[Evergreen-web-team] Evergreen Libraries map icon

[Steve Wills]

Alexey,

here is an interesting discussion on clustering: http://drupal.org/node/1139088

Steve


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From: Lazar, Alexey Vladimirovich [mailto:alexey.lazar at mnsu.edu]
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Thanks, that sounds like a good idea. This would be interesting to work on. Is there a special Drupal module for this, or how does this function, in general? We could discuss this at our next web meeting.Alexey On Jun 7, 2012, at 15:33 , Jim Craner wrote:> If this is something we're building out on the Evergreen Drupal prototype, we can use built-in point clustering to handle the density at the higher zooms without any manual tampering. I'll add this to the "things to consider" list. > > Thanks, Ben and Alexey!> -jc> > > > On Jun 7, 2012, at 13:22, "Lazar, Alexey Vladimirovich"  wrote:> >> >> On Jun 7, 2012, at 14:41 , Ben Shum wrote:>> >>> I thought of two potential courses of action:>>> >>> 1) We continue to use the LibraryMarker.png image and seek the revised permission from Breeding. If so, perhaps we need to incorporate a copyright statement on the origin of the file along with the file when we make it part of the website's git repository.>>> >>> 2) We can follow Ben's example and switch to using a more generic icon like the blue-dot.png instead.>>> >>> Thoughts or opinions moving forward?>> >> >> Of these choices, 2) would be better.>> >> However, at most zoom levels (at least 0-5), both versions of the icon seem to impair map usability, because they obscure the base layer and locations almost entirely in dense areas. If it is an option, a dot would work much better for this type of map at most zoom layers, thus creating a dot map. Example: https://www.e-education.psu.edu/natureofgeoinfo/c3_p16.html, although for Evergreen libraries the relationship will be 1 to 1. A larger icon could be used for higher zoom levels.>> >> Alexey Lazar>> PALS>> Information System Developer and Integrator>> 507-389-2907>> http://www.mnpals.org/>> >> _______________________________________________>> Evergreen-web-team mailing list>> Evergreen-web-team at list.evergreen-ils.org>> http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-web-team> _______________________________________________> Evergreen-web-team mailing list> Evergreen-web-team at list.evergreen-ils.org> http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-web-teamAlexey LazarPALSInformation System Developer and Integrator507-389-2907http://www.mnpals.org/_______________________________________________Evergreen-web-team mailing listEvergreen-web-team at list.evergreen-ils.orghttp://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-web-team
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Thanks, that sounds like a good idea.  This would be interesting to work on.  Is there a special Drupal module for this, or how does this function, in general?  We could discuss this at our next web meeting.

Alexey 

On Jun 7, 2012, at 15:33 , Jim Craner wrote:

> If this is something we're building out on the Evergreen Drupal prototype, we can use built-in point clustering to handle the density at the higher zooms without any manual tampering. I'll add this to the "things to consider" list. 
> 
> Thanks, Ben and Alexey!
> -jc
> 
> 
> 
> On Jun 7, 2012, at 13:22, "Lazar, Alexey Vladimirovich" <alexey.lazar at mnsu.edu> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Jun 7, 2012, at 14:41 , Ben Shum wrote:
>> <snip>
>>> I thought of two potential courses of action:
>>> 
>>> 1)  We continue to use the LibraryMarker.png image and seek the revised permission from Breeding.  If so, perhaps we need to incorporate a copyright statement on the origin of the file along with the file when we make it part of the website's git repository.
>>> 
>>> 2)  We can follow Ben's example and switch to using a more generic icon like the blue-dot.png instead.
>>> 
>>> Thoughts or opinions moving forward?
>> <snip>
>> 
>> Of these choices, 2) would be better.
>> 
>> However, at most zoom levels (at least 0-5), both versions of the icon seem to impair map usability, because they obscure the base layer and locations almost entirely in dense areas.  If it is an option, a dot would work much better for this type of map at most zoom layers, thus creating a dot map.  Example: https://www.e-education.psu.edu/natureofgeoinfo/c3_p16.html, although for Evergreen libraries the relationship will be 1 to 1. A larger icon could be used for higher zoom levels.
>> 
>> Alexey Lazar
>> PALS
>> Information System Developer and Integrator
>> 507-389-2907
>> http://www.mnpals.org/
>> 
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Alexey Lazar
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