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mass download #217

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Dear gmapcatchers!

To begin with: Some days ago my kids complained about a very slow download 
function. "Hardly any progress after one day loading". I easily found the 
problem: they tried to load half central europe in zoom level 1! For 
Nongeographers it's difficult to estimate the size of a download.

I'm not happy with the download funktion as it is at the moment and suggest the 
following changes:
- the download window should show the summation of tiles affected.
- maybe there should be a warning when you start a big download like "You are 
going to load 1.234.567 tiles! Continue?" (Trigger parameter settable in config)
- the possiblity to deactivate the download function for each source in the 
config settings would be great.
- I think it's useful to add the "Force update" funktion to the download.
- If there potentially might be any troubles in future with restrictive map 
providers regarding mass downloads, maybe a new "Prefetch" function could add 
or replace the download. Prefetch should load a strip of tiles around the 
visible area and/or the neighboring zoom level(s) to enable faster panning and 
zooming. (size of strip and zoom depth settable in config) This is not a mass 
download, isn't it?

Best Regards
Roland

PS: What does the "G" mean in GMapCatcher? Great? Gorgeous? Grand? Grandiose? 
I'm sure it's not "Google"

Original issue reported on code.google.com by webma...@esterbauer.com on 15 Sep 2010 at 10:45

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
ISTR adding some code while implementing the visual download tool that would 
give "<# tiles downloaded>/<# tiles requested>" feedback, it should be 
straightforward to guarantee that's visible in the progress bar

Original comment by Mark111...@gmail.com on 26 Sep 2010 at 6:33

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
It will be useful to update the area square on the map window when we change 
the value of width or height.

Original comment by michel.r...@gmail.com on 22 Nov 2013 at 12:50