[Marble-bugs] [Bug 285088] Ability to add POI's that are visible on the map - simmilarily to google

[guest123 at welho.com]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=285088


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--- Comment #3 from  <guest123 welho com>  2011-11-30 23:53:47 ---
Firstly, as this is my first post, I must thank the Marble team for creating
such a great piece of software.

But not too great, that there could not be room for improvement. I too believe
that visible personalised POIs would be an essential addition. Althought I
cannot be sure if the original poster meant the exact same thing as I, I'll try
to phrase what I would like.

In Google Earth the user can create his own POIs that appear on the map as
pins. Also, in Maep (N900) the user can create his own POIs that appear as
little squares. They are essential in marking down places that are of personal
importance to the user. While many users like to have some markers for things
like "my house", "my friend's house", etc, it would be completely unworkable to
enter such things as POIs into the Openstreetmap database. Also, while markers
for "that store I once bought those things from", "that restaurant I liked" and
"the hotel I'm staying at" may well be listed as Openstreetmap POIs, it is far
more easier for the user to make his own POIs than try to remember the correct
name and search for it.

The current bookmark system fails to meet this need, as the bookmarks are not
visibly marked on the map. Thereby I ask for the following improvements,
divided into steps as per my belief (as a non-coder) as to how easy they would
be to implement.

1. Draw some sort of a marker on the map at the point(s) of any bookmark(s). As
there already are all sorts of icons and images for various plugins, a simple
colored ball should not be too hard to implement.

2. Create a categorizing system for the bookmarks. Draw different categories
with different colored balls, or with different icons. Perhaps the current
bookmark folder system could be used in this, one folder equaling one category.
Allow the user to select what categories of bookmarks are visible.

3. Allow the user to bind links to the bookmarks. A bookmark could be linked to
a file on the user's computer (like some text notes) or a weblink, that gets
opened with the appropriate program for the file's mimetype or a browser, when
the bookmark is clicked. In the way of the current Wikipedia plugin.

Am I coherent enough for you grasp the idea?

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