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okfn / timemapper

Create and share elegant timelines and timemaps fast
http://timemapper.okfnlabs.org/
MIT License
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Use timemapper from disk #91

Closed ventouris closed 10 years ago

ventouris commented 10 years ago

When I was using timelinejs, I downloaded a folder with js and css files and included them on my html files.

Is there any way to do the same with timemapper and use spreadsheet for my data instead of the embed timeliner?

The reasons are: 1) it is faster on loading 2) I cannot have access on the timeliner css right now and I want to change the text sizes.

rufuspollock commented 10 years ago

@ventouris I think you are probably interested in #73 (factor our js library part). It wouldn't be that hard to do (it is sort of what timeliner was already) but it would take some work and would make it more effort to use in timemapper

Regarding your motivations are those the 2 primary ones? I note we could support use of custom css quite easily and in terms of loading speed i'm not quite sure why it would be faster - can you explain a bit more?

ventouris commented 10 years ago

@rgrp The main reason is the custom css. For example, if I put the timeline in a smaller div than the one in the fullscreen, then the font-sizes are too big for the size of the div. Or if I don't want to add a description, I could hide it with css.

As for the speed, it was a guess I think. Now, when I load the map the route is my website --> timemapper --> calculate the map --> return to my website. If I load it localy the route will be my website --> calculate the map.

rufuspollock commented 10 years ago

@ventouris I'm planning to close this for the present as either covered in #73 or it should be a separate issue (allow for configuring css). Please re-open if you feel this is incorrect (or open a specific issue re configuring css)

rufuspollock commented 10 years ago

WONTFIX.