<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map --> <!--X-From-R13: X Q Znjerapr <pynjNhaqre.rate.ftv.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 18:26:08 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199804240125.SAA310061#under,engr.sgi.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 199804240117.UAA08536@dfw-ix12.ix.netcom.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00522.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00565.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00522.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00565.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00490">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00490">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00490">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map </LI> <LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 18:25:52 -0700</LI> <LI><em>Delivery-date</em>: Thu Apr 23 18:26:08 1998</LI> <LI><em>Delivery-date</em>: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 18:26:08 -0700</LI> <LI><em>Envelope-to</em>: claw#kanga,nu</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: "Petidomo List Agent,,,," <<A HREF="mailto:petidomo#kanga,nu">petidomo#kanga,nu</A>></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Thu, 23 Apr 1998 21:21:13 -5 Jon A Lambert<jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com> wrote: > On 23 Apr 98 at 10:13, J C Lawrence wrote: >> On Wed, 22 Apr 1998 17:17:06 -0700 John >> Bertoglio<alexb#internetcds,com> wrote: >> First thought: I'd suggest dynamically generating .GIF's of the map >> (perhaps even a single large .GIF covering the entire world), and >> then exporting from that a sub-.GIF to the client for the segment >> he's interested in. The .GIF format is widely documetned, quite >> simple, and has extensive libraries available for its manipulation. >> PNG is another (quite likely better) format. JPEG would seem >> problemic. >> > Hmm. Good answer. Also GIF format is already HTML browser > supported and not only that, one might do away with tables and have > the server dynamically generate a hotspot graphical map. Quite. It would be fairly trivial to back the graphic with an imagemap. After a little research I suspect that PNG might be a much better way to go. It doesn't have the patent questions that GIF has, and looks to be both smaller/more efficient sa well as a more direct translation from his storage formats. -- J C Lawrence Internet: claw#null,net (Contractor) Internet: coder#ibm,net ---------(*) Internet: claw#under,engr.sgi.com ...Honourary Member of Clan McFud -- Teamer's Avenging Monolith... -- MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future. </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00576" HREF="msg00576.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> "Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com></li></ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00565" HREF="msg00565.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> "Jon A. 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Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 24 Apr 1998, 01:18 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00490" HREF="msg00490.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Fri 24 Apr 1998, 01:26 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00565" HREF="msg00565.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 24 Apr 1998, 03:38 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00506" HREF="msg00506.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Fri 24 Apr 1998, 04:13 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00586" HREF="msg00586.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 24 Apr 1998, 05:01 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00576" HREF="msg00576.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MAPPING: Creating a bitmaped graphic from map</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 24 Apr 1998, 03:38 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>