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loomchild / sojourner-web

FOSDEM conference companion PWA
https://sojourner.rocks
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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some rooms were missing from the map (2024) #145

Open digitalica opened 6 months ago

digitalica commented 6 months ago

could very wel be problem in data, not in this app.

it was a bit of a puzzle to find UB5.132 for example

(not shown on map)

loomchild commented 6 months ago

No, it's the app. I didn't update the map. I am thinking to remove the building maps, since specific they are not too easy to update, (I always struggle with obtaining the images in advance). Besides, with more complex buildings, like U, multi-level K, I find them challenging to read and prefer to rely on physical signs. Do you think the building maps are useful?

digitalica commented 6 months ago

Thanks for the clarification.

To me the building maps are useful, even though i've visted fosdem before, so know where the buildings are, i like to be able to see where in the building the room is, to choose exact route. Also: distance is a factor. From K4, UA can be a long way. So please keep up the struggle! (and even if you fail, whats there now is better then nothing!)

However, all maps i've seen on fosdem are 'just' bitmap images (i even had to search where the number was on a map by scrolling around ;-) ) . ideally they it should be open street map, or, if that doesn't support multi-level indoor navigation enough, some other format (quick search found OpenLevelUp). But that could be a lot of work to build / integrate / maintain...

In general: I have not seen a good solution for navigation on (business) conferences or trade fair (I remember CeBIT (Centrum der Büro- und Informationstechnik) in Hannover and much more recent EBACE in genava) yet. (We just want small scale google maps I think, preferably with accurate indoor positioning, and streetview) I'll stop dreaming now ;-)

loomchild commented 6 months ago

Thanks. I think I'll keep them simple for now, but make sure to update them before each edition.

loomchild commented 6 months ago

Taking about mini Google map, there's the col https://nav.fosdem.org (borrowed from C3 I believe). I haven't really used it and I'm not sure how to integrate it - perhaps I should check it out. The thing is that you need internet access to use it, and I try to keep the app usable offline.