Rotatable map for the “nearby” search

[OpenGreenStreet]

What is the user problem or growth opportunity you want to see solved?

It would be very helpful if the map could be rotated.

How do you know that this problem exists today? Why is this important?

This would allow much better orientation

Who will benefit from it?

all users

Anything else you would like to add?

The StreetComplete app, for example, offers one such option

[cambo14]

Hi, could I please be assigned this?

[nicolas-raoul]

@cambo14 Sorry would you mind using the "unassigned bug" link at https://github.com/commons-app/commons-app-documentation/blob/master/android/Volunteers-welcome!.md#developers to find an issue to work on? Thanks a lot! :-)

[savsch]

Hi, could I please be assigned this?
(shamelessly copied the above comment 😅)

[nicolas-raoul]

While this will definitely be a nice feature to have in the future, Nearby currently suffers from big issues (UI slowdowns in areas with many points, slow loading of pins even cached ones, memory leaks) that make it almost useless in many big cities, and must be fixed before adding the complexity of rotation.

Wikidata's item search API can not take rotated rectangles as a parameter, so this feature will increase both complexity and slowliness, and memory consumption. So let's come back to it once Nearby is perfect, hopefully soon. Thanks all for your understanding! 🙂

[nicolas-raoul]

I just noticed that the Wikipedia app's map can't be rotated either. 😥

[savsch]

I just noticed that the Wikipedia app's map can't be rotated either. 😥

A workaround I had been thinking of was to query for places in a non-rotated rectangle circumscribed about the rotated map-boundary-rectangle, and to then filter out the places lying ouside the inner rectangle:

Oh, and while we're at it, @nicolas-raoul could you please help me out with #6081 (comment)

[nicolas-raoul]

query for places in a non-rotated rectangle circumscribed about the rotated map-boundary-rectangle

That's would indeed be the best solution I believe, but it would still increase complexity/slowliness/memory consumption.