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High resolution images, but they decided to disable zoom on mobile. I don't understand why anyone does that.

by mkl 11mo ago

literalAardvark 11mo ago
All of modern web design is about removing as much freedom from html as possible. It's infuriating. We had zoomable, downloadable images in the 90s, with bandwidth as the only constraint. Now I've got 50x as many pixels and I'm forced to use a bookmarklet and 2 menus to be able to see it larger than my fingernail.
magicalhippo 11mo ago
Also, I don't understand why browsers don't let me override that.
- petee 11mo ago
  Opera Mobile has a force-allow-zoom option
  - magicalhippo 11mo ago
    If only Opera was still Norwegian...
- mkl 11mo ago
  These replies prompted me to go looking. Firefox Android (which I'm using) does have an option in the settings under Accessibility called "Zoom on all websites". It works! Chrome has a similar option, which also works on this site. I expect this might break a few pages, but Google Maps and OpenStreetMap work fine, with pinch zoom zooming the map when you do it on the map.
  - magicalhippo 11mo ago
    Awesome. Somehow I've missed them introducing that, as a long-time Firefox Android user. And frankly it's in the wrong place if you ask me.
tgsovlerkhgsel 11mo ago
Even the high-res version (20 MB) of the Bremen image seems to be about 17-25m per pixel based on the 50m wide airport runway being about 2-3 pixels wide in the image. Copernicus browser claims 10x10 meter pixels (which seems to be correct) but the actual resolution of the radar is supposed to be 5m-x-20m for the standard IW mode. I assume "high resolution" here means the data should have 5m x 5m resolution (Strip Map mode) which in Copernicus browser claims 3.5x3.5m pixels.
moron4hire 11mo ago
The images on the page are not the high resolution images, they are resized as the full res versions are over 20MB. If you take the image, you'll be taken to a download page where you can get the full res version.
- mkl 11mo ago
  They're not the highest resolution, but they're still high enough resolution that I can't see the details without zooming in.

High resolution images, but they decided to disable zoom on mobile. I don't understand why anyone does that.

by mkl 11mo ago

High resolution images, but they decided to disable zoom on mobile. I don't understand why anyone does that.

All of modern web design is about removing as much freedom from html as possible. It's infuriating. We had zoomable, downloadable images in the 90s, with bandwidth as the only constraint. Now I've got 50x as many pixels and I'm forced to use a bookmarklet and 2 menus to be able to see it larger than my fingernail.

magicalhippo 11mo ago

Also, I don't understand why browsers don't let me override that.

petee 11mo ago
Opera Mobile has a force-allow-zoom option
- magicalhippo 11mo ago
  If only Opera was still Norwegian...
mkl 11mo ago
These replies prompted me to go looking. Firefox Android (which I'm using) does have an option in the settings under Accessibility called "Zoom on all websites". It works! Chrome has a similar option, which also works on this site. I expect this might break a few pages, but Google Maps and OpenStreetMap work fine, with pinch zoom zooming the map when you do it on the map.
- magicalhippo 11mo ago
  Awesome. Somehow I've missed them introducing that, as a long-time Firefox Android user. And frankly it's in the wrong place if you ask me.

tgsovlerkhgsel 11mo ago

Even the high-res version (20 MB) of the Bremen image seems to be about 17-25m per pixel based on the 50m wide airport runway being about 2-3 pixels wide in the image. Copernicus browser claims 10x10 meter pixels (which seems to be correct) but the actual resolution of the radar is supposed to be 5m-x-20m for the standard IW mode. I assume "high resolution" here means the data should have 5m x 5m resolution (Strip Map mode) which in Copernicus browser claims 3.5x3.5m pixels.

moron4hire 11mo ago

The images on the page are not the high resolution images, they are resized as the full res versions are over 20MB. If you take the image, you'll be taken to a download page where you can get the full res version.

mkl 11mo ago
They're not the highest resolution, but they're still high enough resolution that I can't see the details without zooming in.