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2011-02-15 09:10:48 - Chart Details
Hi SOLings,
why have we hidden islands now? In the past you were able to see every SLI in every zoomlevel. Now they pop up suddenly when you zoom in. See attached examples…
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2011-02-15 09:11:22 - Re: Chart Details
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2011-02-15 09:29:26 - Re: Chart Details
We have a new chart system that allows easier race setup and also higher resolution maps without bandwidth/performance penalty. The drawback is that the client need to switch to lower resolution charts when zoomed out.

This system has been in place alongside the "old style" charts since middle of December IIRC.
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2011-02-15 13:13:32 - Re: Chart Details
Makes me wonder: If zoomed out and no islands in my way on my screen, are we able to jump that SLI?

Guess not, but must give a weird instrument panel: Suddenly BS=0, TWA=0.

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2011-02-15 13:36:26 - Re: Chart Details
No, if zoomed out there might be unseen islands. In most cases this is not a problem because most islands are where you naturally want to be zoomed in.
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2011-02-15 14:48:30 - Re: Chart Details
thx Kalle

Sniff just learned it the hard way :(
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2011-02-20 18:41:49 - Re: Chart Details
Is it possible to have a download of the map for a given race occurring ONCE ONLY at time of registering for a race? Then only the boat positions and tracks, and weather, would need to be downloaded at each 1 min or 1/4 min update? This should reduce server load and allow for more frequent updates? This is a real "bugbear" for those of us 'Practice racing'
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2011-02-20 21:24:59 - Re: Chart Details
No it would not be that easy actually, however most browsers will cache the tiles locally after the initial download.

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