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SVG is a royalty-free and vendor-neutral two-dimensional web graphics standard developed by the W3C consortium. The XML based markup language describes and integrates vector graphics, raster graphics, text, multimedia, interactivity, scripting and animation. The SVG document consists of a tree-like structure, which can be interpreted by humans and machines. Graphical objects can be grouped, styled, transformed and composited into previously rendered objects. The feature set includes nested transformations, clipping paths, alpha masks, filter effects, template objects and extensibility. As the name indicates, SVG graphics can be scaled while maintaining quality. SVG graphics and applications can be viewed with most modern web browsers natively or by installing a plugin. The SVG standard can be used as a...
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Neumann, A. (2016). Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H., Zhou, X. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23519-6_1159-2
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