Category: GLOTTER
GLOTTER’s design has been updated to support a dark color scheme. This special “dark mode” will be activated automatically based on user preferences in the browser settings. Of course it can also be en-/disabled manually via the dropdown menu. Whether the dark mode has advantages is a matter of taste and one can argue about…
Just in time for the 12th birthday GLOTTER received an entire refactoring. We can even call it a complete new modification which makes GLOTTER ready for the future. Mobile First. During the development the increased mobile use* has been considered. *Desktop users have been overtaken by Mobile users (mobile phones und tablets) which represent about…
GLOTTER has received a major Update recently. The Google Maps API has been replaced by the new Mapbox GL API. What are the advantages of Mapbox GL? Mapbox is a Mapping Software Provider which has specialized in Web mapping and provides/supports OpenSource software The maps are rendered in WebGL Better user experience, higher resolution and anti-aliased fontstyles The camera…
The GLOTTER community has grown a lot since the last update of the legal information in 2012 and it was about time to revise the rules in order to comply with new/upcoming laws and regulations. Here are some key updates we have performed and which will be effective to all users on March 08, 2018 The…
GLOTTER is getting 9 years old today and we are approaching the 10.000.000 Map Views rapidly. This year’s obligatory Birthday Update includes Several Frontend modifications Technical adaptions As announced a year ago, the Google Earth features had to be removed because the API has been deprecated by Google recently Even if old Internet Explorer browsers didn’t play a major role in the stats anymore, the Support has been dropped
A cool GLOTTER Redesign with a brand new interface has been rolled out on the Mobile as well as on the Desktop version. Unfortunately there is also a rather sad announcement on two of our Services. Since the Google Earth API and the Weather library have been deprecated by Google we have to remove both…