Tosfos - that's an interesting suggestion. Barry - well, even if the map input becomes user-configurable, I'd still like the default to be as nice as possible. But I guess your sample code was also a recommendation for the default layout and text.
-Yaron On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm in favor of giving the form designer as much control as possible. > Could the "field" be entered as three coordinated fields? > > In addition to: > | '''Geographic coordinate''' in the form "<nowiki>45.4564°N, > -23.456°E</nowiki>". > {{{field|coordinate|input type=googlemap}}} > > How about adding: > | '''Enter address of location.''' > {{{field|coordinate|input type=googlemap_address}}} > |- > | '''Or, enter geographic coordinate''' in the form > "<nowiki>45.4564°N, -23.456°E</nowiki>". > {{{field|coordinate|input type=googlemap_coordinate}}} > |- > | '''Or, find the location on the map'''. > {{{field|coordinate|input type=googlemap_map}}} > > You could link them together by the field name and still support > the existing version as with type="googlemap" > > You could even allow the form designer to include only one or two of > the fields, > so a cartographer could use the coordinate field and leave off the > address. > > (I know this is at least an order of magnitude more difficult than > rearranging the form elements, > but you asked...) > > - Barry > > On Jan 26, 12:49 pm, Yaron Koren <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've gotten the sense recently that some or many users find the Semantic > > Google Maps form input confusing, especially when they first try to use > it. > > To refresh your memory, here's an example of the form input in action: > > > > http://hackerspaces.org/w/index.php?title=Santa_Fe_Complex&action=for... > > > > It consists of three parts: an input of geographical coordinates (which > is > > what actually gets saved to the template), a map input (which also sets > the > > coordinates), and an entry for placing an address, then looking up that > > address (which sets the values of both the coordinate and map inputs). > With > > that many inputs, and the lack of any explanatory text, it's no wonder > that > > some people get confused. > > > > So: does anyone have any thoughts on ways the input could be improved? > > Perhaps the two text entries should be reversed, with the address lookup > on > > top? Or maybe one of the text entries should be placed to the right of > the > > map, instead of the top or bottom? Maybe "look up coordinates" should be > > changed to "look up address"? Or maybe that text should appear, unlinked, > > before the entry, with something like "Go" appearing after the entry as > the > > actual link? > > > > Any thoughts are welcome. Also, if you know of any existing inputs on the > > web that do something similar, that would be helpful to know about too. > > > > Thanks, > > Yaron > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Semantic Forms" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/semantic-forms?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
