Map Zooming

[Richard DePas]

On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Dirk Hohndel <dirk at hohndel.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 20:29 -0700, Richard DePas wrote:
>
> > Trying out Beta 2. Brought up my Subsurface log and imported my DB
> > from Shearwater Desktop. All was good. Locations that were in my
> > original log were rotating the map and zooming on each location. I
> > selected three dives from the imported dives and selected a location
> > (repetitive dives at a single dive site). I then scrolled through my
> > dives with the arrow keys and the map would not zoom on the site
> > locations. Dives that had location would rotate the globe, but would
> > not auto zoom.
>
> This is a known issue with the Marble implementation.
> There are several ways in which it appears to "forget" your preferred
> zoom setting. Instead it will stay "pretty far out" and you have to
> manually zoom back in (just use your scroll wheel / scroll gesture over
> the map area).


OK - will do.


>
>
> libraries used in the Mac and Windows binary to a newer version with
> tons of bug fixes but that still doesn't seem to address some of these
> issues.
>
> I love the way it looks when it works. It drives me insane in how many
> subtle (and not so subtle) ways it frequently fails :-(


It does look great when it is working to zoom out, rotate, and then zoom
back in.

Let me know if there is anything specific you want tested on the Windows
platform. My coding days are way behind me, but I am loving the program and
want to help.

Rich
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