[DUG] TUMONZ SDK beta program - general GUI design

[Phil Scadden]

> For sure, skin a cat, many ways etc etc.  FYI my typical usage of a
> mapping program (windows based, I haven't used Tumonz live other than to
> try it out) it to do a text search for a location, click on that
> location so that the map will bring me to that location hopefully at a
> reasonable zoom level.  Then pan around that location.  I never find a
> location by locating it on a big scale then zooming into it so for me
> zoom is a very rarely used feature.

Hmm, but for others its huge. Want to work in  a particular area. It probably
doesn't have a name, so locate in map of nz by marque box, and then
probably another iteration to get area right as recognisable features come
in by zooming in. Now, lets say want to locate land owner so can contact
them. Chances are I am zooming in and out all the time to get workable
information where landowner is on small blocks. Ditto when finding
things like schools or petrol stations.

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