[squeak-dev] Has anyone made Morphs good for showing compass like visuals?

Ken G. Brown kbrown at mac.com
Fri Mar 10 20:22:55 UTC 2017


Try <http://windalert.com <http://windalert.com/>>
Search for a place on the map, then explore all the widgets. If you see a balloon on the map, click it to reveal options.

Ken G. Brown

> On Mar 10, 2017, at 13:09, Tom Rushworth <tom.b.rushworth at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> On 10/03/2017 11:00, tim Rowledge wrote:
>> [snip]
> ...For wind speed and direction I think a compass rose and some magnitude indicator like the length of the needle would work.
> 
> Why not leave the length of the needle as fixed, and use either:
> 
>  (a) the colour, or
>  (b) the number of decoration (e.g. arrowheads)
>      ASCII graphics won't show much, but here goes -
>      -------> gentle breeze
>      ------>>
>      ----->>>
>      ---->>>>
>      --->>>>> gale
> 
> for speed? FWIW, I think there is a type of wind speed/direction map that uses a grid of small needles with varying numbers of half arrowheads to show strength.  I can't dig up an example at the moment though.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Tom Rushworth
> 

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