[ka-Map-users] auto query

[Dean Gadoury]

I think the double click should recenter, just like Google Maps.

Tim Schaub wrote:
> I like the idea of-
> 
> Pan: click-n-drag 
> Zoom: roll (or buttons)
> Query: double-click
> 
> Seems fast and intuitive.
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ka-map-users-bounces at lists.maptools.org 
>>[mailto:ka-map-users-bounces at lists.maptools.org] On Behalf Of 
>>Paul Spencer
>>Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 10:16 AM
>>To: Brent Pedersen
>>Cc: ka-map-users at lists.maptools.org
>>Subject: Re: [ka-Map-users] auto query
>>
>>Comments requested from community on desirability of this 
>>feature being made part of ka-map cvs please :)
>>
>>If I get some generally positive responses then I'll 
>>negotiate with Brent to get this into cvs.
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>Paul
>>
>>On 10-Jan-06, at 12:14 AM, Brent Pedersen wrote:
>>
>>
>>>hmmm, you're right--i wonder if that will be the case without the 
>>>alert(). i was keying off mousedown and mouseup, but maybe 
>>
>>i can just 
>>
>>>use onclick??
>>>
>>>
>>>On 1/9/06, Stephen Woodbridge <woodbri at swoodbridge.com> wrote:  
>>>Looks nice, but it has broken the double click to recenter.
>>>
>>>-Steve
>>>
>>>Brent Pedersen wrote:
>>>
>>>>hi,
>>>>the new updates to kaMap are looking great, thanks all!
>>>>
>>>>the main issue i hear from users of kaMap is that it's not  
>>>
>>>intuitive to
>>>
>>>>switch between navigate and query mode (darned google maps!).
>>>>so i added a check in kaNavigator.  if the mouseup event occurs  
>>>
>>>near a
>>>
>>>>mousedown event (within 3 pixels, but easily changed), 
>>
>>assume its a
>>
>>>>query, and send the coords to the myQuery function. else the  
>>>
>>>mouseup and
>>>
>>>>mousedown events are far apart, it must be a drag, so 
>>
>>carry on as  
>>
>>>usual.
>>>
>>>>obviously this only works for point queries, but it avoids turning
>>>>kaNavigator on and off to do simple queries.
>>>>
>>>>it only requires one extra line in startUp.js:
>>>>
>>>>myKaNavigator.setAutoQuery(1,myQuery);
>>>>
>>>>where myQuery is the function that is called if the 
>>
>>mouseup/down are
>>
>>>>near.  if that function is not called or it is recalled 
>>
>>with 0, the
>>
>>>>kaMap navigation will behave as before.
>>>>
>>>>a working example (with the default alert() in myQuery) and the  
>>>
>>>modified
>>>
>>>>kaTool.js are currently at:
>>>>
>>>>http://mul-115-1.cnr.berkeley.edu/fire/geoFRAP/map/htdocs/
>>>>
>>>>may be useful.
>>>>-brent
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 
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