Filtering on your map with Shapes

Drawing shapes to filter your locations within

The goal is to provide a new and flexible option to filter your locations on the map based on their position

The user would draw one or several shapes on the map, that could be selected to filter the locations within
So in addition to the other filters based on each location properties, the filtering would include only the locations within the selected shapes
Previusly we only had the "Find a place" filter that deals with the position on the map, with Shapes comes a new freedom for filtering

p.s. It is like extending the "find a place on the map and draw a circle around for filtering", to "draw any kind of shape(s) anywhere on the map for filtering"

Shapes layer preferences

First, enable the Shapes layer feature under the add-on Preferences > Layers > Extended > Shapes, then set the options

Modes: type of shapes you want to draw on the map from the available multi-select list
Draggable: it allows to move a shape around the map
Editable: it allows to edit the shape dimensions on the map
Download: option to save selected shapes as a file to later upload them
Color: to select (or enter your own) shape filling color
Opacity: to set the opacity (opposite of transparency) of the filling color (from 0 to 1)

Drawing and editing shapes on the map

Select a shape icon from the drawing toolbar at the top-center of the map and draw the shape as follows
- circle: click for center, move the mouse for radius, click to finish
- rectangle: click for first corner, move for opposite corner, click to finish
- polygon: click for first vertex, move and click for next vertices, until it is closed
  (a click on the first or last vertex will close the polygon)
- smoothed: same as polygon, but it gets smoothed when finished
- contour: click and hold to start, drag to free-hand draw, release to close it
Set filter on and off by selecting a shape with a single click on it
(selected shapes for filtering will show the filling color)
Change the shape's position on the map by grab (click n hold), drag and drop it
Edit the shape depending on its type as follows
- circle: grab, drag n drop any of the four anchors to change the radius
- rectagle: grab, drag n drop any of the four corners or edges anchors to change dimensions
- polygon: grab, drag n drop a vertex to change its position, grab, drag n drop an edge to insert a new vertex, ctrl+click on a vertex to remove it
Name each shape by right-click on the shape and typing a new name

Shapes drawing toolbar

Shapes (3) below with different selected status

Shapes options section

Options (icons) in the Shapes section header, from left to right

(2/3) number of selected shapes for filtering / total shapes
Download: selected shapes as a local .mshapes file for further use
Upload: a previously downloaded .mshapes file from the local computer
Reset: remove all current shapes from the map, if none is selected
Undo: removed the latest added shape from the map, if not selected
Switch: enable / disable the Draggable and Editable options
Checkbox: select all / none of the shapes for filtering
Arrow down: expand / collapse the shapes multi-select list

Shapes section in the filters sidebar (collapsed & expanded)

Showing the shapes names and selection list

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