On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 1:47 PM, Dirk Hohndel <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 12:56:35PM -0800, K. "pestophagous" Heller wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Dirk Hohndel <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 10:17:40AM +0100, Guillaume Gardet wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I am working on a project of dive sites (and dive centers) database, >> >> which will be released under an open license. >> >> It will be available on a GIT repo, probably github. >> >> A website will be also available with an API to access the data (XML and >> >> JSON outputs). >> >> >> >> It would be very interesting if Subsurface could make use of it. >> >> I can give access to the testing website if some subsurface devs want to >> >> play with it. >> > >> > We have a couple of other sources of dive site data bases. The more the >> > merrier. But the gating factor is that someone needs to implement the UI >> > to use this. It's on my todo list. So are many other things. >> > >> > It's our usual problem. No shortage of good ideas. >> > A distinct shortage of people willing and able to work on the UI. >> >> i would be happy to work on this. as a newcomer, i have been trying >> to find all the "things that need doing" without bugging anyone with a >> lot of questions. > > Ha! Wrong approach. > Let me rephrase this. Great approach, but maybe not the best possible way > to do this :-)
ok! nudge accepted :) > > I have noticed the patches and appreciate them a lot. awesome. another one is coming in a few moments... > > But asking questions, creating discussions on the mailing list and > eliciting feedback is actually the best way to move the project forward. > There are weeks where it feels to me that I'm the only one doing that and > that is at times a bit overwhelming. So other chiming in, driving parts > forward is extremely helpful. > > For example, Robert has completely taken over maintenance of the planner > and the deco side of things (and to some degrees the handling of photos). > That to me has been among the best things that happened this year. > > I was thrilled to see Guido come in and rework the Uemis downloader. > Desperately needed work, long overdue (but he's been rather quiet, > lately... given his background I hoped that he would start pushing things > further on the QA / testing side of Subsurface... guess I need to poke him > a bit). > > Simon came in with the AppImage. OK, sorry Robert, THAT was the best thing > that happened in the last few months. Or maybe it was Sebastian joining > the team and taking over the QML UI of Subsurface-mobile? > > OK, I guess I shouldn't complain, there are a lot of people doing really > amazing work here... yes. i find it impressive. glad i could spur this moment of reflection. > >> or would the workflow be the opposite: enter some human-readable text >> first, and then subsurface attempts to grab corresponding GPS coords >> from the database? >> or maybe people want both kinds of lookup? > > Yes they do. The rough idea of using the dive site data bases was > something like this: > > a) user enters information where they are diving (this could be "for this > trip" or something along those lines, or it could be when working on a > specific dive site). The information could be textual, but I think that's > way too complicated. So maybe it's easier if we ask the user to use the > globe to show a rectagular area that encloses where the dives are. So the > user can pan and scroll until the right area is shown and then click "this > is where I'm diving" ooooo. i really like that idea. > b) now the user tries to set the location of a specific dive site; they > enter a name or partial name. We use the dive site data base lookup to > populate both a drop down list and the Marble display (the globe) with > dive sites that match the partial name. If nothing is entered, all dive > sites in the area are shown > > c) the user picks one of the sites (either on the globe or in the drop > down > > d) success ok. looking at Marble sounds like a lot of fun. I will see if any of these interactions are things that I can get working. > >> is there a trac ticket for this? even if i am not the right person >> for the task, writing a "rough spec" in a trac ticket might attract >> the attention of others like me who have the quiet, lurker mindset :) > > Good point. I'll add one with the information above. > yep. i see 972 and 973. thanks! K. Heller _______________________________________________ subsurface mailing list [email protected] http://lists.subsurface-divelog.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/subsurface
