Drag to create on map - Githubissues

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Please describe your feature request in two parts:

  - User wants a visual way to create a located event, so they don't have to specify lat/lon if they're already zoomed to the area of interest.
  - User drags a marker from a palette onto the map, and then configures the rest of the entry's properties from there, either in a form area or within the map bubble.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by p...@google.com on 28 Jul 2010 at 7:53

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by p...@google.com on 30 Jul 2010 at 7:01

Added labels: Usability

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

More discussion of requirements from CR list..

"The issue that seems to keep coming up over and over is that we have many data 
mapping tools but none of them quite has the desired feature set.

Maps API, App Engine: requires coding
My Maps: can't handle lots of pins
Mapmaker: can't start your own instance
Earth: can't edit together online
Fusion Tables: users can't put pins directly on map
Trix Map gadget: users can't put pins directly on map
Data Wiki: users can't put pins directly on map
Resource Finder: can't start your own instance

In comparison:

Ushahidi: can start own instances, users can put lots of pins on a map.  no 
custom attributes though.

If only we could just get all three things together in one place... (your own 
instance + lots of pins + custom attributes).  This really seems to be the 
feature set that people are after, in many contexts."

Original comment by p...@google.com on 13 Oct 2010 at 8:13

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Since the current map uses the Google Chart API, it may not be possible to 
interact in the way necessary to add via drag.  There may be a way around this:

  - drop an item on the map
  - somehow get the lat/lng for where the mouse is pointing
  - add the point to the datamodel used to build the map
  - redraw the map with the updated data model.

http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery/map.html

Original comment by p...@google.com on 27 Jan 2011 at 2:53

jijopaulose / datawiki

Drag to create on map #16