On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Madhura Jayaratne <
madhura.cj@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Tyron Madlener <
tyronx@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Madhura Jayaratne <
madhura.cj@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Tyron Madlener <
tyronx@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 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.