hi, > > >take a map and let users (or yourself) zoom in. once you know there is a > >ctrl+drag, you never touch the archaic "+" and "-" buttons anymore. it > >really makes a difference in usablility. > > Is this impossible when disabling zoom and pan?
no > Is it possible to work > it out using JavaScript and event handlers? > yes. but this needs a lot of code. with ctrl+drag i was speaking about the viewer's build in functionality (ASV and squiggle). enable zoomAndPan and you have it, without any scripting. > Yes, it will not harm the viewer. But when I can write something in 10 > lines, I won't use another method which takes 50 lines. Better for > low-bandwidth connections and the program code will be easier to maintain. > when within your 10 lines, important interface elements are grayed out, then it's worth looking at the lines 11-50. btw bandwidth is not an argument. we are speaking about maps (aren't we?). in big mapping projects with ~1500 lines of code this part still makes not more than 10% compared to the 90% of ... vector data. > => Have you ever used rotation of a map? I will try this for the pda > application when I turn the map according to the walking direction of > the user. Seems like a rotate on the map element will do the trick? > no, i only turn my laptop when i need to find that little restet hole ;-/ more seriously, there should be no problem turning the map. you will get problems with your interface if you have one and with text placement. depending on your coordinate system turning itself is a funny thing... > 7) I've been looking for a way to change the styles of a map (or user > interface) on the fly. CSS doesn't work because I can't change the link > to the CSS-file. Do you know any methods for this? One example is > providing a night and a day map. > there have been people playing on this, it works somehow depending on the viewer. as i don't like CSS, i never came across this. btw, CSS isn't very well supported in the mobile SVG viewer world. andré -- ___________________________________________________________________ andre m. winter, cartography for internet and multimedia applications schiessstand 4/1, a6091 goetzens, tyrol, austria tel.: ++43.5234.32732 email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.vectoreal.com/> SVG consulting and development <http://www.carto.net/> online cartography focusing on SVG <http://www.carto.at/> print and online touristic map solutions ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/I258zB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/1U_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
