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* Introduction [1]
* Rendering Issues [2]
* Feature Requests [3]
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INTRODUCTION
From the MapServer Homepage [4]:
MapServer [5] is an OpenSource [6] development environment for
building spatially enabled Internet applications. Melbourne Wireless
use MapServer [7] to draw maps in LocFinder [8], as shown in the maps
below.
RENDERING ISSUES
Currently, we have not got our maps/MapServer setup correct, there
are issues with the way that maps are rendered. In the map above, the
following issues need to be addressed:
* Road names do not appear
* Rivers appear as outlines only
* Landmarks are not displayed
* City names are not displayed
Please do not add LocFinder [9] bugs here, this section is for map
rendering issues only.
FEATURE REQUESTS
* SignalPropagation [10] coverage data to be generated by LocFinder
[11] and shown as an optional layer
* Coloured Contour Maps that look like this image:
Maps like this give you a good at-a-glance view of the "lay of the
land" and will greatly assist node-owners plan potential links. Whilst
the info is not as specific as a Cross-Sectional View [12] between two
nodes, it does give a good overall idea. It should be fairly easy to
implement - as easy as putting numbers on the contour lines!
* A simple feature that would greatly help newbies:
The ability to put in any address and see it in context on the node
map - so that one can see the nodes nearest a certain address without
having to actually register a node in that location. Inputting a GPS
coordinate and seeing it's map context would be also useful.
* An extension to the above point: the ability to browse the map with
direction arrows (N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW)
* Bring back the node search feature! Search by suburb was very
helpful to newbies.
* This has been promised as an upcoming feature before: the ability
to click on a node on the map and jump to it's node entry. Needs to
implement imagemaps: there are examples of this in the MapServer [13]
tutorials.
* If the mouse cursor is not on a node, clicking on the map should
simply centre the map on that point.
* The option to navigate LocFinder [14] with larger maps: eg.
600x600.
* The ability to turn various layers on and off as one browses.
* An option to create a "print friendly" map - a very large version
of the current map view. The resulting print friendly page would be
minus all menus and browse buttons. It would not be possible to browse
the map in very large mode - so as to not hammer the server with lots
of very large map requests.
Some real work for yob and myself... I'm on it. -- TysonClugg [15]
2004-07-06
Links:
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[1] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#introduction
[2] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#rendering_issues
[3] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#feature_requests
[4] http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/
[5] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?MapServer
[6] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?OpenSource
[7] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?MapServer
[8] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?LocFinder
[9] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?LocFinder
[10] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?SignalPropagation
[11] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?LocFinder
[12] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?LocFinderCrossSections
[13] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?MapServer
[14] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?LocFinder
[15] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?TysonClugg
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