New features
I have updated the site. The new stuff is mostly cosmetic until I can get to grips with CSS. I know what I want to do it’s just a matter of figuring out how to do it.
- Overview now has region ’spots’. Clicking on these will take you to the appropriate dataset. I had been meaning to do this for ages as the way the datasets are calculated the centre was available. It just meant having to rewrite a lot of the python code which handles the parsing but I am glad I did it.
- Message sign icons have (finally) been updated. The previous icon was an eyesore and a insult to VMS gantries everywhere. The new ones indicate the lane (A or B). As far as I know A is towards London (where else!) and B is away from London. (or is it the other way around?)
- Removed titles from the datasets which didn’t need them. I.e Putting the title for the camera layers was not telling you anything you didn’t already know.
- New zoomin and zoomout buttons on the infowindows. These will take you down to a much closer level and let you flip back up again to the overview.
- The word ‘back’ on the dataset panel have been replaced with a new icon.
- Icon popups which show the main contents on the event. This is J. Shirleys excellent GxMarker class. I can’t seem to get it to be non-transparent which can be a little annoying when there are lots of items. This functionality makes the overview work so much better and was worth breaking my attempt to only use the API.
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