Get the real size of a SVG/G element

Question

Is there any accurate way to get the real size of a svg element that includes stroke, filters or other elements contributing to the element\'s real size from within Javascri

Answer 1

Both raphael js http://dmitrybaranovskiy.github.io/raphael/ and d3 js http://d3js.org/ have various methods to find the size of an svg object or sets of svg object. It depends on if it's a circle, square, path, etc... as to which method to use.
I suspect you are using complex shapes, so in that case bounding box would be your best bet http://raphaeljs.com/reference.html#Element.getBBox (Edit: updated reference site.) http://dmitrybaranovskiy.github.io/raphael/reference.html#Element.getBBox