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Map Pins Auto-Adjust with Updated Image

Feature Upgrade · Maps · Created by PoppaeaSabina
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map pins

What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

Recently I upgraded my continent map image from 4K to 8K because some of the text on the smaller features was illegible. However, I had already created hundreds of invisible pins over landmarks (on one layer) and the settlements (in a separate layer). None of these are in the corresponding correct locations anymore, and I would like to suggest that there be an option when upgrading a map image to auto-correct the location of the map markers. Maybe by making their positions relative to the size of the map rather than absolute?  

How does this feature request address the current situation?

When a lot of work has already been put in on a map, one is faced with the choice of either getting a better quality image or redoing all of the work with one's markers. I believe this issue might be holding people back from making the adjustments they need to.  

What are other uses for this feature request?

n/a

The Team's Response

Hi! Thanks for the suggestion. We understand the painpoint, but unfortunately this isn't an option within the scope of the map feature we have. Calculating the scaling of pins when the image size changes would require very complicated calculations (especially if it has a different aspect ratio). That said, we have planned many updates to the maps system that will make the whole experience easier.
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  • +1

    by Fox Desert0
    on 2023-05-25 09:24

  • +100

    by james.a.b
    on 2023-05-24 16:46

  • +300

    by 4pocalyptic
    on 2023-05-24 10:36

  • +300

    by iuniperus
    on 2023-05-23 20:49

  • +300

    by Khayyin
    on 2023-05-22 02:34

  • +300

    by Cyric
    on 2023-05-19 09:44

  • +100

    by SpiderStorm
    on 2023-05-19 03:51

  • +100

    by Alyvins
    on 2023-05-15 23:34

  • +1

    by Rains Up Games
    on 2023-05-15 20:04

  • +300

    by Drawkill Dragon
    on 2023-05-13 21:28

  • +300

    by Zurchonic
    on 2023-05-12 05:09

  • +300

    by Awiin
    on 2023-05-11 22:21

  • +300

    by Bluboram
    on 2023-05-11 19:47

  • +100

    by DMFW
    on 2023-05-11 16:01
    This is one of those things I would rarely use but I completely understand that it would be very nice to have if you did need it. Regarding the general case, where aspect ratios differ or you are extending the map, you could do that too. All that should be needed is for the person updating the map to specify the co-ordinates of the bottom left and top right of the old map on the new map - so just drop a couple "commissioning" pins to do that - that gives you the translation and scaling factors you need to remap the pins. In the case of the original poster, they'd be at the bottom left and top right of the new map, but in the case of map extensions, they could be somewhere else. Sounds OK. Mind you it is not me that would be coding it :-)

  • +100

    by Maidhc O Casain
    on 2023-05-10 17:09

  • +300

    by Pretzelnugget
    on 2023-05-09 19:52

  • +100

    by BeardOnTheBattlefield
    on 2023-05-09 14:28

  • +300

    by madasahatty
    on 2023-05-08 21:00

  • +300

    by A Roaring Ooze
    on 2023-05-08 01:30

  • +1

    by A Filthy Dragon
    on 2023-05-06 15:38

  • +1

    by SebGreg732
    on 2023-05-06 15:28

  • +300

    by Beowulf68
    on 2023-05-06 14:12

  • +100

    by AvalonArcana
    on 2023-05-06 12:46

  • +100

    by A Frightened Kitten
    on 2023-05-06 02:01

  • +1

    by LittleSister
    on 2023-05-06 00:52

  • +1

    by I_merely_exist
    on 2023-05-05 20:35

  • +300

    by Scalenex
    on 2023-05-05 20:13

  • +300

    by A Uncontrollable Velociraptor
    on 2023-05-05 19:14
    very woo idea

  • +300

    by Goose80
    on 2023-05-05 18:10

  • +100

    by Mochimanoban
    on 2023-05-05 15:18

  • +1

    by Kazeraith
    on 2023-05-05 14:56

  • +100

    by Alishahr
    on 2023-05-05 14:30

  • +300

    by Michael Chandra
    on 2023-05-05 14:30
    Yes please. It would be real nice to be able to say 'please upscale all my markers' when you upload a resized version. (Ideally also the ability to move, in case you're expanding a map in one direction, but I'm not sure what would be a good GUI for that kinda thing.)

  • +300

    by Omega Parker
    on 2023-05-05 14:13

  • +300

    by rubyodegee
    on 2023-05-05 14:12

  • +300

    by JetpackMonkey
    on 2023-05-05 13:53

  • +300

    by ddaniel
    on 2023-05-05 13:33
    When you have around a 100 markers on your map, upgrading map resolution is no longer an option for a sane person

  • +300

    by PoppaeaSabina
    on 2023-05-05 13:14

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