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Autoupdate the map on the client-side

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend, web-dev

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by tracing how the client loads the dataset and renders the map, then determine how refresh behavior and the map's last-updated indication should fit together. Done means the client reflects newer edits and the UI communicates when the map data was last updated.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

feature

When more than one person is editing the same location, it will help to have a sense of changes being made by other users. One approach to this now could be to auto-refresh the browser each 5 minutes or so and get the updated dataset. We should also give an indication on the UI for long along the map was updated.

cc: @planemad @geohacker @amishas157

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
29
Forks
16
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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