[Talk-GB] Freemap - now with coastlines and contours

Nick Whitelegg Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk
Mon May 14 08:54:22 BST 2007


Hello Andy,

>Nick,
>It all looks very nice.

>It's also pointed out obvious errors in the location of photographs by
>contributors to Geograph. In my view it rather defeats the object of that
>project if contributors don't get the location of their photos right,
>however all would not be lost of course if Freemap had the capacity to
>reposition the photo location and send an email to the Geograph/original
>contributor with the considered correct location.

That's a good idea - i've noticed a few that are out a little myself. I'll 
contact the Geograph guys to see what they think.

>As a minor enhancement to Freemap it would be helpful to have 
"(permalink)"
>or something added to the "Main Map" in the menu so that its clear how to
>hold the window of view when moving away in the same browser window to 
look
>at the photos, although a better implementation would be to open the 
photos
>at Geograph in a new browser tab/window in the same way that the 
thumbnail
>opens now.

Yes, that's a good idea.

Nick






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