Issue 13438
On country page add "in viewable area" link for maps
13438
Reporter: thirsch
Assignee: mdoering
Type: Bug
Summary: On country page add "in viewable area" link for maps
Description: A suggestion for future development of country page. At present the view of the map 'Data about' e.g. http://uat.gbif.org/country/MZ does not enable direct exploring of what the density squares actually consist of in terms of data - unless I have missed something. Of course you can do this exploration using the locality filters from the occurrence page - but a casual user arriving at the country page would not necessarily know that. Would it be possible to include an 'in viewable area' search link direct from the country page so you could zoom in to see the records for a particular area? Or else some clear cross-walk over to the occurrence search to enable this kind of exploring?
Priority: Major
Resolution: Duplicate
Status: Closed
Created: 2013-07-02 17:43:49.994
Updated: 2014-01-07 16:28:11.777
Resolved: 2014-01-07 16:28:11.741
Author: mdoering@gbif.org
Comment: Good idea, shouldn't be too hard
Created: 2013-07-02 17:58:04.585
Updated: 2013-07-02 17:58:04.585
Author: omeyn@gbif.org
Comment: The current version has a text link that takes you to occurrence search with the country filled in. Is that sufficient [~thirsch@gbif.org]?
Created: 2013-09-26 22:19:28.195
Updated: 2013-09-26 22:19:28.195
Author: thirsch@gbif.org
Created: 2013-09-26 22:27:48.861
Updated: 2013-09-26 22:27:48.861
No, the idea is to be able to explore data directly from zoomed-in map on the country page. Use case: I am a user from Mexico, arrive at the country page and want to see what records are in my neighbourhood - I zoom into the map from the country page but currently have no way to know what the dots in my local park represent.
This is a repeat (or rather a prequel) of http://dev.gbif.org/issues/browse/PF-875