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WorldWideTelescope / wwt-web-client

The WorldWide Telescope web client lets you explore the universe in your browser.
https://worldwidetelescope.org/webclient/
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Ability to add "My Location" to the WebClient #1

Open benkunz opened 9 years ago

benkunz commented 9 years ago

Under View, is there a way to set a new "My Location"?  It looks like it's currently set to somewhere close to Seattle and I can't figure out how to change it.  It would be good for students to be able to input their own location.

Furthermore, when I put in "Real Time," which is current 3:30pm, the solar system view is showing that Africa/Europe are currently experiencing daytime, and the US is in night time.  Shouldn't it show that it's afternoon in Seattle?

thewebkid commented 9 years ago

tfs bug 94

egcarter commented 9 years ago

Issue re-opened as this enhancement is a very desirable feature.

patudom commented 9 years ago

Repeated request for this - From Alyssa Goodman email on 4/20 after conversation at Northwestern University with various OpenWWT constituents.

thewebkid commented 9 years ago

Ok, I just looked into this. I can do it in 3-4 hours end to end.

astrojonathan commented 5 years ago

This has been added, but is now disabled on many browsers because of https. Time is also correct.

thewebkid commented 5 years ago

I've got this staged. Please test. New version does not autodetect, but lets you choose place on globe or select from world cities list. The elevation map slows things down, but that might be a separate bug.

pkgw commented 5 years ago

Following up on the email thread about this, I think there are at least a couple of issues outstanding: