[PATCH] Work on a dive localisation tool using GPS coordinates

[Lubomir I. Ivanov]

On 15 January 2013 19:18, Henrik Brautaset Aronsen
<subsurface at henrik.synth.no> wrote:
> Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Dirk Hohndel <dirk at hohndel.org> wrote:
>
> I completely agree.
>
> The thing is, looking at the osm widget, I personally wouldn't want to
> use it even though I *do* have GPS locations for some of my dive. I
> think the build problems are a bigger problem than the osm solution is
> a solution.
>
>
> I disagree.  Having the OSM widget is far better than not having it.  I have
> GPS coordinates for all the sites I've been diving at.  Being able to use
> the OSM map to pick new dive spots would be perfect, which basically would
> mirror how I presently do it in MacDive.  We could of course have a
> clickable google maps URL in there as well, but I really don't want to lose
> the integrated widget.
>

i agree with linus.

1) the widget is not the most portable and also a bit badly designed,
in terms of requires libraries (which are a bunch).

2) i've examined the widget API and its pretty much in its infancy.
you are stuck with showing non-interactive red dots on the map.
therefore i find the implementation of a barely interactive widget
pointless. what is the point of showing 100 dots if none of them has
some sort of a tag?

3) google maps is my only proposal. integration with subsurface is
possible via web API (i.e opening a browser window).
also URLs can be then shared between users. maps can be added to
google accounts and so on.

lubomir
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