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I'm not sure about the utility of the whole thing - I think I'd just like to filter the images (bottom two panes) according to the section of the World I'd zoom
by pbhjpbhj 6y ago
I'm not sure about the utility of the whole thing - I think I'd just like to filter the images (bottom two panes) according to the section of the World I'd zoomed in the top pane. I'd have top-left, World map; bottom-left thumbnails; full-page-right current image. So I could zoom to an area of the World, all images that cover that area would be in the thumbnails, select a thumbnail to view. Ideally if zoomed enough then there might be outlines on the World map that show the imaged areas available.
Cool idea though.
- callumprentice 6y agoUnderstood and I like your suggestion. The problem we had trying to preview too much was that pulling the 'small' (still quite large) images off their web server for each lat/lng point seemed to bring it to its' knees. I wish there was a quick way to see a thumbnail - that opens up a bunch of ideas. I considered downloading all 3.5M images (in batches) and converting to 128x128 thumbs to store and serve locally but probably not good form to do that to NASA and my tired old computer would get rather sad I think. Hopefully someone else will be inspired to improve on the idea though.
- zeristor 6y agoI am not a Nastronaut, but I think NASA wold love this project; they’re keen to show off their work and engage with the public as much as possible. Making thumbnails of the images seems like a useful task in itself.
- callumprentice 6y agoYeah - I reached out to the people listed o nthe main photo page - we'll see if they are able to respond.