Indeed you don't need R. This is accomplished in two minutes with the excellent, free, and open software inkscape. But before I type more and since I have it open anyway, I'll just send you the three images off-list.
B. On 2014-04-21, at 10:43 AM, Spencer Graves wrote: > p.s. I don't need to use R for this, though I'd prefer to stay with > something that's free, open-source software. I tried GIMP, but couldn't > see how to access the layers. > > > Hi, Peter: > > > On 4/21/2014 3:34 AM, Peter Crowther wrote: >> Spencer, what "components" do you want to extract? Do the SVG files >> have a reasonably well-defined structure? I've done a fair amount >> with SVG and may be able to help. > > > Thanks. I should have been more specific: I'd like to try to > extract into 3 separate files the weapons of mass destruction symbols > from the "WMD_world_map.svg" image in the Wiikipedia article on "Weapons > of mass destruction" > (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/WMD_world_map.svg). > > > I've opened it in Emacs enough to see that it's a structured text > file consistent with what little I know about XML. It looks to me like > a list, but without convenient names for the list components. > > > Thanks again, > Spencer > > > p.s. I found the biohazard symbol by itself > (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Biohazard_symbol.svg), > but I didn't find the radioactive and skull-and-crossbones symbols in > exactly that form. (I didn't look seriously beyond Wikimedia commons, > because I'm making a video, and I want something I can release under the > Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license. > >> >> - Peter >> >> >> On 21 April 2014 08:30, Spencer Graves >> <spencer.gra...@structuremonitoring.com >> <mailto:spencer.gra...@structuremonitoring.com>> wrote: >> >> Hello: >> >> >> What would you suggest I use to read and manipulate an SVG file? >> >> >> I'd like to extract components of an svg file. I see it's >> XML, but I have very little experience with either SVG or XML. >> I've tried GIMP and findFn{sos} without finding a clear >> suggestion of where to start. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Spencer >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org> mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> > > > -- > Spencer Graves, PE, PhD > President and Chief Technology Officer > Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. > 751 Emerson Ct. > San José, CA 95126 > ph: 408-655-4567 > web:www.structuremonitoring.com > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
