On 4 July 2017 at 00:37, Dirk Hohndel <d...@hohndel.org> wrote: > >> On Jul 3, 2017, at 2:34 PM, Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org> >> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Lubomir I. Ivanov <neolit...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Marble - we probably should start using a 2D map of sorts >> >> Note that it's not just "2D map of sorts". >> >> It needs to be something with good satellite imagery. Which presumably >> means "google maps" in practice. >> >> I absolutely depend on seeing the actual reefs and shoreline features >> when I check (and occasionally fix) the location. At some point we >> tried some other map thing (I think the marine version of >> openstreetmaps) and it may have been acceptable for boating navigation >> needs, but certainly not for placing dive dites. > > Correct. That's the main reason I'm loath to move away from Marble. > QtLocation is cute, but has maps, not satellite imagery. Not useful. > Same goes for openstreetmaps based stuff. It's got to be Bing or Google > satellite images. >
i suggested this mid-june: http://lists.subsurface-divelog.org/pipermail/subsurface/2017-June/028642.html simply a web page with google maps and some javascript that can be called from c++. but instead of WebEngine use WebKit (for now) lubomir -- _______________________________________________ subsurface mailing list subsurface@subsurface-divelog.org http://lists.subsurface-divelog.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/subsurface
