Proposal for WorldMap library

[jguille2]

After fixing some issues on the WorldMap library, I want to propose some changes:

• The World Map is always there virtually (with its location, zoom and style). Now that is the case. So, the new "main" blocks are show and hide to use this feature over the stage. We still have the "map as costume" to use it wherever you want.
• And now, I can manage this virtual map (changing location, zoom, style... moving it, going to current location...) without forcing its visualization. If the map is visible, it will be updated. And if the map is hidden, the virtual map will be updated, but it will be not displayed (yet)
• If I hide WorldMap, the stage will be take its last costume (what it had before the map). So, that "lastCostume" is stored inside the worldMap object. We can continue using the virtual map (doing calculations, modifying parametres...) and re-viewing whenever we want.
• Longitude and Latitude are now shown always in the same order (lon-lat). This is for input slots, lists and also for the order inside the palette. This order has been chosen for its relation with x and y coordinates.
• "change Map by x: and y: pixels" has been fixed to have the same behavior over x and y coordinates.
• All the blocks (current and new) are translated to Deutsch and Catalan

Then, this proposal is:

If you want to test it...

Joan

[jguille2]

Only a last change.
"change Map by x: and y: pixels" is changed for "move" because it seems to be clear (we are moving the map)
So the last library block will be

and someone will have to verify if the German translation is fine

That's all. Thanks!

Joan

[jguille2]

Hi!
I only upload xml library file, to be able to try it more easily.
maps_module.xml.zip

[jguille2]

Or even more easily here

Joan

[brianharvey]

I like this. Especially show/hide/shown.

While we're renaming things, I keep thinking "current location" means the location of the current sprite; what if we change "current" to "user's"?

In the "distance in km to" block, "Stage" in the menu is useless, but it would be useful to change that option to "Origin" or "Map Center."

"Move" is better than "change," but it's still not obvious what moves relative to what. Can we get one of those fist icons you see in map software when you're dragging the mouse on the map? It would go before "move."

[jguille2]

Hi Brian,
I try to update it with your proposals. So...

• current location to user location
  Then, the renamed blocks are
  
  Jens will have to check my "german attempts" :)
  
  I try to use emojis with the "gps-location" icon
  
  but I think there is no any good emoji to this.

• distance in km block. I have not changed the menus (I can't without adding another custom menu) but I have changed their behavior. Now "Stage" is the "center of the map". So, "distance from sprite to stage" is the distance of that sprite to the center of the map. No more "-1" results.

• Emoji for the "move map" block. Not easy! Your proposal (fist icon) is not an emoji (oncoming fist and raised fist is not appropriate). I want this other
  
  but it is not either an emoji.
  It's not perfect... but I use this other to follow your idea...
  

Continue... You can test again with the updated project

Joan

[brianharvey]

I found "back of hand" 🤚U+1F91A, UTF-8 F0 9F A4...

It's really quite astonishing that this isn't in the "technical symbols" section of Unicode!

[jguille2]

Then, it was

I await your decisions to commit this change.

Are the other changes right for you?

[brianharvey]

Fine with me. Jens?

[jmoenig]

I‘m vacationing in Tbilisi this week, sorry. But imo this has been getting worse instead of better. I likes Joan‘s first version. Von meinem iPhone gesendet

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Am 11.06.2019 um 10:04 schrieb Brian Harvey ***@***.***>: Fine with me. Jens? — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.