Round latitude and longitude values in links to a sensible number of

decimal places for the zoom level whilst still preserving accuracy
sufficient to position the map within a few pixels.

The relationship between zoom level, decimal places, and the accuracy
with which the map can then be positioned in pixels is as follows:

  Zoom  Decimals  Accuracy (pixels)

   1       0            1.42
   2       0            2.84
   3       1            0.57
   4       1            1.14
   5       1            2.28
   6       2            0.46
   7       2            0.91
   8       2            1.82
   9       3            0.36
   10      3            0.73
   11      3            1.46
   12      4            0.29
   13      4            0.58
   14      4            1.17
   15      5            0.23
   16      5            0.47
   17      5            0.93
   18      6            0.19

So the worse case is at zoom 2 where accuracy is still within 3 pixels.

Based on a patch by rjmunro.

diff --git a/public/javascripts/site.js b/public/javascripts/site.js
index 95ef1f53631f34627d04c8762b0ca59e1ef3bcf9..b1690b7d1ef4efa29ebd731643fd5a58cf903a37 100644 (file)
--- a/public/javascripts/site.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/site.js
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 function updatelinks(lon,lat,zoom,layers) {
+  var decimals = Math.pow(10, Math.floor(zoom/3));
   var node;
 
+  lat = Math.round(lat * decimals) / decimals;
+  lon = Math.round(lon * decimals) / decimals;
+
+  node = document.getElementById("permalinkanchor");
+  if (node) {
+    var args = getArgs(node.href);
+    args["lat"] = lat;
+    args["lon"] = lon;
+    args["zoom"] = zoom;
+    args["layers"] = layers;
+    node.href = setArgs(node.href, args);
+  }
+
   node = document.getElementById("viewanchor");
   if (node) {
     var args = getArgs(node.href);