[ka-Map-users] auto query

[Josh Livni]

Personally, I actually like the double-click recentering and zooming in, 
a la virtual earth.

Also in VE (now http://local.live.com) they have right-click options. 
While I know most users never touch the right mouse button, I know I'd 
love the ability to switch between things (eg query and pan) with a 
button, rather than needing to mouse over and click some icon.

Even better:  The default is panning, but when you hold the space key, 
it queries.

My ulterior motive here is that while I know the idea is to get the 
interface as intuitive as possible (keeping in mind 'Google Maps 
compatibility'), I also like the current ability to query areas with the 
rubber-band box, for queries where you might want results back for many 
shapes at a time.

Anyway, given I'm not contributing the code here, I'll just end by 
saying I'm happy with whatever you guys choose - keep up the fine work!

   -Josh


Dean Gadoury wrote:
> 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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