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Accept address info in lieu of GPS coordinates for map viz? #462

Open ivanrudnicki opened 12 years ago

ivanrudnicki commented 12 years ago

If sessions have addresses, we get a map in legacy vis. For example: http://isenseproject.org/vis.php?sessions=5581+5580+5579+5578+5577+5576+5575+5574+5573+5572+5571+5570+5569+5568+5567+5566+5565+5564+5563+5562+5561+5560+5559+5558+5557+5556+5555+5554+5553+5552

(This is a map of all 30 MLB stadiums.)

However, in high vis, no map. For example: http://isenseproject.org/highvis.php?sessions=5581+5580+5579+5578+5577+5576+5575+5574+5573+5572+5571+5570+5569+5568+5567+5566+5565+5564+5563+5562+5561+5560+5559+5558+5557+5556+5555+5554+5553+5552

Could address info be used to put markers on the map in high vis?

mmcguinn commented 12 years ago

This issue here is having this make sense with how data is now handled. This sort of data can only be known on a per-session basis, but the user might not be grouping by session (making this information definitely un-useable). Even if the user IS grouping by session, what do we show on the points? They are not actually a datapoint, and so have no particular data associated with them.

I'm not sure how best to handle this.

jdalphond commented 12 years ago

I am in agreement with skittles on this one. If we can figure out what this should display, we will put it back in. It never really made sense.

ivanrudnicki commented 12 years ago

You guys are probably seeing something I'm missing, but it seems to me that if we can map data points based on latitude and longitude values, we should also be able to map data points based on address information.

I'm not suggesting using only the address information currently associated with sessions. I was thinking that we could have a new type of location data in an experiment--e.g. "Address" as an alternative to latitude and longitude. This would be used in the Map viz in the same way that the GPS coordinates are used now.

If there's a problem with grouping, could we just constrain the user's grouping selections when using the Map viz, or only reveal the Map tab if they pick a grouping option that works?

Again... sorry if I'm missing something obvious.

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 2:23 PM, mmcguinn notifications@github.com wrote:

This issue here is having this make sense with how data is now handled. This sort of data can only be known on a per-session basis, but the user might not be grouping by session (making this information definitely un-useable). Even if the user IS grouping by session, what do we show on the points? They are not actually a datapoint, and so have no particular data associated with them.

I'm not sure how best to handle this.

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mmcguinn commented 12 years ago

This is far more reasonable (and not what I thought you meant).