Issues with the Atlas when navigating from the Bible text
When I click on a location in the Bible text and select "Atlas," sometimes I can see the location, but often the zoom level isn't set properly in order to see the location. I end up having to zoom in or out until I see it.
A good example (if this works the same for everyone) is Jeremiah 25:20, where some of the cities of the Philistine pentapolis are listed. If I right-click on Ekron and select "Atlas", the Atlas window moves to the location of Ekron, and circles the location, but the label is missing because of the zoom level.
If close the Atlas window and select one of the other cities listed in Jeremiah 25:20, I see all the major Philistine cities EXCEPT for Ekron. I still have to zoom in to see it.
Is there a setting I need to adjust, or is this just the way the Logos atlas works?
Thanks in advance for any help!
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See https://community.logos.com/forums/p/197192/1142387.aspx
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"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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Thanks for the link to the thread. Because I'm so new to Logos, it's sometimes hard to know whether it's a setting I'm missing, or whether it's an issue that Logos needs to resolve.
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Mark Allison said:
it's an issue that Logos needs to resolve
It's an issue Logos should have resolved years ago (there are threads going back for years and I've written some) but never has. They likely never will if past behavior predicts future behavior.
This is just one of the many reasons some of us old-timers bristle at the idea we'd pay a subscription. I don't mind sitting on a few things that are broken until they fix them, even forever, but I really do mind paying a fee for something that doesn't do its job.
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Doc B said:
This is just one of the many reasons some of us old-timers bristle at the idea we'd pay a subscription. I don't mind sitting on a few things that are broken until they fix them, even forever, but I really do mind paying a fee for something that doesn't do its job.
This hurts. Although you're not wrong.
I can't promise to remove all the frustrations, but we are compiling a list of "annoyances we should have fixed a while ago" that we'll tackle later this year, and this is now on that list.* The idea is that alongside new features and significant improvements, we'll chip away at those long-standing annoyances.
* Being on the list doesn't guarantee it will get fixed. My hunch is that we should be able to fix it relatively quickly, and therefore we should. But I'm not a developer, so sometimes things seem simple to me but prove impossible without a significant rewrite.
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I appreciate the response Mark. The atlas isn't a tool I "live in," but it's a resource I use very frequently. Being able to easily select a location in the text, see it in the Atlas, and jump back out quickly is something I appreciated with the software I used to use.
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Mark Allison said:
Being able to easily select a location in the text, see it in the Atlas
This is something I would like to be able to do. Just this morning, I was in John 4. I wanted to see where Jesus interactions was with the woman at the well in an atlas perspective. So I can resonate with you on this issue. This is a tiresome thing that needs better qualitiy control and implementation. Have you found a workaround for this issue?
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Mark Barnes (Logos) said:
Being on the list doesn't guarantee it will get fixed. My hunch is that we should be able to fix it relatively quickly, and therefore we should. But I'm not a developer, so sometimes things seem simple to me but prove impossible without a significant rewrite.
I'd bet it [Atlas] is a 'significant' (subscription pay wall). Apparently the labels are locked into specific zoom levels. Displaying the correct zoom level is easy enough ... but likely conflicts with the POV level. Missing is logic to carry across multiple levels.
I'm just illustrating, either these historic issues are significant (pay) or won't get fixed (eg Text Comparison, MultiView, etc). Which is ok.
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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Mark Barnes (Logos) said:
this is now on that list
Mark, nothing would make me happier than to owe you a public apology [:D]. And if this gets fixed, I'll do that, right here in these forums. [Y]
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