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uismedia is pleased to announce Mappetizer 1.0. Mappetizer is a tool that gives you the opportunity to convert spatial data into the SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format. You can then use these SVG files to publish them on the Web or on CD-ROM.

To create your maps you do not need any GIS software.
To display your maps you do not need any additional software on your web server.

Additional information about Mappetizer and the possibility to download an evaluation version are available under http://www.mappetizer.de

Hello,
    Would you please try this software application that extracts linear gradients from raster images into SVG, for use in Inkscape or directly in your favorite web browser.

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Any feedback would be appreciated.

In response to changes made during Candidate Recommendation phase from implementor feedback, and to previous Last Call comments, the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Working Group has published a new Last Call Working Draft of the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Tiny 1.2 Specification. The SVG language defines the features and syntax for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Tiny, Version 1.2, a language for describing two-dimensional vector and mixed vector/raster graphics in XML. Its goal is to provide the ability to create a whole range of graphical content, from static images to animations to interactive Web applications. SVG Tiny 1.2 is a profile of SVG intended for implementation on a range of devices, from cellphones and PDAs to desktop and laptop computers.

This has been a long-awaited release, and it is expected that the specification will be a an official W3C Recommendation before the end of the year. It also signals the beginning of important new work on SVG that has been put on hold until this point.

We are proud to announce the release of XF Ultrascale 2008, the world's fastest XSL-FO formatting engine available for download now.

KIYUT just released Sketsa SVG Editor 5.3.2, a cross platform vector drawing application based on SVG. It features various tools for optimizing content creation, giving designers unsurpassed support for creativity. These tools include property palette, source editor, resources editor, SVG specific shape tools, transformation tools, and additional illustration tools. Sketsa uses SVG as a native file format.

This is a major bug fixes release over the previous version.

The third beta of the SVG Tiny 1.2 test suite has been released by the SVG WG. This includes 495 approved tests, most with many sub-tests. This is a subset of the 578 tests currently under development. Please see the SVG Working Group wiki for details of previous releases and for the current state of work.

An SVG Tiny 1.2 test fest will be held Sept 29 - Oct 2, 2008 in Ottawa, Canada.

Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the Web and Director of W3C, said in an interview, published on MSNBC that Microsoft Internet Explorer is behind all the other browsers since it has no SVG support (except via an unsupported plugin).

"If you look around at browsers, you'll find that most of them support scalable vector graphics," Berners-Lee said. "I'll let you figure out which one has been slow in supporting SVG."

The article goes on to explain for a general audience what SVG is, why it is important, and which other browsers support it (all of them, basically).

Those interested in specific details of SVG support - and how it has improved over time - should look at Jeff Schiller's SVG support table which includes versions of Firefox, Opera, Safari, Google Chrome, Konqueror and Batik - plus IE7 and IE8beta. Plugins (ASV, Renesis) are also graded.

Earlier this year I wrote a short article for XML.com called XSLT and Image Rendering introducing the idea of rendering SVG graphics using XSLT 2.0 and outputting the result as a TIFF image. The article also points to the project blog that has some more details about what was achieved. I just thought you might find it an interesting distraction from the usual.

A brief and informative interview with one of the major figures in SVG, Ted Gould progenitor of the Inkscape project. Ted Gould: SVG, Inkscape and Web Standards

InputDraw is a reference widget to enable draw input on a Html Form or any site with ease and simplicity. This Flash component works with SVG but lacks on the scope enable as only Path elements are present. We are now working on a new version that will have a big set of SVG elements supported (maybe even bigger than what Firefox supports). We are showing a new version on the Blog where you can see several drawings or even write your own SVG draw. Zoom is also allowed so your can see the amazing of vector graphics.

Read the full changelog.

Opera 9.5 is available for Linux, Mac and PC computers and ships in more than 30 languages with additional languages soon available. Opera is free from www.opera.com.

uismedia is pleased to announce MapViewSVG 7, an extension for ESRI ArcGIS Desktop. MapViewSVG offers the possibility to publish ArcMap projects fast, easy and cost-efficient on Internet/Intranet, CD or DVD. MapViewSVG supports vector based object data and image data. Attribute data are stored as XML files or in a database and are dynamically linked to the geometric data. WMS- or ArcIMS server data can be included as well. Several query functionalities allow powerful possibilities in searching attribute data and their geometries.

Additional information about MapViewSVG and the possibility to download an evaluation version are available under http://www.mapviewsvg.com

Making its debut today is the revecter ECMAScript framework designed to be used with SVG documents on the web.

KIYUT just released Sketsa SVG Editor 5.2, a cross platform vector drawing application based on SVG. It features various tools for optimizing content creation, giving designers unsurpassed support for creativity. These tools include property palette, source editor, resources editor, SVG specific shape tools, transformation tools, and additional illustration tools. Sketsa uses SVG as a native file format.

What's new:

• Improved Menu Mnemonics and Shortcut
  
• Updated to use Apache Batik (rev 659033)
  
• Updated to use Netbeans 6.1
  
• Fix DOM Editor NPE
  
• Fix Rotate Tool (constraint angle > 180 degree)
  
• Fix CanvasSelection when SVG node is removed
  
• Fix Save Menu disabled
  
• Other bug fixes and enhancements
  

Opera Software released a public alpha version of a new developer tool named Dragonfly.

The Dragonfly alpha release will upgrade automatically and includes a JavaScript Debugger, DOM and CSS Inspectors, Error Console and Command Line. To try it out, visit the Dragonfly product page for a free download.

To learn how more about how to use Opera Dragonfly head on over to dev.opera.com for an introduction.

Note especially that Opera is looking for feedback and that your input will help make the developer tools even better.