On 7 July 2017 at 18:32, Willem Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/07/2017 17:08, Davide DB wrote: >> >> >> Very nice. >> This could be a starting point for a new "map view" feature in an >> upcoming Subsurface. >> In my idea we should just display clusters: when user click on one >> cluster the map zoom showing eventually other cluster until at a >> certain zoom level he sees only dives. >> In this Map view if I hoover on a dive spot I get a small box with >> main dive details (just imagine what we have for a item in our mobile >> dive list). The dive name it's a link/button which brings me to the >> dive details. I mean that I will abandon the Map View and I swith to >> our classic view. >> >> To avoid to forget this idea I copied it on Github: >> >> https://github.com/Subsurface-divelog/subsurface/issues/471 >> >> Bye >> > Lubomir, > > The cluster icons are so large and with so many colours that they actually > seriously disrupt the map. Is there a way to remove the concentric, fading > rings around each cluster and to make the the clusters the same colour? > Although the present red flags on the Marble map cannot represent clusters, > they are discreet enough not to disrupt the map (most of the time). I would > envision a small, round, red disk that is large enough to contain any > information that is relevant, noting more (probably no. dives in the > cluster)? When zooming into a cluster, the individual dives eventually show > up (perhaps with a custom symbol)?? >
yes, this can be customized if we decide to go with the google maps idea. > The other concern that I have is that on several of the sites with these > maps, the update of the map was rather slow when one zooms or pans (using > quad core CPU). But I am not aware how much of that is due to Internet > access behind the scene and how much of it is due to slow updates in itself. > i can confirm that for hundreds of markers the performance of google maps isn't great. then again the marble performance isn't great for me either. lubomir -- _______________________________________________ subsurface mailing list [email protected] http://lists.subsurface-divelog.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/subsurface
