Entered or copied coordinates in the search should be character set-independent and comma-independent
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Hello,
Thank you for Windy app! I enjoy it very much!I found the following symptoms. And may I ask you kindly for improvements here?
Symptom 1:
Entered or pasted coordinates are not recognised if they contain special typographic characters such as typographic apostrophes.Symptom 2:
Coordinates are not recognised if a required comma is missing or an additional comma is present.Use cases
Use case 1.1:
Open the OSMAND app.
Select a location.
Copy the coordinates in DMS format within OSMAND.
Open the Windy app on an Android device.
Open the search function and paste the copied coordinates from the clipboard.Use case 1.2:
Open the Windy web app in the Firefox browser on a notebook.
Open the search function and paste the copied coordinates containing typographic apostrophes.Use Case 1 Expected Results:
The coordinates should be recognised correctly.Use Case 1 Actual Results:
The coordinates are not recognised.Use case 2.1:
Enter coordinates in DMS, DMM or DD format in the Windy app search function, omitting a required comma or inserting an additional comma.Use case 2.2:
Enter coordinates in DMS, DMM, or DD format into the Windy web app search function in the Firefox browser on a laptop, omitting a required comma or inserting an additional comma.Use Case 2 Expected Results:
The coordinates should be recognised correctly.Use Case 2 Actual Results:
The coordinates are not recognised.Root cause for symptom 1
I found out that the root cause for symptom 1 is probably the character encoding of the copied coordinates.
When I changed the copied coordinates to ASCII/ANSI then the coordniates will be recognized by Windy.Summary:
The input and insertion of coordinates in the search function should be both character set-independent and comma-independent in order to enable the problem-free transfer of coordinates from other applications.Versions used:
Windy app version 42.5.3 on Samsung Android
Windy web application version 43.0.0 in the Firefox browser version 130.0 on a notebook
OsmAnd+ app version 4.8.6I have not checked it on other mobile devices.
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@thimu
I agree, inserting in DMS is very tricky specially in the mobile app, iOS for instance. -
The same happens if coordinates are copied from Organic Maps (2024.08.16-5-FDroid)
