Helium314
Add `direction=`-Quest
After the discussion in #549 , I have leveraged some newfangled AI tools to implement a direction=-Quest in the way I find acceptable from a UI standpoint.
So... yeah :D It's a quest that asks for the direction=-Value for benches, vending machines, traffic signs and billboards. Are there other things that should be added to this filter?
The rotation indicator always rotates with the map, so you can just orient the arrow to face where the thing is facing on your map without having to think about your map orientation.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/35b4704b-3d56-4f5d-b831-87838a88e5de
I am tempted to ping @westnordost to see if this quest would be something for StreetComplete proper. The only downside I see is that this info does not have much use apart from (3D-)rendering. 🤔
Furthermore, I've looked at taginfo to see for what things this is used. direction is used most of all for solar panels. So, you probably want to include that. Maybe... that could even go into StreetComplete...? 🤔 (Use case: calculate power output).
On the other hand, there might be an uproar among the pea-counters in OpenStreetMap, if the direction of solar panels is specified in degrees rather than cardinal direction, suggesting a very precise measurement, and it turns out the roof the solar panels are on is some degrees off from the roof itself. Well, 🤷, regardless, I guess all solar panels on the southern hemisphere will be somewhat oriented to the south. Although, of course, if the roof itself has no surface directly to the south, it could still be useful information. More importantly, it may be difficult to see from the ground, plus, this is information that could just as well and more easily be recorded from satellite imagery.
it sounds like it would be better to (be able to) specify a range than a single direction (plus an "other answer" option to say it is 360 degrees/all directions).
We could ask before this GUI:
- 360 degree
- Add a single angle
- Add a range
The range would than ask for too angles.
I could also see this being useful for observation towers and mounted binoculars to indicate in which direction you can view stuff in.
