On 4 July 2017 at 00:55, Dirk Hohndel <d...@hohndel.org> wrote: > >> On Jul 3, 2017, at 2:49 PM, Lubomir I. Ivanov <neolit...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 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) >> > > I could have sworn that I responded... but can't find it in the archive. > > The challenge is "how do we place the dive site markers on that web page"? > > We can't use this on mobile (but we don't have Marble there, anyway, so no > loss). But if you can work around that and have a POC, I'd love that. >
ok, i can try creating a standalone POC project for that. lubomit -- _______________________________________________ subsurface mailing list subsurface@subsurface-divelog.org http://lists.subsurface-divelog.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/subsurface
