[chirp_devel] Distance from column in Import From File Dialogue

[bobg at w2cyk.net]

Dan....

I understand your take on that, but the back end is not designed that way. 
 Has to be done on the client.

This was decided early on, deliberately.  As part of narrowing down the 
results.  So a narrowing could be done without a new fetch.  We figured 
that folks that had sparser numbers of repeaters would need to increase 
their radius to get valid results.  We figured let them do it without 
re-fetching.  I know your next comment is, OK...then move the 
DB....however, we aren't changing the design even if/when we get a "round 
tuit."  It makes intuitive sense even in the densest areas, like around NY 
so you can narrow down to the local machines.  The spec is for this to 
occur on the client.

I asked you to put it on the RFinder Login panel as it is specific to 
RFinder (or anything else that is geolo enabled) and you run through the 
data set after that screen, so the distances would be calculated and 
culled out on the fly. 

Alternatively, I believe it really belongs on the Import from File screen, 
so interactively you can cull the list by distance without another fetch 
(just like on the Android App).  This would require a list refresh, of 
course.  And provide the capability consistently for any geolo enabled 
data source.  What's your take on that?

We finally got our Mac today so we are starting on iOS next week...it will 
be of consistent design.

Thanks for your support!

Bob
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> Now...can you please add a radius field to the RFinder login panel and
> constrain the Import From File window to that radius?

I think that makes far more sense to pass that to the server to limit 
queries before they make the trip, like I do for repeaterbook. When you 
get that on the server side, let me know and I'll gladly start passing 
it the user-selected radius.

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Dan Smith
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