> -retrieve a feature by GML and paint it on the map
> >> -edit a feature just drawn or retrieved by GML by something like a 
> >> EditPolygonTool (so moving vertexes around, adding 
> vertexes, that kind 
> >> of stuff).
> >>
> >
> > Chameleon 1.0 (final release) will have functionality to 
> draw features, 
> > or
> > 'footprints' based on geographic coordinates.  Building an 
> interface to 
> > do
> > that would involve a custom widget of some sort, but yes, 
> it can be done.
> >
> > I can't speak to the moving vertices type functionality.  
> That would take
> > some major additional DHTML.
> >
> > ..Tom
> >
> >
> >> Thanks in advance for the answer,
> >> Bart
> >> The Netherlands
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