Livelyhood Map Key
Now Livelyhood has a way to communicate what each element type is from a Key that will eventually display each permuation of a drawn element in a little box above its corresponding name. “Draw” more will work continue to use the drag and define approach of earlier versions, only the extra white boxes have been removed from that. Furthermore, in “Drag” mode, the user will be able to scroll through ( using the yellow arrows that pop up on mouse hover ) each permutation of a drawn element, and drag and stamp multiple copies of the element onto the map. Additionally the “x” and the “o” boxes next to the element box allow users to delete an element type or import a new one from a jpeg, which will be a way for users to place pictures onto their map. These pictures, like the drawn objects, will inherit the properties of each element type, so it will be possible to have an entire map composed of images or a combination of images and vectors. Also a new tenth element type, “Signs”, has been added to the menu. By dragging a sign onto a map, users will be able to place floating text commentary. I’ve also added parameters button, which will activate a menu of slides, controlling things like the type of interactions and behaviors of the people and cars, and time permitting, weather–yes, precipitation should occur periodically. The key should be fully implemented and working within the next week.