Delay request for location

[soxofaan]

The editor currently asks access to current location on first view (before log in):

This feels a bit intrusive without obvious gain (location is only actually used when opening a map without obvious starting point)

Is it possible to delay the permission request to a later point, when the location is actually necessary?

[m-mohr]

I could delay it until after login, but it is annoying if I delay it until the map is actually shown, because:

1. Then the map loads twice, you have a refit in the location and that may disturb you when working with the map already (location is not always available immediately).
2. You get this request box everytime you open a new map, which is annoying (except you checked the box to remember the decision). So a one time request at the beginning might be better.

[soxofaan]

hmm, if that popup can not be delayed or only shown when necessary, then maybe this is a case where the cure (having to show the permission popup to everybody) is worse than the disease (not having an obvious map center for some edge cases)?

[m-mohr]

So for now (v0.11.2) it is only requested after the authentication screen and you can disable it for custom deployments via the requestUserLocation config option. Leaving this open for the future to potentially solve this better through a reactive connection with the mapping library or so.

[m-mohr]

Different idea: Add a button to grab the location instead of using it by default.

[m-mohr]

Implemented, available on editor.openeo.org, soon also .cloud