René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"SVG output support","articleBody":"It would be rather convenient to have the ability to output in SVG format, since SVG files are much more friendly for editing and scaling. I tried adding that to Python rendering script (using svgwrite library), but it became painfully slow once I added the slope lines to output.\r\nIn the end I hacked something together in C++, adding the MapGenerator::outputSvgData and a couple of small helper functions to MapGenerator class. \r\nSVG generation is pretty straight-forward, and it comes with an unexpected benefit of not having to calculate and pass label text extents for background covering, since SVG filtering can be employed to do that automagically. I used to a simple semi-opaque white to cover label backgrounds, but the specifics are easily editable.\r\nPatch and a couple of output SVG files (B\u0026W vs color) are attached. I verified those SVG files by opening and editing them in Inkscape, in case your SVG viewer of choice is giving you trouble.\r\nThanks for an awesome application and a great educational write-up on how it all works together!\r\n[svg_output.zip](https://github.com/rlguy/FantasyMapGenerator/files/824870/svg_output.zip)\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/miilic","@type":"Person","name":"miilic"},"datePublished":"2017-03-07T15:31:20.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/3/FantasyMapGenerator/issues/3"}