- From: Dr. Olaf Hoffmann <Dr.O.Hoffmann@gmx.de>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:31:58 +0200
- To: www-svg@w3.org
Hello, it could be useful to have a declarative method in SVG to orient a map relative to the current orientation of the device (including text rotation) - some people have problems with maps with a different orientation then themselves and reading text upside-down. And with the upcoming 3d transforms it can be interesting to orient and align a simple 3d-scene relative to the current position and orientation of the device. Another interesting related issue is a tool to help the audience to orient the device in a specific direction. But this is maybe too complex for a declarative method and may require scripting. However this can help to find locations or directions to stars including maps realised with SVG. Other obvious applications are changes of svg element attributes like width, height, viewBox, preserveAspectRatio due to the orientation of the device and the size of the current viewport. Similar to the map case above it could be an application to rotate only descriptive text (and logos, icons etc) and maybe a future tooltip-element representation automatically in an SVG to simplify reading, if the device is turned around. Olaf
Received on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 09:35:13 UTC