hi, > I don't see the drawback of disabling pan & zoom since you application > will probably have a specific user interface for zooming & panning the > map. Or do you mean "with as a cartographer" that there are a lot of GIS > applications which currently use something similar? (I'm not a > cartographer btw). >
take a map and let users (or yourself) zoom in. once you know there is a ctrl+drag, you never touch the archaic "+" and "-" buttons anymore. it really makes a difference in usablility. > Not in the sense that you will scale the browser window itself, but it > does make sense when you want to provide a user interface which works on > different resolutions of the displays of the user. > yes, but what does an interface designed for ~800*600 be good for when it gets fit in a 150*100 display? you know there is an interface, but can you interact with it anymore? > 4) Concerning the implementation I know the viewBox method requires > quite some code, but it's far from being too much. When I saw your post, > the amount of code required for the other method seemed to be similar. > So that probably won't make a difference. > this is not the issue. 5 lines of code or 1200 don't harm the viewer. look at what the Google Maps API passes to the browser. i think there is a commitment towards the user of the map. if there is a possibility to let them have a better user experience, then it's not nice if one just cancels those possibilities. when you put an mapping system together, the client side scripting is the easiest/cheapes anyway, even if it produces a lot of code. > 5) I forgot to ask: you mentioned that your book will "first" be > available in german. So will it be available in english later? And can > you provide a table of contents for the book? I can't find one on that > website. > there is an english version planned, but i am still looking for an US/UK-based editor. a TOC will go online soon. the book gets reviewed by the editor those days and after that the TOC will be definitive. andré -- ___________________________________________________________________ andre m. winter, cartography for internet and multimedia applications schiessstand 4/1, a6091 goetzens, tyrol, austria tel.: ++43.5234.32732 email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.vectoreal.com/> SVG consulting and development <http://www.carto.net/> online cartography focusing on SVG <http://www.carto.at/> print and online touristic map solutions ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/1U_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
