Dive Site Problem: nearby sites

Dirk Hohndel dirk at hohndel.org
Sun Oct 11 11:56:13 PDT 2015


> On Oct 11, 2015, at 4:14 AM, Willem Ferguson <willemferguson at zoology.up.ac.za> wrote:
> 
> I want to make some changes to the user manual pertaining to the management of coordinates. So I create an hypothetical dive as follows:
> 
> Create a new dive:  Log -> Add dive
> Specify a location that I have dived on several occasions. (In my case Aliwal Shoal: Cathedral)
> Image 'Divesite1.png', attached, appears.
> Now I am assuming that I am diving a different part of the Cathedral, NOT represented by any existing coordinates. So I doubleclick the highlighted option in Divesite1.png.
> I hit the button "Apply changes". Now the dive information has been saved.
> Then I hit the globe button to the right of the Location text box. I want to provide the coordinates.
> Image Divesite2.png, attached appears.
> But in the bottom list box there are no other locations of Aliwal Shoal: Cathedral
> 
> I would have expected all my previous dive locations at the Cathedral to be listed here.
> 
> Typing the coordinates of the new dive site at this stage does not make a difference. Neither using the existing coordinates for Cathedral, nor by changing the coordinates very slightly to refer to a site not exactly similar to any of the existing dives at Cathedral.
> 
> Am I misunderstanding the UI?

I would have assumed the existing site to show up there.

Tomaz, can you comment?

/D



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