On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:35:29 -0700, Joshua Bell wrote:

>On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 11:41?AM Jeff Zeitlin - editor at
>freelancetraveller.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:

[propitiation of the bandwidth deitic principle]

>> The API is documented at https://travellermap.com/doc/API and includes
>> quite a lot of Stuff.

>Perhaps most useful here is including accept=application/pdf which will
>produce a PDF with infinitely scalable vector data; no need to mess with
>increasing the bitmap resolution.

Oooo! How did I miss this? Nifty, and definitely a better way of doing it.
If you don't already have it, might I suggest an option for generating SVG,
so that I can have the vector image without all the extra PDF cruft?

>> Use the API as above.

>Or using https://travellermap.com/make/poster -
>
>1. Pick the sector
>2. Under options, Show: Subsector X
>3. Under options, Style: White background (Color)
>4. Under options, Scale: 128 pixels/parsec - uwp
>5. Ensure Borders / Filled is not checked. Maybe uncheck Subsector Grid too.
>6. Click "Quick Preview" to verify the appearance
>7. Click "Render Poster" to generate the PDF

More niftyness! Thanks for chiming in on this!

P.S. You gonna be at TCUSA again this year?

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