Do we really need our distribution maps to be ‘real time’ all the time? How do people feel if instead we have instant distribution maps based on cached data? Then have an icon on the map showing date of the cache and next to it a ‘refresh’ icon. Clicking the refresh icon will then retrieve the ‘real…

Based on my experience it already is cached to some extent, but maybe could be more? In the scheme of the load on servers I would think taxon pages are pretty low. Not sure though. Some related topics: Option to hide other observations on maps (Observation Detail page, Identify) Using iNat on s…

The maps take the most time to load on any page, and the taxon pages are terribly, terribly slow and I often can’t open them at all on the map tab. So I make sure they open on the taxonomy tab. It’s not just the points on the map either, it is goog maps itself that is slow. I like your idea very …

I wonder if perhaps i’m asking for the wrong thing. Perhaps what i want is a screenshot of the distribution instead of a ‘live’ map . When I need to be able to zoom in and click on individual obs I can then opt to see the ‘live’ interactive map. For example I have this bookmark I call 'empty obs.( h…

I’ve noticed slowness in the map loading lately but it seems to be on google’s end not inat. I personally wouldn’t want the maps any more cached than they already are though I’d be ok with not automatically loading coarse taxonomic maps like “plantae “

i don’t disagree with the gist of your request, but i think you’re asking for something that is not a small thing. it’s like i would like every person on earth to have 3 healthy and satisfying meals each day, but that’s no small thing. it may help to understand what the map actually is. there’s the…

[image] vynbos: Perhaps what i want is a screenshot of the distribution instead of a ‘live’ map Yes, this would be the only viable approach. Google maps has a Static Maps API that can serve up snapshot images with markers. This could probably do most of what you want, but it has the major dra…

Cache map data to speed up loading and reduce demand on iNat servers

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tiwane November 7, 2019, 9:49pm 8

Related: you can now test a new way of viewing map tiles, which should be faster than the current implementation: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/open-test-of-map-tile-improvements/7833

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Cache map data to speed up loading and reduce demand on iNat servers

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