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In this release we get new elements such as basic EPS export and basic webmap (.AXL) import. Testing has been enhanced. A few feeler classes such as Angular Axial line and segmental line have been introduced. Main has been enhanced. Page-info.java has been added to enhance the javadoc documentation.

The team hope that version 1.1 will be ready for release in the next week. The initial release went very well with no bugs reported against the code base and putting the project into the top 3% of projects on source forge.

New in Version 1.1
More documentation on how to use the code in your own projects.
Enhancements to processing speed.
Implementation of Choice.
An enhanced command line tool.
New graph theoretic operations
Importing is enhanced with the introduction of DXF – make your axial lines in your favourite program.
The ability to EXPORT a EPS (vector graphic) file.
Current testing and revision is still on going. You can help the project by volunteering to be a code tester!

Hi , given all the talk recently about open source space syntax, I've decided to create a truly open source project under the GPL 3 licence. This is more focused on the more traditional areas of axial analysis.

The initial version can now be found on

http://sourceforge.net/projects/spacesyntaxmap/

Along with links to documentation, CVS repository access and a binary compiled version. I was inspired by the CFD mechanism were GUI's are reserved for tools of known authenticity and command lines tools were reserved for experimental development. This way it if you get a copy of webmap you know it is a unadulterated version. If you want to do something new and original you can use the spacesyntaxmap code base to develop a command line tool which you can give/sell to others*. If a user is smart enough to use a command line tool they should be smart enough to test it to make sure it is giving correct results rather than just making the assumption. naturaly I cannot prevent someone developing an entirely separate GUI based on the source provided but this is another matter and unlikely to cause confusion.... read more

Stage one is nearing completion as the inital source code is added to the primary project. I hope to have the code in an inital state in the next couple of weeks( depending upon work load).
By then end of stage one there should be a workable application that can load a number of axial file formats and use them to generate tables of values. The code could then be used either as a libaray or command line application.