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Capability: Change the bearing of a map #72

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NickFitz opened this issue Jun 14, 2019 · 2 comments
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Capability: Change the bearing of a map #72

NickFitz opened this issue Jun 14, 2019 · 2 comments
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discussion: capability a specific capability or feature: should it be included? what details? should it be a requirement? section: client-side API Capabilities & use cases for client-side APIs status: placeholder there's a matching section heading / some text in the report, but it's far from complete

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NickFitz commented Jun 14, 2019

This issue is for discussion of the required API capability “Change the bearing of a map”.

@NickFitz NickFitz added discussion: capability a specific capability or feature: should it be included? what details? should it be a requirement? status: placeholder there's a matching section heading / some text in the report, but it's far from complete section: client-side API Capabilities & use cases for client-side APIs labels Jun 14, 2019
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I think changing the bearing of a map is an important capability, but it's also a potentially frustrating experience even for able bodied individuals, to keep the map oriented the way they like it. Sometimes I feel it would be better to disallow this feature, in the interest of accessibility. This is especially true of some globes I have used, but also applies to maps.

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This capability is currently listed in the API side — can author scripts add features that change the map bearing? So the user-friendliness of it would be up to the website author.

However, it might be worth adding a similar capability to the widget side: does the default widget have features that allow the user to rotate and reset / lock the bearing?

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