Re: New Developer Locations map available
On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 01:42:23PM +0800, Anthony Wong wrote:
> On 04/08/07, James Treacy <treacy@debian.org> wrote:
>
> I like it very much, it is so cool. Personally I have been trying to
> do the same thing but had been stuck at the clustering problem. I've
> tried yours, initially markers are clustered well, but after a few
> zoom in and out and panning, the clustering fails to work, and then
> lots of red markers are shown instead, causing my browser to grind to
> a halt.
I was considering creating my own clustering algorithm until I
stumbled upon http://www.acme.com/javascript/#Clusterer
>From my tests, the only time the clustering doesn't work properly is
when the view crosses the international date line. If you zoom out all
the way (multiple views of the earth are present) you will notice that
Google maps only displays markers in the center area.
> I'd also like developer names to be shown for the markers too, but
> people will start to think about the privacy issues... and currently
> db.debian.org doesn't report developers' coordinates to the general
> public, doing so may require some kind of changes...
This was discussed when the developer db was originally created. As
with all things debian, there were a few people with strong (extreme?)
views about privacy and in the end a very conservative approach was
taken. Thus we have anonymous markers rounded to .01 degrees, which
works out to about 1km accuracy at the equator.
--
James Treacy
treacy@debian.org
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