- From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 07:29:12 +0100 (BST)
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> > another approach is to put up a list of spots to point to and scroll through > them. For a map at about the whole country scale, that list is likely to be over 1000 items long, and may not include the expected description, e.g. you may have to scan the list more than once, looking for less and less specific locations. The normal reason that you want to point at a map is that you want to look at a general area, or you don't know specific names; most street map servers will allow you to enter postal addreses, or, in the UK at least, grid references, if you know exactly where you want to look. There is still the problem that you need visual or tactile access before you can make any use of the map itself. If you want to give a map to someone else, but are unable to view it yourself, copyright issues mean that you will need to supply a URL rather than an image of the map, so the recipient can fine tune the positioning (I know that many people infringe map copyrights when providing directions to their homes).
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