Map for TV plugin

• Reference name: GeoNamesMapForTVPlugin
• Code Source: geonamesfortvplugin.coffee
• Compiled Source: geonamesfortvplugin.js

Features

• Generates Map widgets for concepts that refer to locations.

• It's expanded widget has a fixed dimension of 600px X 600px

• The expanded widget contains 1 tab:

  • Map tab (green) creates a Google static map centered on the annotated geonames reference

Dependencies

• LDPlugin, Google API

Web API connections

• This plugin reacts to annotations that contain in their resource fields Geonames API calls that point to the annotated location.
• The plugin processes this response, by extracting the location name, the latitude and longitude in decimal form.
• A Google Map API query string is being built with the extracted information.

Widgets

• Simple widget composed of: a button with a green map icon and the targeting location name.
• Expanded widget composed of: a video overlaying panel containing 3 tabs:
  • Map tab (green)
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Events

• This plugin will attach the rendering logic of the widgets in the becomeActive event handler of each annotation that contains a Geonames call in it resource field.

Mouse interaction

• Each widget binds activate events to click events and will trigger a widget expansion
• Expanded widgets close when 'clicking' the close (X) icon at the top left hand side of the expanded widget

Touch interaction

• Each widget binds activate events to tap events and will trigger a widget expansion
• Expanded widgets close when 'tapping' the close (X) icon at the top left hand side of the expanded widget

Google TV remote control interaction

• Each widget binds activate events to 'OK' events and will trigger a widget expansion
• Expanded widgets close when pressing the 'BACK' button
  • Map tab (green) selected by default
    • 'UP' and 'DOWN' arrow buttons - zoom in and out, respectively, on the current map center point