SVG format


Functions of the SVG Viewer
  • To get a context menu : use the right bouton of the mouse
  • To zoom : use the CTRL-Key and click
  • To zoom in a rectangle : use the CTRL-Key and drag a rectangle
  • To zoom out : use the CTRL-Key and Shift-Key and click
  • To move the map : use the ALT-Key

How to display SVG graphics or the SVG Viewer saga

The maps and graphics are generated using SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), an exciting XML graphics for Web standard developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Currently, the display of SVG contents depends to your Web browser :

  • MS Internet Explorer 5.x or higher : you need to install the latest full release version of the Adobe SVG Viewer only if Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.x or higher is not already installed because the plugin is included in this last, ensuring so that every computer with Adobe Acrobat Reader will be able to view SVG contents.
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.x or higher : you need to install the Adobe SVG Viewer Pre-Release version and, after, to make this little manipulation :
    • go to the Adobe SVG Viewer Pre-Release version setup folder that is to say :
      • C:\Program Files\Common files\Adobe\SVG Viewer 6.0\Plugins\ for english MS Windows version
      • C:\Program Files\Fichiers communs\Adobe\SVG Viewer 6.0\Plugins\ for french MS Windows version
      • C:\Program Files\[fited other language name of "Common files" folder]\Adobe\SVG Viewer 6.0\Plugins\ for other language MS Windows version
    • copy the two following files : NPSVG6.dll and NPSVG6.zip
    • paste them in the plugins folder of your Mozilla Firefox setup folder, by default C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins (normaly, it's the same way in all languages of MS Windows)
    • restart your Mozilla Firefox browser and enjoy the SVG graphics !

NB : as the Adobe SVG Viewer Pre-Release uses for Mozilla Firefox browser is a "forever beta version" (its development was unfortunately stopped when Adobe bought Macromedia) and all functionalities (especially layers ones) of Flora Himalaya Database SVG graphics (and the ones of others SVG Web site) may not be available with the Mozilla Firefox plugin compared with the MS Internet Explorer one.

  • Netscape Navigator 6.x or higher : unfortunately, althougnt the Adove SVG Viewer could be successfully installed, it doesn't work.
This site is SVG powered


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