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Re: [Weather] Change/Add Location Component

 

Yeah timezone or anonymized location (accuracy to the country you are
currently in). Or you could implement an option to turn it on/off.


On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Zisu Andrei <matzipan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Darkdragon, you could easily do that just by timezone. I am not sure about
> the privacy implications people would be unhappy about.
>
> Zisu Andrei
>
>
> On 14 March 2013 11:29, darkdragon <darkdragon-001@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Maybe you should always use the location when available - even when
>> searching for a name. This would give the user more relevant results.
>>
>> Since there are many US cities which are named after European ones, a
>> search for such a city would return different results based on the location
>> of the user by default. When you want to search for the other city in the
>> other country, you could add the country separated with a comma.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Martin Borho <martin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Raul,
>>>
>>> looks fine, well done! For me it's absolutely okay, you should continue
>>> with it!
>>>
>>> Since I've started with the API stuff: Which methods do you want for the
>>> location searches? I guess searching by  lat/long and by name should be
>>> enough for the start, right?
>>>
>>> Since the API layer will return data in its own format, expect a result
>>> set in the form of something like this:
>>>
>>>
>>> {
>>>     "results": [
>>>         {
>>>             "service": "openweathermap",
>>>             "service_id": "3117735",
>>>             "name": "Madrid",
>>>             "coord": {
>>>                 "lat": 40.4165,
>>>                 "lon": -3.70256
>>>             }
>>>         },
>>>         {
>>>             "service": "openweathermap",
>>>             "service_id": "2510911",
>>>             "name": "Sevilla",
>>>             "coord": {
>>>                 "lat": 37.382408,
>>>                 "lon": -5.97613
>>>             }
>>>         },
>>>         {
>>>             "service": "openweathermap",
>>>             "service_id": "2643743",
>>>             "name": "London",
>>>             "coord": {
>>>                 "lat": 51.50853,
>>>                 "lon": -0.12574
>>>             }
>>>         }
>>>     ]
>>> }
>>>
>>> Unfortunately I'm running out of time this week, so before the end of
>>> the next week I won't be ready with a first version ...
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Martin
>>>
>>>
>>> Am Dienstag, den 12.03.2013, 20:57 +0100 schrieb Raúl neoKore <
>>> neokore@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>>> Hi guys!
>>>>
>>>> I'm working on the location managing part of the weather app and,
>>>> because there is no mockup for this components I took some design
>>>> decisions on it, but I want to ask what do you think about them. I'll
>>>> explain each part:
>>>>
>>>> To add a location all we need is to lift the bottom menubar and select
>>>> 'Add Location'. Then in a popup we should write a city name or hit the
>>>> 'find by GPS' button. After loading the result list, we only need to
>>>> hit on the city we want or try another search.
>>>>
>>>> The results and data are all dummies. ;)
>>>>
>>>> To move between location forecasts we just need to swipe left or
>>>> right.
>>>>
>>>> To remove a location, we need to move to the location tab we want to
>>>> remove, lift the menubar and select 'Remove Location'. After this, we
>>>> need to confirm deletion in a dialog.
>>>>
>>>> I don't have everything implemented, just the add and move between
>>>> locations part (and needs a little cleanup); but before continuing I
>>>> want to be sure that you agree this changes.
>>>>
>>>> To see what I have done for now, get the code from
>>>>
>>>> https://code.launchpad.net/~**neokore/ubuntu-weather-app/**
>>>> ChooseAddLocationComponent<https://code.launchpad.net/~neokore/ubuntu-weather-app/ChooseAddLocationComponent>
>>>> [1]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm waiting your feedback :)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers!
>>>>
>>>> Links:
>>>> ------
>>>> [1]
>>>>
>>>> https://code.launchpad.net/~**neokore/ubuntu-weather-app/**
>>>> ChooseAddLocationComponent<https://code.launchpad.net/~neokore/ubuntu-weather-app/ChooseAddLocationComponent>
>>>>
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