[GSBN] Matts' Fun with Maps

[Oliver]

Hello Derek,
 
The houses in question were a collection in the Czech Republic that the
contributor wanted to have fuzzy locations. At the time I got around it
with "NOTE: Location close but WRONG", then I thought better and limited
the zoom on the map but that prevents other households who want to be
located accurately and it's no good for eco-villages like dancing
rabbit.
http://naturalhomes.org/gsbnmap.htm?all@rabbit where you need to zoom it
close.
 
The final solution was using an area for fuzzy locations as shown here:
http://naturalhomes.org/gsbnmap.htm?all@gsbn@48.214608,16.373062,11
But this slowed down the map considerably, so for the moment home owners
that don't want to be located accurately I just put in an obviously
incorrect location.
 
I intend to optimise the map so that it tolerates the area method.
 
Hope you find the map useful.
 
Regards, Oliver
 
--On Thursday, March 5, 2009 9:36 PM +0000 Oliver
<house at naturalhomes.org
<http://uk.mc870.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=house@naturalhomes.org> >
wrote:

I have solved the 'non-accurate' location problem with the bubble
text "NOTE: Location close but WRONG", which is only seen if a user
opens the icon bubble. I think this is a good enough solution without
cluttering the map with different icons or areas.

I didn't see this note on the half-a-dozen locations that I checked. Am
I doing something wrong?

I'm curious as to what system you used for making the location close,
but wrong.  How close is it, at the closest, and at the farthest?

Derek

Derek Roff
Language Learning Center
Ortega Hall 129, MSC03-2100
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
505/277-7368, fax 505/277-3885
Internet: derek at unm.edu
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