Overlapping Markers

[buttersnipps]

Multiple markers get placed on top of each other.

Best solution would be to use Marker Clustering

[humphd]

Good point. I've been reworking the UI a bit today, and master looks like this at the moment:

A few thoughts:

• Eventually I want to lock down the map so you can't move/zoom/etc, and it only works if you actually move (walk, car, bus, whatever). As such, we could set the zoom level to something that will mean that bridges never cluster.
• If we want to try clustering in Leaflet, which is what I've been using, there are plugins like https://github.com/Leaflet/Leaflet.markercluster, https://github.com/SINTEF-9012/PruneCluster, etc. and various tutorials like https://asmaloney.com/2015/06/code/clustering-markers-on-leaflet-maps/

Someone do a PR!

[humphd]

Filed #3 to build on this with a mini-map view

[buttersnipps]

We can load marker based on the users current location and limit unnecessary api calls to Leaflet. Locking down the markers based on users location by setting a fix radius will be beneficial don't you think?

Taking into account the bigger picture , we can use a "discover" or "unlock markers" feature only if the user visited the location. eg . I cant sit at york and see the trolls in downtown Toronto .

I can start working on a something like this if you feel this would be a good idea.