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Your choice would probably depend on what you are familiar with, whether you want to use a vector or bitmap format, whether you want to use the images for printing as well, etc.
Andreas
I'm actually going to do something I've never done before. Take GIS property parcel info, saved as XML datasets, and then use some method to render that information to screen. The criteria is that it must be fast and open source.
I've figured out how I can read the XML files and parse x,y coords to screen easily enough though the arc information seems a bit trickier. But I get the feeling I may be rebuilding the wheel.
What is GIS property parcel info?
Andreas
So what I'm looking to do is blend the two together for example: using GIS I know where utility lines, buildings, trees, and even bear and deer habitats lie. I can overlay this information (in the form of a 2D map) onto parcel platts (the surveyed information that describes a property).
There are only a handful of companies in the world that have software that allows you to work with GIS information. Their packages are expensive and as you can imagine, any subsequent tools they offer, like producing GIS map information on a webpage - are also expensive. But their data files, the files that make up the information they work with graphically, are accessible. So I want to write a script that will convert their data to XML format and then be able to both display it in the webpage as well as make it available to other XML based apps using XML-RPC or SOAP.
As for rebuilding the wheel thatīs exactly what you are trying to do considering that as you write tools are available but just too expensive. And to be sure there is nothing wrong about that, GNU did little else.
Andreas
You're right Andreas, it is an interesting project. Flash is another option but I'm trying to keep away from plug-ins and proprietary delivery systems.
Perhaps we could discuss details in the Supporters Forum and help each other out if you think it might be of use.
