Hi, Thanks for the detailed information. I cc to devel list to be sure Larry will see this thread,
I've planned to include Larry's pdf export into OJ for a long time. Maybe time to do it and to have a deeper look on the Geo specific stuff. Thanks for the links to your documents. Michaël > Hi, > > GeoPDF is just a PDF with some additional metadata. There are two > standards about how to include the metadata, both of them clear enough so > that Even Rouault has been able to make GDAL PDF-drivers to support them. > So theoretically it is for sure doable with OpenJUMP. However, I have a > feeling that handling PDF is not very easy and thus the georeferencing > stuff would be easiest to do with some existing library or utility. > > GDAL driver page http://www.gdal.org/frmt_pdf.html tells: > "Existing PDF files (created or not with GDAL) can be opened in update > mode in order to set or update the following elements..." > > Thus I guess that it should be rather easy for a GDAL aware programmer to > capture the PDF output and the correct neatline (BBOX of the map area) > from SkyJUMP and put them together with a shortish code. I do not know if > there are pure Java libraries for doing the same. GDAL may have Java > bindings for calling necessary functions directly from Java but this is > just my guessing. > > Geospatial PDF is nice but unfortunately the fine extra functionalities > need the standalone Adobe Acrobat Reader. Browser plugins do not show them > for the users, at least the new Firefox plugin does not show even let to > select map layers. Some reading and kind of a tutorial about GDAL and > geospatial PDF: > http://latuviitta.org/documents/Geospatial_PDF_maps_from_OSM_with_GDAL.pdf > and a sample map wiht some layers prepared with OpenJUMP > http://latuviitta.org/documents/Advanced_geospatial_PDF_made_with_GDAL.pdf > > -Jukka Rahkonen- > > > > Michaël Michaud: >> Hi, >> >> What is certainly possible is to export pdf with separate layers as it >> is already an option in SkyJUMP. >> >> Don't know about the georeferencing stuff of GeoPDF. >> >> Michaël >>> Hello guys, >>> >>> just read some information on geopdf format. seems very useful and >>> unique way for sharing/showing offline maps. >>> would it be possible for openjump in the future to be able to save map >>> using this format? >>> >>> thanks. >>> -- >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups openjump-users group. To post to this group, send email to >>> openjump-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send >>> email to openjump-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more >>> options, visit this group at >>> https://groups.google.com/d/forum/openjump-users?hl=en >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "openjump-users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to openjump-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> -- >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups openjump-users group. To post to this group, send email to >> openjump-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send >> email to openjump-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, >> visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/openjump-users?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "openjump-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to openjump-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
