{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/599","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/599/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/599/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/599/events","html_url":"https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/599","id":88572215,"number":599,"title":"Revisit Cartography conventions","user":{"login":"loarie","id":598026,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/598026?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/loarie","html_url":"https://github.com/loarie","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/loarie/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/loarie/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/loarie/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/loarie/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/loarie/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/loarie/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/loarie/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/loarie/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/loarie/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/inaturalist/inaturalist/labels/improvements","name":"improvements","color":"84b6eb"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":26,"created_at":"2015-06-16T00:01:32Z","updated_at":"2015-07-29T17:42:31Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Currently we represent observations with markers on maps in two ways:\r\n* 'Featured' markers are the set of 30-200 observations that are displayed on the maps as traditional markers, these are usually the most recent in any search. They are indicated by relatively large teardrops\r\n* 'Background' markers are the remaining observations that we are rendering via tiles when zoom levels are close enough to show markers over grid/heatmap style summaries. They are indicated by relatively small circles\r\n\r\nWe have been using cartography to distinguish several 'variables': quality, type of taxon (ie iconic taxa), and open/obscured geoprivacy in different ways for these 'featured' and 'background' observations and differently on the web and mobile maps. These cartographic conventions would probably be less confusing if we used a consistent set of conventions.\r\n\r\nCurrently, these variables are distinguished as follows: quality is distinguished on the 'background' markers via border color but not on the 'featured' markers. Type of taxon is consistently represented by color. Open/obscured geoprivacy is represented using teardrops/circles for the 'featured' markers and as circles/hidden for the 'background' markers (ie obscured background markers are not displayed at all)\r\n![screen shot 2015-06-15 at 4 35 37 pm](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/598026/8173030/a98152a2-137c-11e5-973f-ad2b03b3e986.png)\r\n\r\n@joellebel and I discussed the following proposal:\r\n\r\n1. Do not attempt to distinguish quality. The border color on the 'background' markers isn't very noticeable or clear. And since we are not conveying this variable currently on 'featured' markers we propose ignoring it for now. Quality *is* represented on infowindows\r\n\r\n2. Distinguish recent/background markers...\r\n * ...by size of marker (as we are doing now)\r\n *  ...and by presence/absence of iconic taxon icons (ie embed iconic taxon icons in featured but not background markers as in [the Biocaching app](https://github.com/andyjeffrey/BioCaching/blob/master/BioCaching/Images.xcassets/mapannotation_amphibia_white.imageset/mapannotation_amphibia_white%402x.png))\r\n * ...but make shape consistent (e.g. teardrops for both featured and background markers)\r\n\r\n3. Consistently indicate geoprivacy using teardrops to indicate open and circles to indicate obscured. And emphasize geoprivacy on infowindows since the meaning of these shapes isn't very clear\r\n\r\n![screen shot 2015-06-15 at 4 35 41 pm](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/598026/8173028/a78da414-137c-11e5-8c85-b4c2c2e478d2.png)\r\n![screen shot 2015-06-15 at 4 35 45 pm](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/598026/8173027/a4eb4c70-137c-11e5-9b98-1bd8bbb50a72.png)\r\n\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/comments/126031886","html_url":"https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/599#issuecomment-126031886","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/599","id":126031886,"user":{"login":"naturalistcharlie","id":7171475,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7171475?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/naturalistcharlie","html_url":"https://github.com/naturalistcharlie","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/naturalistcharlie/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/naturalistcharlie/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/naturalistcharlie/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/naturalistcharlie/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/naturalistcharlie/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/naturalistcharlie/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/naturalistcharlie/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/naturalistcharlie/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/naturalistcharlie/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-07-29T17:42:30Z","updated_at":"2015-07-29T17:42:30Z","body":"Another thing about unverifiables... Most are obviously of limited value\nbut some may be important \"leads\". For instance if someone thinks they saw\na rare species or an invasive but has no photo or a poor photo. Land\nmanagers may still want to go check if it's there.\nI use the range maps in the observation page a lot and often do look at\nother nearby ones. And every once in a rare while something rg is still\nwrong. I find the most questionable ids by looking out of range. 95% of the\ntime a misid and 5% a neat range extension.\n\nAnyhow this all looks wonderful as does the new obscuring idea. Thank you!!!\n\nOn Wednesday, July 29, 2015, Scott Loarie <notifications@github.com> wrote:\n\n> I agree with kenichi on all of that. I was lukewarm on the idea that\n> identifiers would Id a needs Id marker based on looking at rg markers\n> around it but maybe I misunderstood u\n>\n> —\n> Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub\n> <https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/599#issuecomment-126027972>\n> .\n>\n\n\n-- \nSent from Gmail Mobile\n"}}