alt Hacker NewsI still don't understand how the dots help when multiple dots need to be at the exact same coordinates at the lowest zoom level. How do you open a list of them?
I'm working on a project (using Protimaps and MapLibre, even, so this is very timely for me) where users create groups at physical locations. If 12 groups choose the local public library's schedulable meeting room as their meeting space, how would anyone click to see the list of groups that use that one room? Wouldn't I just end up with what looks like one very dark dot?
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apwheele • today at 1:55 PM
Checkout how leaflet does this, it is the "spiderfy" part of markercluster. So you click down into the number bubble, and at the lowest zoom explodes out into multiple point markers.
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I typically deal with dots at the same place as a single dot and, when clicked, open an infowindow/infopanel that will let people see all of the points’ data.
ie you do need to deal with this issue (by default, no mapping library will do it for you) - and most clustering librairies (or at least their default settings) will also not solve this for you.
The ui for what happens when a point (or even a cluster) is clicked but that point contains more than one point’s worth of data is its own separate problem basically