GridMap experiment

Hey folks

I added some new grid map to foto50.com which is based on jQuery and has quite some new behaviours:

• dragable
• zoomable (even with mouse wheel)
• empty rows and colums are skipped to avoid huge maps if you have some region far away from the rest (e.g. TajMaldives in FoToGrid would usually be positioned one square further right)
• link a Joomla article to the region
• hide a region in the grid map

Currently there are still some issues with it:

• When zoomed out so the entire map fits into the box, it is not centered but positioned somewhere randomly inside the box. I\'m still trying to figure out the reason for this.
• The fix anchor for zooming when map does not fit into the box is on top left corner of the entire grid map. Better would be center of displayed part of map. Here I still try to figure out where I can add the nessecary calculations

The reason why I publish it in this early state of development on foto50.com (not for download yet ... <img src=\"{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"Laughing\" /> ) is to get maybe some important feedback from you. jQuery is basically Javascript and thatfor client side and so it is nearly impossible for me to test all possible circumstances. If you encounter other issues than the above mentioned, I\'ld be happy to read your post here.

Be sure to include your enviroment (OS, browser, etc.) and watch out for some JS error messages or any other info that might be helpful to reproduce it.

Of course you also can post if you did not find any issue but have some opinion to this approach for the grid map <img src=\"{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_biggrin.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"Very Happy\" />

Greetz
FoTo50

Very nice this new map.

Is it possible in the future to see the map of regions even if the server is offline for area?
Is it also possible that the title of this page (\"Our Grid\") and adjustable parameters can be displayed as page titles in backend?

The small \"i\" for information about the area is very small. Not very easy for people who do not handle well their mouse.

The card that comes back to original position if it moves it is not a good idea I think ... because what happens qi there are 500 or 1000 regions?

Thank you for this nice job! <img src=\"{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"Smile\" />

\djphil\:22rwdy8t wrote: Very nice this new map.

Is it possible in the future to see the map of regions even if the server is offline for area?
Is it also possible that the title of this page (\"Our Grid\") and adjustable parameters can be displayed as page titles in backend?

The small \"i\" for information about the area is very small. Not very easy for people who do not handle well their mouse.

The card that comes back to original position if it moves it is not a good idea I think ... because what happens qi there are 500 or 1000 regions?

Thank you for this nice job! <img src=\"{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"Smile\" />

Your ideas for maps are very good. Appreciate reading them. I agree with what you have here and believe maps would be improved with the ideas that you provide. The small icon on the top left is nice but I agree the icon should be larger as well.
Overall, I have the same appreciation for the map fixes and believe they are moving in the right direction.

All good ideas.
Thanks djphil!