This appendix describes the MapViewer JavaScript application programming interface (API) for SVG maps.

This API contains predefined functions that can be called from outside the SVG map, typically from the HTML document in which the SVG map is embedded. In addition, you can create JavaScript functions to be called when certain mouse-click actions occur. The predefined and user-defined functions can be used to implement sophisticated client-side interactive features, such as customized navigation.

If you use any of the JavaScript functions described in this appendix, end users must use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view the SVG maps, and Adobe SVG Viewer 3.0 or a later release must be installed on their systems.

This appendix contains the following major sections:

• Navigation Control Functions
  
• Display Control Functions
  
• Mouse-Click Event Control Functions
  
• Other Control Functions