Below are 6 methods of displaying FreeHand maps on the internet. The original file was created using Macromedia's FreeHand 5.5 on a Power Macintosh. The original file size is 111K.
Please examine all three and let me know what you feel (I will display your views unless requested) and let me know of other methods so that I can display them here.
The most commonly used format and supported by all web browsers [that support images].
JPEG files are normally used to display photographs or images with continous tones but can be used for showing mapping and is supported by nearly all web browsers
PNG is the newest format to be generally adopted by the major web browsers, Netscape 4+ and Explorer 4+
Shockwave technology from Macromedia provided the capability to display native FreeHand graphic files on the World Wide Web but is no longer supported. You will need to acquire the plugin to view the file. It will then allow you to zoom in and out, pan and select objects (same as a hotspot on an image map).
You will need the Shockwave FreeHand plugin to view this file which can be obtained from
Rusty's Shockwave FreeHand Archive
Use Flash to create streaming vector animations with sound for compact, interactive Web interfaces, advertising banners, navigation panels and buttons, logos, technical illustrations, maps, and cartoons.
You will need the Shockwave Flash plugin to view this file.
PDF stands for Portable Document Format from Adobe, and is an ideal way to publish information on the Internet, whilst maintaining the look and feel of your original documents. PDF files can be viewed on Mac, Win (3.1,95 and NT) and Unix with the appropriate free Acrobat viewer from Adobe.
You will need the PDF plugin to view this file.
