So I was just comparing the two versions of the program,
and I think I figured out what it is I didn't like about the normal one:
The icons get too small when you zoom out to see more map. Just too
small on the 3" VGA screen for my taste.
I do kinda like the bigger icon at higher zoom levels.
I don't think they really need to made any bigger.. at least not on this
screen. But it would make them look nicer at high zoom, so I'll work on
that.
Also, what overall size (X/Y) should I make the grid for the larger icon
set?
Noel
W8TVI
ldeffenb wrote:
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Oh, one more thing. If you do tackle making a larger icon set, it is
important that all background pixels be pure white
(RGB(255,255,255)). The program uses this as the transparency color
when copying the icons to the screen.
Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ
--- In aprsisce@..., "ldeffenb" <kj4erj@...> wrote:
Noel,
--- In aprsisce@..., Noel Shrum <noel.w8tvi@> wrote:
I have a graphics tablet and The GIMP.
What format are you using for the icons?
Perhaps you could send me a copy and I could start working on a
larger set for you?
I just posted APRSISZoom.zip that contains a zoomed icons for
screens larger than 320 pixels. As your scale gets smaller than 2
miles, the icons will begin to expand (the actual scale code is
listed below for C programmers). See if they look ok on your
higher resolution screen before diving into the editor.
But, just to cover all bases, I've also included the .BMP files
from which the icons are drawn. The icons are clipped out of these
composite pictures automatically by the program. My intention is
to allow users to specify external Icon files as well, if they ever
want to customize them. For that reason, I'd really rather not
build the support for two sizes of icons unless it is visually
necessary.
Of course, if you do take the time to expand these BMPs and clean
them up manually, I could always make the larger set the standard
and scale them down on smaller screens!
The program assumes that the icons are laid out in a 16x6 grid. It
divides the image width and height by 16 and 6 to get the actual
icon size. It then assumes a 2 pixel border all around. In the
end, it gets a 17x17 pixel icon out of a 21x21 repeating square.
Let me know how the expanded icons look on your screen. They
didn't actually look as bad as I thought they might when I
previewed them here (not on a phone screen, though!)
Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ
PS. Here's the current brute-force code that does icon scaling. I
want to make it a more dynamic scale based on circle size, device
resolution, and the scale of the screen, but, as I mentioned
before, I haven't worked out the details yet. It's striking a
balance between recognizability and showing lots of stations in a
small area.
Of course, if you click on a station icon, the popup does tell you
what the icon is supposed to be!
if (scale >= 128) { Mult = 1; Div = 2; } else if (scale >= 64) {
Mult = 2; Div = 3; } else if (scale >= 32) { Mult = 3; Div = 4; }
else if (width < 320) /* Drop out all 320x240 screens */ { Mult =
1; Div = 1; } else if (scale >= 8) /* Bigger screens begin to
magnify */ { Mult = 1; Div = 1; } else if (scale >= 2) { Mult = 5;
Div = 4; } else if (scale >= 0.5) { Mult = 6; Div = 4; } else if
(scale >= 0.125) { Mult = 7; Div = 4; } else { Mult = 2; Div = 1; }
