Hi all Wookey wrote...
Mike - I have an interest in this too - mulu has large flowstone areas which are currently poorly (artistically) represented. I'd be happy to compare notes.
Well now that flowstone as an area is in Therion we can look at tweaking the metapost code. The ASF's images for flowstone is at: http://www.caves.org.au/m_stab-1c.html#6.0 It differs from gour pools in that the gour symbols all join or touch each other whereas the flowstone symbols are all separate. In the metapost code below I have increased the horizontal and vertical spacing a bit and my wife Jill thinks its pretty close now to the ASF symbol on the web. code metapost beginpattern(pattern_flowstone); pickup PenC; p:=(-.35u,0){dir -60} .. {dir 60}(0.35u,0); draw p; draw p shifted (0.35u,0.4u); # was (0.35u,0.3u) patternxstep(1.0u); # was 0.7 patternystep(0.8u); # was 0.6 endpattern; def a_flowstone_ASF (expr Path) = T:=identity; thclean Path; thfill Path withpattern pattern_flowstone; enddef; endcode Now .... rotation. We draw flowstone and gours oriented to the direction that they are in the cave. I think they are pretty much the only area fills that we orient. The rest like mad, sand, clay, moonmilk etc are all unorientated. Mike Lake
Hi all On Fri 02 Mar 2007, Michael Lake wrote:
Now .... rotation. We draw flowstone and gours oriented to the direction that they are in the cave. I think they are pretty much the only area fills that we orient. The rest like mad, sand, clay, moonmilk etc are all unorientated.
If rotation can be specified for fills then it would be nice to have in the xtherion map editor some indication of the directoin set. At present there is no indication that a region is filled at all. What I would like to suggest is that non-orientated fills have some text added into the middle of the filled area like this: Flowstone Fill and for oriented fills i.e. where a rotation is specified both the text and an arrow like this: \ \ Flowstone \ Fill \ _\/ Would this be possible? Mike -- Mike Lake Caver, Linux enthusiast and interested in anything technical.
What I would like to suggest is that non-orientated fills have some text added into the middle of the filled area like this:
Flowstone Fill
and for oriented fills i.e. where a rotation is specified both the text and an arrow like this:
\ \ Flowstone \ Fill \ _\/
Would this be possible?
This is a very good idea. I was also missing a graphical indication of an area. It will take some time to implement, but I like this idea a lot! Regards, S.
Quoting Michael Lake <mikel@speleonics.com.au>:
whereas the flowstone symbols are all separate. In the metapost code below I have increased the horizontal and vertical spacing a bit and my wife Jill thinks its pretty close now to the ASF symbol on the web.
OK, I will update it in the sources also. Thanks, S.
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