Flopp’s Map – Documentation & News
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Update: Sorting, Usability
Some of this week’s updates… Sorting of the Markers List Several users have asked for an option to sort the markers list by several criteria. I’ve added alphabetical sorting by marker names and sorting by distance of the markers to the current map center (markers nearer to the map’s center are listed first). The sorting…
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The Markers Sidebar
To open the markers sidebar in Flopp’s Map, click on the “marker” icon. The top row has five buttons: In the marker settings dialog you can By default, markers cannot be moved on the map by dragging them with the mouse to prevent accidental moving of markers. If you really want to move markers on…
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Waypoint Projection
A common task in geocaching (especially in mystery caches) is Waypoint Projection or Coordinate Projection. For a given starting point, a given distance and an angle with respect to north (bearing), the target point is to be determined. This operation can easily be done with Flopp’s Map. We start from a map that already has…
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The Technology Behind Flopp’s Map
Flopp’s Map is entirely built on open source software; you can have a look at the implementation and even participate in the development over at Github. Everything is customly developed in TypeScript. The following libraries/projects are used: Leaflet is used as the basic mapping library; in the past, Flopp’s Map was based on the Google…