I have instituted a new map for my website. In the past i have used a static image, usually comprising a high resolution image, and then drop the resolution when i reach the level of detail i need (to save on download times for the end user). An example of this static map can be seen here on my world coins index page. This is where i would like your help. on my world currency page here , i have set up a new map .. kind of akin to what google maps or mapquest has (only not quite as dynamic). When you first load the page, it will give you the view of part of north america, africa and pieces of europe. But with this map being interactive, you can pan AND zoom to any part in the world. I have visited the streets of London, the alleys of Paris and and rivers of Venice. Now, as great as this map is for its purpose, it does not have the arial imagery that google maps and mapquest has, and you cant query information to say find an address. But its not meant for that. I only wanted to use it for educational purposes - which i hope it will help. Where does your help come in?? I have tested it on 2 desktops, and a laptop, with ZERO issues. However, a couple of my coworkers have found glitches when trying to pan and zoom - especially if they hold the middle mouse button down and pan off the screen, and then release the middle mouse button ... the map at that point doesnt realize the user let go and will continue to follow the mouse around as if the user was still holding the middle mouse button. I would like feedback on any other glitches. Since the map is open source information hosted by ESRI (the makers of ArcMap GIS software) there is nothing i can do to 'fix' any glicthes. But if i know what causes them, i can inform anybody who asks down the road, how deal with it many thanks!!!
It does not work for me. After blowing it up, the map moves when I am off screen, but not when I am on screen. However, I could not get that to repeat.
I dont even see the map when I enter the site just a empty space LOL One other slight thing you should change You have the name England under the Union flag that is wrong it should read United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland For short UK or GB This is the English flag :hug:
Im note sure why it is acting goofy. What browser are you using? one thing i noticed was as long as i keept the mouse cursor 'inside' the map box, i had no problems - except for some slow refresh rates. to be honest, the only API that i knew of that was free to use was the ESRI examples (this whole experience is outside my normal knowledge base for webpage design lol). I know Google and Microsoft both have 'subscription' based use of their imagry, but for my use it is prohibitively expensive! I am thinking that the issues i am having with the ESRI API will happen with any imagry. I dont see how different folks can use it, while others cant.... the only thing i can think of is folks are using different browers. I have tested it on IE7 and IE6 along with Netscape Navigator with no issues. thanks to everyone who tested it for me considering those who did, all had some issues with it - i might have to abandon the whole idea. I will have to look into the Google API, and it possible use that and see if the issues remain. thanks again everyone
Sorry about that mate I used this site when digging up the flag for the UK. I honestly never thought to look for a different flag for England I really always thought of them as 1 in the same. Sorry for my lapse in common sense! The union jack flag is for UK or GB ... right? and the English flag is as you posted..... So if i understand this new revelation The United Kingdom is equivalent to the US, where England is equivalent to a state in the US ... kind of? The UK is the entire kingdom of collective countries... where England is a country within the UK ... how am i doing thus far? lol certainly food for thought thanks Steve!!! i will make the changes post haste
That was firefox, but I just tried IE and got the same thing. Also, it took several minutes to come up on IE, but I have no problems with the refresh rate from either.
Ok, so i looked into a bit, and figured i had nothing to lose to try the google API. It took me a while to figure out how to write the code for the controls - The ESRI API had the controls built into the code for me lol Thanks to breakintheweb for the suggestion!! Now, if everyone could again try the map, i would appreciate it. This time, i think (hope) it works better and for more folks!
It did the same thing or at least very similar, but now all I had to do to stop it was to click the mouse. That did not work before.
Looks like it's working. One suggestion is to enable the mouse wheel to scroll in and out. If you are using v2 of the google maps api you can add the following to your code to enable the mouse scroll wheel to zoom in/out. map.enableScrollWheelZoom();
Done thanks for the help. I had looked through the google API pages, but the mouse scrool code didnt jump out at me. I guess they assume you already know the scripting language Whats cool with the google APi, is that i can add 'pointers', for say different countries. Just click on the appropriate pointer, and it will zoom for you... much the same way google maps works. Might be too cluttered for the purpose i am using it for.. but playing with the code to see is the fun part lol
