[GRASS-user] new wxGUI feature: Map Swipe

[Anna Kratochvílová]

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Moritz Lennert
<mlennert at club.worldonline.be> wrote:
> On 11/12/12 09:55, Anna Kratochvílová wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Moritz Lennert
>>>
>>> Maybe we should rename this to something that shows that it is a general
>>>
>>> tool for comparing two maps ?
>>
>>
>> I already got used to that name but surely we can discuss it. Still I
>> consider the 'swipe' functionality more important and interesting (and
>> also more difficult to implement).
>
>
> I clearly appreciate the work you put in this, but I think naming should aim
> the use by users not the difficulty for developers to implement the
> functionality ;-)

Of course, that's why i put it into brackets.

>
> I don't want to launch a long discussion on this, and you're the developer,
> but your great work has already got me dreaming about other functionalities
> that might be nice to have in there:
>
> - a query tool that when you click on a spot in one of the maps gives you
> the info for both
>
I was also thinking about this.

> - allow to display vector maps, not only raster (including one of each)
>
This is already on the wish list on wiki.

> - a button that launches Michael's new histogram tool to directly show the
> histograms of the two maps
>
> - etc

You can add those on the wiki:
http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/WxGUI_Map_Swipe

>
> Well, hey, it's Christmas, soon ! ;-)

Hm, don't be disappointed if these presents won't come on time :)

Anna

>
> Moritz