[ka-Map-users] Perl back end and other features

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Also, I think if we use Paul's trick of returning the polyline as an 
Javascript array of points that is eval'ed it will be much more 
efficient than passing a GML document that needs to be parsed as an XML 
document.

Then all you need is a loop through the array to scale and draw the 
polyline which should be very fast and efficient.

Thanks for the links I will also take a look at them.

-Steve W.

Steve Lime wrote:
> Yes, wise use is recommended. Drawing a route may work nicely...
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>>>>"Adair, Mike" <Mike.Adair at CCRS.NRCan.gc.ca> 05/30/05 4:11 PM >>>
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> Yes, we are using the WZ library in Mapbuilder as well.   It works well for
> small and simple features, but it can also bring the browser to it's knees
> if you try to draw a 2Mb GML document...  
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> Mike Adair
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ka-map-users-bounces at lists.maptools.org 
>>[mailto:ka-map-users-bounces at lists.maptools.org] On Behalf Of 
>>Steve Lime
>>Sent: May 30, 2005 5:04 PM
>>To: pspencer at dmsolutions.ca; woodbri at swoodbridge.com
>>Cc: ka-map-users at lists.maptools.org
>>Subject: Re: [ka-Map-users] Perl back end and other features
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>>Actually you can draw arbitrary lines with javascript. Check 
>>out http://www.walterzorn.com/jsgraphics/jsgraphics_e.htm. 
>>Works ok for relatively simple features. I'm using it for the 
>>box drawing and measure tool at 
>>www.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/landview.html...
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>>One other thing is that a guy by the name of Richard Bennett 
>>will be at MUM3 and he's build some really great javascript 
>>for digitizing polygons, lines and so forth. His stuff is 
>>more for input (via a mouse) at the moment but should be 
>>usable for general drawing too. He's seen the link above and 
>>thought he could do better. Samples I've seen look nice.
>>
>>Steve
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