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Hi
I have seen some code which really puzzles me, it is:

<image id="OpenLayers_Geometry_Point_6367" cx="312.4132960588904" cy="218.4827694234491" r="1" preserveAspectRatio="none" x="312" y="206" width="125" height="50" xlink:href="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAH0AAAAyCAYAAABxjtScAAAF6UlEQVR4Xu2Z3SttWxTA5/a1N3fTptzui/IRl3yWunjxgrq4D6euHOUrIR58lEIoHIoiKcQDUZQXSpIi8uYP8OBFePDELYUHznF93Dlmd6zmXnutPW3bOZy556rdZq4x5xpj/MYYc8y1LURdPucBi89ZrAwmCroPBoGCrqD7oAd80GSvM72jo6PPB/3205k8MjLyBZX2CjoAj4mJ6YuLi/vpnOBLCp+enhL6GaDg+8Fur6Hn5+f3FRQUeLWOLwF4D1t3d3efd3Z2FPT3cP57PVNBf4Xnt7e3SU9PDyktLSV0S3vFCm835fz8nIyNjZGhoSESGBj4ooU9ht7c3GwNDQ11PDw8OPz9/R1PT0/s4+fn53h+fv6blvd8vrzrlTo8PCTV1dVkcnKS5OTkEDqX9Pb2kqurKzI+Ps4UB5mmpiayublJQkJCCH0WmzM7O8v+xwudz1sKINra2hiQs7MzdgvhgC6wzuXlJRsHYLm5uS5Oc+dI0KWiooIMDw8T2r+wdfR6wLrwzB9xvQl0qvAaVfYfh8MRRw20w4eCsdOxCPq3DfZ9CuZrcHCwn81mewgKCvoXviMiIn6l36SwsNBpP+eVAmfX1taSqakpzWFwf3R0lMFuaGjQxufm5khYWBhzHjgV/oYgcXfhnOTkZHJzc6MF1cDAAIN9e3urjSM8CJCVlRWnTBFB5wMQdNvY2NACFoJ4fn6ePe+lmedNcLwJ9O7u7kPqkN8jIyO/xcfH2xITEwkFagGgFDQJCAjwqElDpVpbWxlUHjhmyfX1NYOBkGEcobS0tJC1tTVh+YLnNDY2kuXlZadqYFYlAA4EQ1FRkUfQ+efQgHfJegSIdkdHR5PV1VVWtcBGrDS0WmpjfHnGeWD3xMQEgfkLCwtsWayO+oqVnZ3Ngg6SCtcHXktLS1oS8YFlWt7b29v/tNvtFff393+Fh4c/ZmZmhkMG0WDwGDqUwuPjYxfg6HjMwpmZGS1jMCAGBwdNlecN4SsDjOO2sb+/r20TvLzeufye6C57ILMPDg7Y1uBODsH09/ezigPBB1WL+pX9j+tUVVU5bS+8XnV1dQTnw5YH/oGqWF5erq2D8hDAII9boDvdXrSnUwOzrVbrZ4vF8pl+h2RkZFhTU1OtUVFRwgCAh0NJr6+vJ/RhTlB5xejaLlkDhkJ1MItYPquMspyvGPwezO/LUL30jZCZw/SBxcvR/ob1JltbWwQyr7Ozk2UqBpN+TawYkKHT09Mucpjp+vnuxgE69itgO1YTvg+C8RdB5zOkq6srkWbRJ7pQzePjY1RKSspDenq6PSEhwTAAeGP39va0LDFqgGAMmyAsy7AtLC4uOgWLfg/UwzC6D1UKM45vxIwAvzTTjZo6swryI6DzQeauT/AYOr8YLVW/0Qz9RLOlkm4DfyQlJX2rrKz8xaiMQsRiNqSlpZGSkhKWGcXFxVqDhiUMoh8CBPb4rKwsFzn9+vosh4oCbwWhu9Zntb6RNOvGsYTrnafvHfSNnBl0d+Wd1x/XM6sUUMZramq00wPK68v+d4POL0z3Htvd3d1iXl5eibsjGxpPu3xydHTk1KAhAACzvr6uZbdZk4b7NgQRf0TCYyHqhw2Q0REPj238UQ4bI6Pu26gxNDqymR0F9Y0clF5+fllZGbm4uCBmZRySB/wG68CF8jDON3Jwz8wOrzJdH03w7l3217BGlcFdVn3Eewr6K6h8pDdyr1Df80bO3UN8IdNf4+SPNufNMz02Nlb9tPrRKOv0gZ9WT05O3uZXtv+PXP0f3GalHvUA/pYOzhC+bFEek88DCrp8TIUWKehCF8knoKDLx1RokYIudJF8Agq6fEyFFinoQhfJJ6Cgy8dUaJGCLnSRfAIKunxMhRYp6EIXySegoMvHVGiRgi50kXwCCrp8TIUWKehCF8knoKDLx1RokYIudJF8Agq6fEyFFinoQhfJJ6Cgy8dUaJGCLnSRfAIKunxMhRYp6EIXySegoMvHVGiRgi50kXwCCrp8TIUWKehCF8kn8B/81GtvABNw0QAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" style="opacity: 1" fill="#000000" fill-opacity="1" stroke="#000000" stroke-opacity="1" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"></image>

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I'm looking at doing something similar myself
However, I would like to know how its done on this site first
Is there a way to decode the Data Image link?

Its shows this popup bubble image:
User generated imageDepending on the length of the driver name, the bubble changes in size
the text is not text in the HTML, its all part of the image, so its obviously created server side, but i just wanted to try and figure out a bit more on how to do it and was hoping decoding html might help
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