Letting users bookmark a nearby location for offline use

[maskaravivek]

Just letting users bookmark/save a nearby location would be a good idea. Sometimes while browsing I see a few nearby places that I would like to visit and click a picture and then upload the image. Having an option to bookmark such places locally would be great so that users can simply pull out that list and then navigate to that place. The local list could be shown in the same Nearby page(using a toggle or an action bar option) or could be a hamburger item (eg. Saved places)

[misaochan]

Thanks for creating a new issue! To respond to your post on the other issue:

Sorry, I could not understand why #591 needs to be done before implementing this. I was thinking of an offline list that would not be dependent on the APIs. Moreover, the list could contain all items bookmarked by him sorted by the distance.

Sorry, yes, I used the wrong phrasing. I think it would be useful to do #591 first because there isn't really much to bookmark when the user only can see pins within a small radius of where they currently are. However, it's certainly not "necessary" to do #591 first.

I think this is a great idea, either way. :) I personally also think it would be REALLY nice if saved places were all displayed on the map with a "saved" pin that differs from the normal pin, and if they all showed up regardless of where the user was on the map or where they were searching.

[maskaravivek]

Yes, showing these places on a map differentiating it from the others sounds like a good idea. :)

[tanvidadu]

We can provide itinerary for all the bookmarked places in a given radius as mentioned #1118. This would also users to have customize the itinerary and add only those places they wish to visit.

[nicolas-raoul]

If my understanding is correct, this is now implemented? :-)
Or did I misunderstand something, in particular the offline requirement in particular?

[misaochan]

This is a good first implementation but not the final product. :) From the proposal:

Allow users to bookmark Nearby items that they plan to submit pictures for, and to view all their bookmarked items on the map. In v2.10, users will be able to search for Nearby places anywhere on the map instead of just around their current location. We anticipate that users may find themselves looking at Nearby items that they are interested in taking photos of (e.g. for their photo trip tomorrow), but there is no convenient way for them to save and view all those items on their map. We intend to expand our rudimentary Bookmarks system to allow users to view all their bookmarked places on the Nearby map all the time (regardless of search area), whenever they load it. This feature will also provide the foundation for future enhancements like suggesting itineraries for photo trips. (#1499)

Currently there is only a list of bookmarked items.

[neslihanturan]

Current implementation seems good in terms of UI, but after our filtering nearby UI, this UI will need some change (see #1450 ). My suggestion is keeping colors for place states. Adding stars for bookmarks since an item can be has photo/needs photo and bookmarked at the same time, we can't use color anymore.

When it comes to filtering, I suggest adding an additional "my bookmarks" item to place types. So that user can see only bookmarks.

What do you think?

[misaochan]

I love the "my bookmarks" filter! :)

I also like the stars idea, but how about just having an entire star instead of a star inside a pin? IMHO the star inside the pin looks a little strange, and at first glance it is not so easy to tell which ones have stars in them.

[neslihanturan]

MY only concern with just stars is, they can be felt something belong the map. Besides I don't want to hide the marker completely because it will cover the marker color so the place type information too.
Here some other star ideas which does not cover place type information: