Re: [OpenMap Users] 2525b

From: Maria Harmening <maria.harmening_at_greenfieldeng.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 09:45:25 -0500

hello again,

if the files in the jar don't have all the options, does that mean that
the filename is wrong? how would i access the files?

thanks,
maria

> Hi Maria,
>
> On Nov 2, 2005, at 3:30 PM, Maria Harmening wrote:
>
> > hello,
> >
> > i'm new to using this package, so i just want to clarify something.
> > the SymbolReferenceLibrary is using a properties file to get the
codes
> > and such so that the images in the jar file can be referenced.
> > however, the jar file only contains meteorology images at this
point.
>
> I don't believe that's true. You can check the jar file, there are
> more than meteo icons in there. Not all of the icons have all of
the
> options available (as provided in the SymbolChooser).
>
> > the other images, the ones that i need, are not in the jar file. is
> > this correct?
> >
> > is the jar file ever updated?
>
> The jar file contains the pngs created from the SVG files that were
> available from DISA a while ago. I understand that DISA has
released
> new SVG files, which can be used directly after a little
manipulation
> - they need to be flattened into one directory, their file names
need
> to be modified slightly so they have their symbol code as name, and
> the XML needs to be fixed in them (there is a " missing). I was
able
> to do this batch-wise a while ago.
>
> I expect the PNG jar will be updated when we get a chance.
>
> > what is the gsd utility?
>
> GSD is the organization responsible for symbology. I don't
> understand what you mean by a utility.
>
> - Don
>
> >> I remember dealing with this issue several months back. From what
I
> >> recall, the jar files only contain a subset of the entire range of
> >> symbology permutations. I made some progress creating a script to
> >> iterate through all possible symbols and add them to the jar
file,
> >> but
> >> it turned out there were too many to be reasonably efficient
(several
> >> dozen or even hundreds of megabytes, I don't exactly recall). So
we
> >> ended up sticking with our default implementation; namely,
generating
> >> 2525b symbols dynamically using the GSD utility.
> >>
> >> See http://openmap.bbn.com/mailArchives/openmap-users/2005-
> > 05/4079.html.
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-openmap-users_at_bbn.com [mailto:owner-openmap-
> >> users_at_bbn.com]
> >> On Behalf Of Maria Harmening
> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 2:46 PM
> >> To: openmap-users_at_bbn.com
> >> Subject: [OpenMap Users] 2525b
> >>
> >> hello,
> >>
> >> i emailed yesterday about the PNGImageMaker not finding the PNG
files
> > in
> >> the jar. i was setting the data path to the jar file location.
> >> however, when i took that out, meaning didn't set the data path at
> > all,
> >> some files were found. i've been able to display some graphics
on
> >> the
> >> map, 59 of them to be exact, but they're only meteorology symbols.
> >>
> >> any reason why i can't display any others? the PNGImageMaker isn't
> >> finding them. what am i doing wrong?
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >> maria
> >>
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