Release Notes Chronoscope Hamburg
Contents
Hinweise für Zeitreisende
Vieles bei der Bedienung sollte offensichtlich und klar sein – manche Funktion bliebe aber ohne diese Anleitung verborgen. Deshalb gibt es hier eine vollständige Liste aller Kommandos:
| Smartphone/Tablet | Maus oder Trackpad | Tastatur | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verschieben des Ausschnitts | mit dem Finger wischen (Swipe) | Ziehen mit der Maus (Drag) | Pfeiltasten |
| Neuer Ausschnitt | Umschalttaste und Ziehen mit der Maus (Shift + Drag) | ||
| Einzoomen | Doppeltippen 2 Finger spreizen (Spread) Plus-Icon in der Basis-Leiste |
Doppelklick Mausrad Plus-Icon in der Basis-Leiste |
+ oder ß |
| Auszoomen | 2 Finger zusammen ziehen (Pinch) Minus-Icon in der Basis-Leiste |
Mausrad Minus-Icon in der Basis-Leiste |
- oder ´ |
| Auszoomen auf aktuelle Karte // und zurück | Tippen auf ausgewählte Jahreszahl in der Chrono-Leiste // nochmal | Click auf ausgewählte Jahreszahl in der Chrono-Leiste // nochmal | Nummer der gewählten Karte // nochmal |
| Rotieren | 2 Finger rotieren | Drag mit der zweiten Maustaste (oder Control-Drag) |
Umschalttaste-Pfeiltaste rechts und links (Shift Arrow Right & Left) |
| Karte einnorden | Basis-Leiste | Basis-Leiste | |
| Zum aktuellen Standortspringen | Basis-Leiste | Basis-Leiste | |
| Zum aktuellen Standortspringen und Karte auf den echten Nordpol eichen | Basis-Leiste und Gerät waagerecht halten | ||
| Neigen der Kartenebene | Karte festhalten und mobiles Gerät neigen. (Long-Touch und Tilt) | Ziehen (Drag) mit der zweiten Maustaste (oder Control-Drag) |
Umschalttaste-Pfeiltaste auf und ab (Shift Arrow Up & Down) |
| Verbergen und Zeigen der Karte | Chrono-Leiste | Chrono-Leiste | Leertaste |
| Ändern des Jahres | Chrono-Leiste | Chrono-Leiste | 1 - 7, B |
| Ändern die Transparenz | Chrono-Leiste | Chrono-Leiste | 8, 9, 0 |
| Zeitpendel | Chrono-Leiste | Chrono-Leiste | Z |
| Satellitenansicht | Basis-Leiste | Basis-Leiste | S |
| Setzen des Chrono-Cursors | Tippen | Click | |
| Öffnen von Victorias Secret | Tippen auf den Chrono-Cursor | Click auf den Chrono-Cursor | |
| Chrono-Link in Victorias Panel | Verschicken an Freunde per Mail, Twitter oder Facebook | Verschicken an Freunde per Mail, Twitter oder Facebook | |
| Andere Karten-Dienste in Victorias Panel | Sprung zu OpenStreetMap, google maps oder Bing Maps (Bei geneigter Kartenebene wird die Vogelperspektive von Bing gezeigt.) |
Sprung zu OpenStreetMap, google maps oder Bing Maps (Bei geneigter Kartenebene wird die Vogelperspektive von Bing gezeigt.) |
|
| Smartphone/Tablet | Maus oder Trackpad | Tastatur |
Systemvoraussetzungen
Chrome
WebGL
- Go to chrome://settings and Click the button + Show advanced settings
- In the System section, enable Use hardware acceleration when available (You'll need to relaunch Chrome for any changes to take effect.)
- Then go to chrome://flags
- Ensure that WebGL Draft Extensions are enabled (You'll need to relaunch Chrome for any changes to take effect.)
(Info via superuser: How can I enable WebGL in my browser?)
Firefox
- Leider kann hier der Kontrollschalter fürs Ein- und Ausblenden der Karte nicht angezeigt werden.
Safari für iPhone/iPad
Location Based Services
- Die Location-Services müssen in den Einstellungen aktiviert sein, damit das Chronoscope zum aktuellen Ort springen darf.
- Location services need to be enabled on iPhone/iPad to focus the chronoscope on the user’s current location.
Release Notes Chronoscope 2 with Mapbox GL
v2.4 – 15-Apr-2017
New Features
- select a selected year to center and zoom to the map – select the year once again to zoom back to the previous position
- new buttons for Victoria:
- mail chrono-link
- share on twitter
- share on facebook
- jump to Apple Map
- iframe enabled. If the Chronoscope is displayed inside an iFrame, a new button offers to break out and zoom the view; the click to reposition the chrono cursor is disabled for iframe display
- twitter: Chrono HH
- tumblr: Chrono Hamburg
- v2.4.1 (6-May-2017)
- Link to Google Street View
- Bonus feature: Press 'B'
- [Bugfix] Bing w/ or w/o sattelite view depending on sattelite setting in Chronoscope
- v2.4.2 (8-Jun-2017)
- Link to GeoPortal Hamburg. Depending on the chrono year the map (Vermessungskarte) of either 1880-89, 1900-10, 1930-40, or 1990-2000 are selected.
- support parameter o=0 for a hidden map at launch
- support parameter p=1 for instant time pendulum
Improved Features
- improved geomapping
- map 1937: Speicherstadt, 50er Schuppen
- map 1867: Binnenhafen und Speicherstadt-Bereichmittels Vorher/Nachher-Karte aus dem Speicherstadt-Museum
- map 1694: Binnenhafen
- default zoom levels for different screen and window sizes
- base map: special visualization of rail bridges (double lines)
v2.3 – 18-Mar-2017
- new feature to geo-locate the map to the current user’s location and then use the compass to rotate the map to the real North
- touch tilt on iPhone/iPad – (Does it work for Android as well?)
- time pendulum (yin & yang icon and Z-key): swing between today and historical map for easy comparison
- Victoria offers jump to Bing Maps & (if tilt is larger than 20°) Bird’s Eye View
- update: new georectification of 1905’s map
v2.2 – 5-Mar-2017
- a location based Chronoscope: jump to user's location!
- new map 1937
- control bar is now centred on tablets
- maps are defined by 4 corners and not mereley by a rectangular with a strict north/south orientation. Therefore we have the map 1867 w/o the rotated frame anymore
- v2.2.1
- experimental feature: geolocation + compass
- experimental feature: touch tilt
- experimental feature: time pendulum
- bugfix: Victroria's Secret Panel stays on screen, even on smartphone
- update: show warning and info if WebGL is not enabled for Chrome browser; fallback to Chronoscope 1.x
- update: move to new URL https://mprove.de/chronoscope/* – legacy URLs are redirected
- bugfix: improved ui layout for smartphones
- bugfix: chrono cursor is always on top of the map
- experimental feature: compass: after jump to user's location the map aims to orient itself to North
- bugfix: double tap to zoom
- update: new georectification of 1905’s map
v2.1 – 4-Mar-2017
- new map 1657
v 2.0 – 1-Mar-2017
- smooth zooming thanks to Mapbox GL
- custom theme for Mapbox GL to highlight the buildings
- new keyboard and mouse commands
- secure https instead of plain http
- chrono parameters for rotation, tilt and satellite view
Known Issues
- [Safari] link to google Streetview does not work for Safari. Chrome and Firefox are ok.
- "Undo home zoom" is not 100% robust. Sometimes another place is still stored.
- Perspective changes that happen while Victoria’s panel is open do not update the URLs to be shared.
- Chrome browser does not show the maps b/c WebGL is not enabled > display warning
- no progress indicator for map loading
- reduced map resolution (4096px) to support iOS and WebGL > tile server for maps would solve the issue
no tilt touch gestures for mobile devices [#3405]- [Firefox] Map switch not visible
- Optimized WebApp not supportet at the moment due to year links, that exit the app and jump to Safari.
Release Notes Chronoscope 1 with google maps
v1.4 – 23-Feb-2017
- new map of 1590
- v1.4.1 – 24-Feb-2017
- new rectified map of 1867 with 27 control points
- v1.4.2 – 27-Feb-2017
- 1,2,3,4,5 keys select the year
- 6,7,8,9,0 keys change the opacity
v1.3 – 16-Feb-2017
- new feature: Victoria offers new links to google maps and OpenStreetMap
- missing feature: Victoria's chrono links preserve map's opacity
- minor change: Victoria's coordinates precision reduced to 5 fractional digits
- v1.3.1 – 18-Feb-2017
- new rectified 1694's map with 112 control points
- v1.3.2 – 22-Feb-2017
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- new rectified map of 1803 with 42 control points
- update of 1694's map to match the town wall of 1803
v1.2 – 20-Nov-16
- human-readable coordinates in Victoria's info windows. /Thanks to MarineLives
- space bar toggles map visibility
- adjusted position for map of 1694 to make the Ellerntorsbrücke a perfect fit
- v1.2.1 – 4-Dec-16
- API parameter for opacity 'o': …?o={0.2, 0.4, 0.8, 1}
- v1.2.2 – 8-Dec-16
- Optional display of Hamburg residents as mentioned by the High Court of Admiralty in 1653
- shorter chrono links.
before: http://mprove.de/script/16/cdvnord/chronoscope/map.html?q=53.55014,9.98622&z=16&y=1694
after: http://mprove.de/chronohh?q=53.55014,9.98622&z=16&y=1694 - new compression for map of 1803: From 17MB (50% quality) down to 12MB (15% quality)
v1.1 – 4-Nov-16
- chrono hyperlinks, victoria
- API geo location 'q'; example: …?q=53.556423,9.970016
- API year 'y' and zoom 'z'; example: …?y=…&z=15
- API location & year & zoom; example: …?q=…&y=…&z=…
v1.0 – 26-Nov-16
- Chronoscope 1.0 is open source under an MIT License: github.com/mprove/chronoscope
- Chronoscope as WebApp for iPhone/iPad
beta 2 – 16-Oct-16
- A map from 1867 has been rectified and added to the Chronoscope.
beta 1 – 12-Oct-16
- User can switch between 3 maps.
- railways only visible for 1905 (and 1867)
- app icon
alpha – 9-Oct-2016
- Shall it be called a minimal viable product (MVP)? Anyway – you can travel around Hamburg and trave through time. Please provide feedback to improve the Chronoscope Hamburg.
Known Issues
- [v1.x] Initial loading might be slow as the maps need to be cached in one step. A progress indicator is missing as well, as asynchronous loading cannot be tracked at the moment.
- Firefox: MapOn/Off Control not visible
[Feb 2017] The location of the Sternschanze in the map of 1694 is not quite correct. Re-rectification of the map seem necessary.
Support and Background Info
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