Yep, I think separate user marker (probably green or blue or something to
separate it from search markers) and otherwise it'll work as current
version.
Sergey
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Yaron Koren <[email protected]> wrote:
> Okay, that's very interesting. That takes care of one of my objections;
> though I should note that Google Maps only seems to have support for about
> 10-15 languages; probably no chance that it'll ever support, say, Upper
> Sorbian, for what that's worth.
>
> I guess my only main concern now is that I don't know if the manual input
> can be used. How would that work, given that the search mechanism places its
> own markers on the map - would there be a separate "user marker"?
>
> -Yaron
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Sergey Chernyshev <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I knew that you can search in any language, but I just realized that it
>> translates search results to the language you selected as well.
>>
>> Sergey
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Sergey Chernyshev <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Answers to your concerns:
>>>
>>> 1) I didn't completely integrate with Semantic Forms and I assume it's
>>> easy to merge current Semantic Google Maps implementation with what I did in
>>> the way that selecting a point on the map will be separate from search
>>> results or will be done when person either clicks on the item in the list
>>> (just need to replace the code that brings "Selected in the list ..." alert)
>>> or when he clicks on the marker on the map (replace "Clicked on the marker"
>>> alert code). Just didn't want to completely implement the solution yet, just
>>> show local search customizations.
>>>
>>> 2) seems like Google autodetects based on various things - user being
>>> registered with Google picking specific language, IP address or
>>> Accept-language: headers that browsers send (usually based on OS
>>> configuration for the interface). But it's possible to force the language -
>>> I updated the page so you can see how it changes if you pick different
>>> language:
>>> http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/SemanticGoogleMapsPrototype.php?lang=en
>>> Just change lang parameter to the language you want (or click to some
>>> predefined links at the top of the page).
>>>
>>> Sergey
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Yaron Koren <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, I see two problems with that LocalSearch input, either of which
>>>> might be enough to make it a dealbreaker: 1) there's no way to manually
>>>> select a point on the map, and 2) the text messages ("Search", "clear
>>>> results", etc.) can't be changed, and thus can't be internationalized.
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts on that?
>>>>
>>>> -Yaron
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Sergey Chernyshev <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Actually, I'm looking at it right now and it's not clear if we don't
>>>>> want LocalSearch - it's most likely that we don't want a bubble to
>>>>> display a
>>>>> link and directions links that lead to Google Maps site, but having a list
>>>>> of reasults is still good - I mean it does geocoding in addition to the
>>>>> localsearch so all results are included.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've made a prototype for the feature with two different callbacks -
>>>>> one on the click in the search result list and another one on result
>>>>> marker
>>>>> click:
>>>>> http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/SemanticGoogleMapsPrototype.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Check it out and let me know if this makes sense.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sergey
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Sergey Chernyshev <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not positive about it - it's possible that control might be
>>>>>> customized. I'll take a look at it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 6:40 PM, [email protected]
>>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sure, but I don't think it's possible.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Yaron
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> Date: Monday, February 02, 2009 6:09:53 pm
>>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>>> From: "Sergey Chernyshev" <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> Subject: [Semantic Forms] Re: Improving the Semantic Google Maps form
>>>>>>> input
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Actually, being outside of the map, local search makes it confusing
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> that's the problem of original and new solution so I think best bet
>>>>>>> would be
>>>>>>> to move it inside the map.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Yaron Koren <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > Okay, I made a version of this change on Discourse DB:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > http://discoursedb.org/w/index.php?title=London&action=formedit
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Does this improve things at all? Or would a more radical change be
>>>>>>> better?
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > -Yaron
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Yaron Koren <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >> Well, in the change I'm talking about, the "local search" input
>>>>>>> would not
>>>>>>> >> be on the map, but under the map, just as it is now - only the
>>>>>>> text would be
>>>>>>> >> different.
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Sergey Chernyshev <
>>>>>>> >> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>> Yep, that's what what I was actually looking for - to have
>>>>>>> interface like
>>>>>>> >>> local search (text field and button on the map) but make it
>>>>>>> perform
>>>>>>> >>> geocoding instead.
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Yaron Koren <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>> Yeah, that LocalSearch is a very intuitive interface. The fact
>>>>>>> that you
>>>>>>> >>>> can't set the text, and thus change the language, might be a
>>>>>>> deal-breaker,
>>>>>>> >>>> though.
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> What about just making the existing address-lookup input look
>>>>>>> more like
>>>>>>> >>>> LocalSearch's? I'm imaging something that looks like this:
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> ----------------------
>>>>>>> >>>> | Search the map | Search
>>>>>>> >>>> ----------------------
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> (Hopefully that fixed-width formatting showed up correctly.) The
>>>>>>> input
>>>>>>> >>>> itself contains a gray "Search the map" string, that disappears
>>>>>>> as soon as
>>>>>>> >>>> the user clicks in the input; then there's a "Search" button or
>>>>>>> link next to
>>>>>>> >>>> it that the user presses to do the actual lookup.
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> Potential solution?
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> -Yaron
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Sergey Chernyshev <
>>>>>>> >>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>> Yep, I agree - clearing the input seems odd if you clear the
>>>>>>> input, but
>>>>>>> >>>>> if it's kept, then it's not clear to the user why that address
>>>>>>> is not saved,
>>>>>>> >>>>> but coordinates instead - this can be solved by the in-pan
>>>>>>> control like
>>>>>>> >>>>> Local Search or similar where it's sort-of clear that this
>>>>>>> window is only
>>>>>>> >>>>> for looking stuff up.
>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>> As for reverse geocoding, I think it well depends on the use
>>>>>>> case - for
>>>>>>> >>>>> things like specifying location for the event, it makes sense
>>>>>>> to know where
>>>>>>> >>>>> it is but not knowing the address or another example - when you
>>>>>>> need to post
>>>>>>> >>>>> location of the address of the Deli you go to every day - you
>>>>>>> know where it
>>>>>>> >>>>> is on the map, but has no idea about coordinates or address.
>>>>>>> The question is
>>>>>>> >>>>> if it should be used for entering map coordinates or for
>>>>>>> entering addresses
>>>>>>> >>>>> (another type of data).
>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>> Sergey
>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Yaron Koren <
>>>>>>> [email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for this feedbac
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Sergey Chernyshev
>>>>>> http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Sergey Chernyshev
>>>>> http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sergey Chernyshev
>>> http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sergey Chernyshev
>> http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/
>>
>>
>>
>
> >
>
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