[ale] Re: Ale Digest, Vol 6, Issue 5

[gharri2]

I'll admit it, I haven't done it myself (though I intend to), but presenting
maps generated from data has been one of the more actively discussed uses of
Scalable Vector Graphics over the past couple of years. The svg-developers
group on Yahoo Groups is very active & helpful.

I'll also admit that I haven't been able to turn a couple of cool examples via
Google that I know I've seen.
GH
Quoting ale-request at ale.org:

> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> From: John Wells 
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 12:10:57 -0500
> "Matthew Brown" <matthew.brown at cordata.com> wrote:
> 
> > Anyone know of a good tool to generate a map based upon ZIP Code-level
> data?
> > For example, given the data below, Kennesaw might be Hot (red) where as
> > Dunwoody would be Cold (blue).  My goal is to do this on a ntinal map
> scale.
> >  
> > ZIP                    Participants
> > ==========    ============= 
> > 30144                5000                    (Kennesaw)
> > 30392                1                        (Dunwoody)
> > 30152                2500                    (Kennesaw)
> > 30328                2                    (Dunwoody)
> >  
> 
> You could do something like this with jpgraph, but you'd have to know
> specific image coordinates that represented the cities....
>