Hi all, I agree with Jan that selecting a time range for the map is not as good as a point in time, and also with Micru that it is required for events.
In fact, we may be talking about 2 different selectors with additional filtering and other options for each. Cheers, Susanna 2014-05-14 9:24 GMT+03:00 David Cuenca <[email protected]>: > Jan: for the map itself a single slider is definitely the > easiest/clearest. For displaying events on it, a single slider is too > limited, though you could get the same functionality with range queries. > ("look for events that happened between 1500 and 1600, display them on a > 1555 map") > > Cheers, > Micru > > > On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 11:19 PM, Jan Ainali <[email protected]>wrote: > >> What I would like is not primarily a range slider (although there might >> be cases where that might be interesting). But my primary use case is to >> see the map for a specific point in time. That also gives the benefit in >> not having "double" objects at the map. If you have a range, you might have >> features being built, destroyed and then new ones being built in that >> range. How would that be rendered? >> >> >> *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali* >> >> Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige<http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huvudsida> >> >> 0729 - 67 29 48 >> >> >> *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till >> mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* >> Bli medlem. <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se> >> >> >> >> 2014-05-13 22:27 GMT+02:00 David Cuenca <[email protected]>: >> >> Derek: nice! >>> >>> Jerry: it is possible to input the dates in the slider, but it would >>> need a date formatter >>> http://ghusse.github.io/jQRangeSlider/options.html#typeOption >>> >>> About the precision, I would keep it as simple as possible, with years >>> as default and the option to change it if needed. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Micru >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 8:43 PM, SK53 <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> These examples are certainly close to what I started trying to mock up >>>> for my recent blog post, but decided would take too long to make look >>>> reasonable. >>>> >>>> My one comment on the implementations is that it should be possible to >>>> type a date into the text box showing the date on the slider. Ideally the >>>> date display would also provide some mechanism to indicate date >>>> 'fuzziness'. >>>> >>>> Way out in the future one might imagine a slider being non-linear using >>>> speed of change to allow for more precise date selection (a la panning on >>>> tablets/phones). >>>> >>>> Jerry >>>> >>>> >>>> On 13 May 2014 18:53, Derek Kniffin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Micru and Jaime, >>>>> >>>>> I was just playing with a jsfiddle using jQRangeSlider, to see what I >>>>> could come up with. Here's what I got: >>>>> >>>>> http://jsfiddle.net/vM844/1233/ >>>>> >>>>> Hope that helps. >>>>> >>>>> --Derek >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 1:49 PM, David Cuenca <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Jaime, >>>>>> >>>>>> Good starting point. Maybe you could also take a look to this one to >>>>>> get some ideas? >>>>>> http://ghusse.github.io/jQRangeSlider/ >>>>>> >>>>>> Some things I like of this one: >>>>>> - you can drag the central area and both sliders move with it >>>>>> - the date is displayed in the slider >>>>>> >>>>>> Things that it is missing: >>>>>> - a precision selector (century, year, day) >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Micru >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Jaime Schatz < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Everyone, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I've got a very, very (*very*) early prototype of a TimeSlider for >>>>>>> users to select dates on the OHM. I didn't want to get too far down a >>>>>>> rabbit hole without checking in. Not sure if this is the place to post >>>>>>> it - >>>>>>> it's also on Bugzilla and referenced in the Github issues for OHM. >>>>>>> Feedback (on the actual slider as well as on where/how to post things >>>>>>> like >>>>>>> this) is more than welcome!! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Github issue: >>>>>>> https://github.com/OpenHistoricalMap/ohm-website/issues/15 >>>>>>> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62900 >>>>>>> Protype: http://jaimelynschatz.github.io/timeslider-mvp.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> :) JaimeLyn >>>>>>> Gnome/OPW Intern >>>>>>> UTC - 7/PDT >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Historic mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Etiamsi omnes, ego non >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Historic mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Historic mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Etiamsi omnes, ego non >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Historic mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Etiamsi omnes, ego non > > _______________________________________________ > Historic mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic > >
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