[Openstreetmap-dev] Re: Experimenting with SVG and JavaScript

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Nick]
> With a view to implementing SVG with Freemap, I've been
> experimenting a bit.  What I would like to do is basically have
> Freemap "as it is now" (not so bothered about scrolling maps just
> yet) but have the maps served back to the client as SVG rather than
> PNG.

I believe the people over at www.onemap.org are using SVG as their map
drawing method.  You might find some useful tips there.  I do not
know, as I have never been able to get their map drawing front end to
work.

Which bring me to my second point.  Please keep the browser
requirements low, if you want as many people as possible to be able to
view the map.  Requiring javascript will drop off a certain percentage
of the possible users (for example me), and requiring svg as well will
loose even more potential users.  If you want as many users as
possible to be able to view your map, you should stick to the web
browser features available in all browsers.