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For multi-tracker maps, capacity in detail display could be different units #21

Open mikelmaron opened 2 months ago

mikelmaron commented 2 months ago

In particular, if we have various types of projects with different units, we need to have a way of determining the sizes of circles/pies shown on the map. For example, power plants would have capacities in MW, LNG terminals would have capacities in tons of gas per year, etc. So we might have data as below. This is just a made-up example and the numbers aren’t necessarily accurate. But the point is that we will have data for different kinds of projects with totally different kinds of units. We can use a method for putting them all on a single scale for purposes of drawing the sizes of circles, but we’d want to display in the table and in the cards that shows the typical units for that type of project. So we’d want to have the map code draw on one column for drawing the sizes of circles, and other columns for displaying text results for users.

Project name Capacity Capacity units Circle size
Power plant X 400 MW 10
Power plant Y 800 MW 20
LNG terminal Z 120,000 tons/year 25

mikelmaron commented 1 week ago

In Africa Energy Tracker, different ranges and units of measurement on the capacity. May try using another column "scaling_capacity". To think about the solution, get a summary of the value range and units of measurement per tracker.