title: How to create floor plans that work nice with mobile and desktop browsers?
body: <p>Want to create a dynamic floor plan map of an office to show occupancy and link up to meetings etc. I have some AutoCAD files on hand and been researching for ways to make this on a browser. It seems to me that SVG would be a good contender which supports most mobile and desktop browsers (no old version of IE please), but I doubt if there are ways to bind data to each object on the floor plan. I have searched for libraries like D3.js or Raphaël and they seem to tbe the library I need. So my questions are:</p>
  
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  <li>Is there any way to convert an AutoCAD file to something like SVG, while the SVG would display the seats and rooms on the plan as individual objects?</li>
  <li>Which library (D3 or Raphaël) would suit my needs? I have a MySQL database which can pump out occupancy and also the meeting data.</li>
  <li>As a stopgap measure during the development, do you guys think that exporting the CAD file to an image and use vintage hacks like HTML image map to show something basic is a good idea? I am thinking if doing this can become a fallback for those good old browsers.</li>
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