New Android beta - maps

[Lubomir I. Ivanov]

On 14 March 2018 at 14:39, Willem Ferguson
<willemferguson at zoology.up.ac.za> wrote:
> On 14/03/2018 14:19, Lubomir I. Ivanov wrote:
>>
>>
>> NOTE: the map uses the current center to copy to clipboard coordinates
>> or open the location in google maps.
>> it doesn't use the selected marker coordinates. this is by design.
>>
>> having said that, i cannot reproduce any error for dozens of dives.
>> here are my steps:
>> - open dive list
>> - select random dives with gps data
>> - open dive details
>> - edit dive to see coordinates
>> - close "edit" and click "map it"
>> - copy coordinates to clipboard
>> - try [+], [-] to zoom in/out
>>
>> do you happening to be using [+] / [-] for zooming in your tests above?
>> if not the center can be changed because of the slight pan when you
>> zoom with pinch.
>>
>> lubomir
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> This is the problem. I did not use the [+] and [-] buttons to zoom in or
> out. I used my fingers to pinch or expand the screen for zooming. Using the
> middle of the screen as a reference is counterintuitive and a less useful
> way than using the coordinates of the selected dive site. It is clear which
> dive site is selected and, if Google Maps is selected, I would expect the
> Google Maps to focus on the selected dive site ??
>
> If this is programmatically a problem then I would disable zooming using
> one's fingers.
>

using the map center instead of the selected marker is something i did
by design because of the following scenario:
- the user browses his/her dives on the map
- decides to propose a new dive location to friend where there is no marker yet
- zooms over that location
- copies the location to clipboard

if copying/"open in gmaps" of coordinates was only possibly based on a
selected marker then the above wouldn't be possible
also the menu items would not work at all if there were no markers on the map.

maybe the menu text has to be adjusted?

lubomir
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