[sword-devel] Maps, etc

[Lamar Owen]

On Tuesday 10 December 2002 17:06, porton@narod.ru wrote:
> > On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Lamar Owen wrote:

> > Just an issue to think of: Is the fileformat an open standard? To me at
> > least GIF is a no-go issue.

> Both PostScript and PDF are standards developed by Adobe which we are free
> to use.

Please don't misattribute the quote to me; I didn't say to use GIF.  
PostScript is practically completely open, and encapsulated PostScript is 
something of a standard for graphics import.  Everything can print to 
PostScript -- it's an ideal language for maps, since maps aren't images, 
they're graphics.
-- 
Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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