On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Tyron Madlener <tyronx@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Madhura Jayaratne <madhura.cj@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Tyron Madlener <tyronx@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 4:27 AM, Madhura Jayaratne <madhura.cj@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:42 AM, Marc Delisle <marc@infomarc.info> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Madhura Jayaratne a écrit :
>> >> (...)
>> >> >      >     Hi Ammar,
>> >> >      >
>> >> >      >     I'm not sure what exactly your requirement is. But pls
>> >> > have a
>> >> >     look
>> >> >      >     at the visualization of data at [1] by clicking on the
>> >> > 'Visualize
>> >> >      >     GIS data' link in the 'Query results operations' section
>> >> >     towards the
>> >> >      >     bottom of the page. Try out zooming by double clicking and
>> >> >     panning
>> >> >      >     by dragging. I believe you are looking for something like
>> >> >     this for
>> >> >      >     your zoom search feature.
>> >> >
>> >> >     Madhura,
>> >> >
>> >> >     I have issues operating panning and zooming. Here is the
>> >> > scenario:
>> >> >
>> >> >     1. Browse world_cities and click Visualize GIS data
>> >> >     2. Click-drag: pans OK
>> >> >     3. Double-click: this is a zoom out, I guess
>> >> >     4. Click-drag: no panning
>> >> >     5. Click "zoom out": data points are enlarging, isn't this a
>> >> > zoom-in?
>> >> >
>> >> > Marc,
>> >> >
>> >> > This is a Firefox compatibility problem. Resolved and pushed to the
>> >> > repo. Demo will take some time to upgrade to the new version.
>> >> > Meanwhile
>> >> > if you have Chrome, you can still experience what it's suppose to do.
>> >>
>> >> Madhura,
>> >> ok, panning and zooming are fine now.
>> >>
>> >> Is the saving feature ready? I tried to save in PNG and got a bunch of
>> >> binary data on-screen.
>> >>
>> >> Saving in PDF generates
>> >> Fatal error: Call to undefined method
>> >> PMA_GIS_Visualization::toFileAsPdf() in
>> >>
>> >> /srv/http/pma.cihar.com/gsoc-madhura/libraries/gis_visualization.lib.php
>> >> on line 161
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Marc Delisle
>> >> http://infomarc.info
>> >>
>> > Hi Marc,
>> > In my previous mail to the group, I mentioned that this feature is not
>> > yet
>> > ready. BTW, this is a feature which is to be delivered in the second
>> > half of
>> > GSoC (after mid-term eval), according to the schedule. However I started
>> > working on it, since it is very much related to what I've done so far. I
>> > should be able to get it ready (for all 3 formats, SVG, PNG and PDF) by
>> > the
>> > end of this week.
>>
>> Just in case I'm allowed to use Highcharts, could you make your
>> conversion code generic enough so I could use it too? :)
>> And just for your information, the current SVG converter of highcharts
>> uses following post variables to a php file that calls a java tool
>> (source is available btw):
>>
>>  * $tempName string The desired filename without extension
>>  * $type string The MIME type for export.
>>  * $width int The pixel width of the exported raster image. The height
>> is calculated.
>>  * $svg string The SVG source code to convert.
>>
> Hi Tyron,
> For my work I am not doing any conversions as such. I am generating SVGs and
> PNG separately in their basic forms. It's not that I generate it in one form
> and converting it to the other.
> --

Does that mean you use jQuery SVG to generate the SVG and build/use
another rendering library that generates the PNG/PDF? Why not just
build a converter? That seems like a more reusable solution.

I use GD extension to generate PNGs and will be using TCPDF (which is already included in PMA) to generate PDFs. Since both GD and TCPDF support rendering basic shapes, I find this approach needs only few additional lines of code, which would not have been the case if I am to build a converter.

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Thanks and Regards,

Madhura Jayaratne