Release Notes Chronoscope Hamburg

 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:

Funktion	Smartphone/Tablet	Maus oder Trackpad	Tastatur
Verschieben des Ausschnitts	mit dem Finger wischen (Swipe)	Ziehen mit der Maus (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 ´
Neuer Ausschnitt		Umschalttaste und Ziehen mit der Maus (Shift + Drag)
Rotieren	2 Finger rotieren	Drag mit der zweiten Maustaste (oder Control-Drag)	Umschalttaste-◀ ▶ (Shift Arrow Right & Left)
Karte einnorden	Basis-Leiste	Basis-Leiste	N
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- ▲ ▼ (Shift Arrow Up & Down)
Neigung aufheben			N N
Verbergen und Zeigen der Karte	Chrono-Leiste	Chrono-Leiste	(Leertaste)
Ändern des Jahres	Chrono-Leiste	Chrono-Leiste	1 - 7 und B
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 ausgewählten Karte 1 - 7und B // nochmal oder N NN
Zur Home-Position der Karte (Chronoscope World)	Basis-Leiste	Basis-Leiste	H
Ändern die Transparenz	Chrono-Leiste	Chrono-Leiste	8 9 0
Zeitpendel	Chrono-Leiste	Chrono-Leiste	Z
🛰 Satellitenansicht	Basis-Leiste	Basis-Leiste	S
🌙 Dämmerung (Dunkle Karte)	Basis-Leiste	Basis-Leiste	D
⌘ Info-Layer einblenden	Basis-Leiste	Basis-Leiste	I
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 – oder man nehme gleich die URL aus dem Browser	Verschicken an Freunde per Mail, Twitter oder Facebook – oder man nehme gleich die URL aus dem Browser
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.)
Karten zur Position suchen (Chronoscope World)	Chrono-Cursor und Zoom-Stufe bestimmen den Kontext der Suche	Chrono-Cursor und Zoom-Stufe bestimmen den Kontext der Suche	K
Lage aller Karten einblenden (Chronoscope World)	Chrono-Leiste	Chrono-Leiste	L
⛳ GeoURL Eingabe	Basis-Leiste	Basis-Leiste	V
Funktion	Smartphone/Tablet	Maus oder Trackpad	Tastatur

Systemvoraussetzungen

Chrome

WebGL

Das Chronoscope benötigt WebGL, das bei Chrome zunächst ausgeschaltet ist. Um WebGL im Chrome Browser zu aktivieren verfahren sie wie folgtA note for Chrome users: The Chronoscope requires WebGL:

1. Go to chrome://settings and Click the button + Show advanced settings
2. In the System section, enable Use hardware acceleration when available (You'll need to relaunch Chrome for any changes to take effect.)
3. Then go to chrome://flags
4. 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?)

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

Chronoscope 2

v2.6 (Aug 2018)

• link to GeoHack from Victoria’s panel
• link to Wikipedia »In der Nähe«
• link to Wikipedia NearBy for Chronoscope World
• link to TomTom + GeoURL support for TomTom URLs

New experimental features

• Press # to show a coordinate world grid; press # agains to hide the grid again
• show/hide all Leibniz Maps’ frames, new control for the map selector, key L
  • Internally, the same routines are used to calculate and position the map for the XML Leibniz Maps project and for Chronoscope World.
• Each frame has a hover menu on the top left corner for more options:
  • a map preview – a click shows the map in place
  • a short description and year of publication
  • a button to show the map in place
  • a button to jump to Leibniz Maps
  • a button to show the high resolution scan of the map
• The ChronoLink sharing feature has been enhanced to point to a Leibniz Map as well.
• Search vicinity maps :: button in Victoria’s panel > map table/Kartentisch, key K

ToDos for this release

• [√] clean init for LM-ChronoLinks, i.e. satellite, view controls
• [√] keep opacity controls visible for Chronoscope World
• [√] Pan and center after HK map load from hover panel
• [√] redesign for HK-hover panel,e.g. use buttons for show map / Mimic Victoria's layout
• [√] show label and outline on init for LM-ChronoLinks > move to loaded function
  • [ ] add year to title, add over popup(?)
• [√] full IIIF w/o margin cuts
• [√] BUG HK maps dont load after night switch -> theForce
• [√] offer GUI for LM frames »(L)age«
  • [√] dark box outlines for day mode > invert and darken
  • [ ] icon for iOS
  • [ ] round corners for box button
• [√] offer info on current HK map in Chrono Control area (instead of HH years)
• [√] Click auf LM Label should center the map
  • [√] next click should go back
• [√] Victoria: Show TomTom only over land
• [ ] offer GUI for grid feature 'G'/'#'
• [ ] offer hide/remove control for HK maps -> top right x icon / …
• [√] offer a list of HK maps for the current view sorted by year or overlap or size
  • [√] UI? Preview Matrix like mphoto23
• [√] poor tag background on yellow maps
• [√] Victoria: Show Leibniz Link
• [√] vicinity map table
  • [√] blending
  • [ ] cascaded blending for each thumbnail like in mphoto
• [ ] BUG: slash anchor
• Rotation
  • [√] patch for Format B, e.g. HK0970
  • [√] XML Rotation, e.g. HK0092 – new import of XML parameter sets √ 7Sep2018
  • [√] XML Rotation !=x90, e.g. HK0738
• [ ] No display: HK0150
• [ ] no prettylabel on LM load, just a space at the moment > Hello World
• [√] define initial chronocontrole state for Chronoscope World :: init Chronoscope w/o a map
• [√] Landing Page Chronoscpe World

v2.5 (Mar 2018)

New Features

• new scale control
• [ I ] enables info layer with Hamburg Residents of 1653 or architecture of the 1920s
• Search field
• reset north; key N
• dark mode for background map; key D
• v2.5.1 (May 2018)
  • show bounding boxes for Leibniz Maps
  • German country labels
  • update in mapbox layer: pink underground stattions

Enhancements

• update from mapbox 0.32 to mapbox 0.39
• chrono cursor from Chronoscope 1 is back
• slider control for transparency
• less clutter on mobile, ie. smart phones
• no chrono controls if Chronoscope spots outside metropolitain region of Hamburg

ToDos

• security for replaceURL w/o www
• Sternschanze - speed

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
• v2.4.3 (15-Jul-2017)
  • support parameter w=1 for uncontrained navigation around the world
  • Any coordinate can be used for chrono links, for instance: Forte De Nossa Senora Graça /Here it is
• v2.4.4 (1-Oct-2017)
  • support parameter u=0 to hide chrono control bar; this is useful for iframes that just want to show a location
• v2.4.5 (24-Oct-2017)
  • new API function to remote control a map. Set coordinates, POV, and year from outside an iframe. Due to security constraints this is only enabled for photo.mprove.net, e.g. Stadtpark Hamburg and Hamburg 1883 Koppmann Reloaded
• v2.4.6 (12-Jan-2018)
  • tunnels (street, rails and DESY) are marked red
  • thicker roads
  • mapbox performace tests v0.43
  • pendulum exported to chronoURL
• v2.4.7 (22-Feb-2018)
  • ⛳ GeoURL Eingabe :: parse URLs from google maps, streetview, OSM, Geoportal, and Wikipedia <sic!> and navigate Chronoscope to the corresponding location
  • live updates of browser’s address bar with ChronoLinks

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)
• max zoom increased to 18

Bug Fixes

• [IE11] Victoria’s Panel can be opened /12-Nov-2017

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. => but the address bar gets updated
• 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.
• [IE11] Time Pendulum icon not visible

Release Notes Chronoscope 1 with google maps

Chronoscope 1

v1.5a – 18-Mar-2018

• GeoJSON export of Hamburg residents

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
• • 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

Tweet Matthias mprove or get in touch otherwise.

• A Brief Chronology of the Chronoscope Universe, 2018
• Check the project log book [mostly German] for more info.

• Activate Chronoscope Hamburg:

• Chronoscope
  • Chronoscope Hamburg starten
  • Chronoscope World starten
  • Leibniz Maps starten
  • Über das Chronoscope
  • Hinweise für Zeitreisende
  • Social Media
  • Hamburger Sammelsurium
  • ChronoHH Research Lab