Hi Nick Map V3 reports as V2 in the home list view Its still effectively twice as slow as google maps to go to a new location, would be better if it started zoomed out Does not display map/satellite/hybrid/terrain till you zoom (i think you pointed that out) sometimes measure takes its first point from the distance/area selection click sometimes measure does nothing distance has a "done" but area has not sometimes if closing distance with the "x" it draws 2 new distance lines have been unable to place a photo, get object selector dialog but doesnt seem to place on map erratic behaviour of find: find melbourne - could not find find sydney (works ok) find melbourne (works ok)
sometimes it cant find anything Is this discussion ok for the IAEP list or is it better offlist? Tony > Tony, thank you for your input. > > Your concerns about satellite view and zoom were part of why I am doing a > rewrite. I added the map-type control and updated the find feature to set > zoom as well as location (for example, searching for "Japan" zooms out to > show the whole country). > > The new Map activity should have tools that people won't just find at > maps.google.com: > > 1) Using special Google APIs (v3 and static maps) that are low-bandwidth. > More students can access maps when they can load faster. > 2) Sharing the view and added pins on the map between many XOs, over the > mesh network > 3) Sugar UI, so users feel comfortable with the activity > 4) New features, like area and multipoint distance > > I've attached a working activity bundle so you can try these features out. > When the activity starts, click a zoom or navigation button to complete > loading the map. _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
