As I was using the Wacom tablet without installing the driver, it was working on its default mode. The default mood of using mouse is same as normal mouse and the default mode of using pen is screen mapping. The pen mode screen mapping sets the screen cursor in a way that wherever I put the tool(pen/mouse) the cursor will jump to its corresponding point on screen. This is also known as absolute positioning.
This was the problem we encountered while testing mGIS for the first time with Jake. Now I have downloaded and installed the Wacom Intuos3 driver from the Wacom site.
http://www.wacom.com/downloads/drivers.php
Here is the link for Wacom Intuos3 manual:
http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu/files/documents/Wacon_PTZ630_UsersManual.pdf
Now the tablet is working really nice with the pen/mouse with screen mapping mood.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
Meeting in Seattle
Our first meeting with Jake Cook in Seattle was a clear milestone for mGIS project indeed. Jake brought to light couple of things on which we didn't pay attention before.
1. Tablet-pen seems more preferable rather than mouse. Although we could not use the tablet in a tablet mood. Jake compared the pen as the cane of a blind person.
2. Alerting user when the mouse is going outside the map panel (ex. at the edge of the screen, on the menu barn etc.) was an issue. Using Jaws may help us.
3. Even the basic map of Yellowstone park seemed much more complicated for Jake. It can be of several reasons:
a. Jake didn't have an overall idea of the map.
b. The map has couple of buffered rivers (13 rivers) with a number of bends. He felt better when we zoomed in and he found only one or two wide rivers on screen. We need to think about the simplification of the rivers. Increasing the amount of buffer can help us partially.
c. We didn't set up a task-list for Jake. May be Amy could help us doing so. Jake was wandering what he needed to do. He was trying to understand the direction of a river or which way it flows. For one river he found the correct direction.
4. We also tested the multi-touch tablet. Although this one was not big enough for the screen it worked well for Jake. He was using his right hand index finger.
1. Tablet-pen seems more preferable rather than mouse. Although we could not use the tablet in a tablet mood. Jake compared the pen as the cane of a blind person.
2. Alerting user when the mouse is going outside the map panel (ex. at the edge of the screen, on the menu barn etc.) was an issue. Using Jaws may help us.
3. Even the basic map of Yellowstone park seemed much more complicated for Jake. It can be of several reasons:
a. Jake didn't have an overall idea of the map.
b. The map has couple of buffered rivers (13 rivers) with a number of bends. He felt better when we zoomed in and he found only one or two wide rivers on screen. We need to think about the simplification of the rivers. Increasing the amount of buffer can help us partially.
c. We didn't set up a task-list for Jake. May be Amy could help us doing so. Jake was wandering what he needed to do. He was trying to understand the direction of a river or which way it flows. For one river he found the correct direction.
4. We also tested the multi-touch tablet. Although this one was not big enough for the screen it worked well for Jake. He was using his right hand index finger.
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