feat: Improve aircraft legend clarity and icon differentiation - resolves #13 #36

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olemd merged 3 commits from feature/improve-aircraft-legend-issue-13 into main

2025-09-01 10:06:30 +02:00

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2025-09-01 09:58:36 +02:00

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Summary

This PR resolves issue #13 by implementing comprehensive improvements to the aircraft legend clarity and icon differentiation system.

Key Improvements

✈️ Size-based aircraft icons: Created distinct SVG icons for light, medium, large, and heavy aircraft with progressively larger visual representations
🎯 Visual legend: Replaced colored squares with actual aircraft silhouettes showing relative sizes and aircraft types
🏷️ Enhanced categorization: Added missing military category and improved icon selection logic
📐 Better differentiation: Each weight class now has a unique icon shape, not just color

What Changed

New Aircraft Icons

light.svg - Small single-engine style aircraft for < 7000kg
medium.svg - Twin-engine regional aircraft for 7000-34000kg
large.svg - Wide-body airliner with winglets for 34000-136000kg
heavy.svg - Jumbo jet with 4 engines for > 136000kg

Frontend Improvements

Updated legend HTML to show actual aircraft SVG icons inline
Enhanced JavaScript logic to properly map ADS-B categories to appropriate icons
Simplified color mapping with cleaner switch statement
Added military category that was missing from legend

Visual Benefits

Users can immediately see aircraft size differences in the legend
Icons accurately represent the relative scale of different aircraft types
Military and specialized aircraft have distinct visual representations
Legend now matches the actual icons used on the map

Testing

✅ Server builds and starts successfully
✅ New icon files are properly included
✅ HTML and CSS updates work correctly
✅ JavaScript logic correctly categorizes aircraft types
✅ Legend displays proper aircraft silhouettes with correct colors

Files Modified

assets/static/icons/ - Added 4 new aircraft SVG icons
assets/static/index.html - Updated legend with inline SVG icons
assets/static/css/style.css - Updated legend styling for SVG support
assets/static/js/modules/aircraft-manager.js - Enhanced categorization logic

This resolves the original issue's concerns about "multiple commercial entries", lack of clear differentiation, and confusing legend display.

Closes #13

Test plan

Verify new aircraft icons are visually distinct and properly sized
Check that legend displays actual aircraft shapes instead of colored rectangles
Confirm aircraft categorization logic works with real ADS-B data
Test that colors still properly indicate aircraft weight classes
Ensure military and specialized aircraft show correct icons
Validate that map icons match legend representations

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## Summary This PR resolves issue #13 by implementing comprehensive improvements to the aircraft legend clarity and icon differentiation system. ### Key Improvements - **✈️ Size-based aircraft icons**: Created distinct SVG icons for light, medium, large, and heavy aircraft with progressively larger visual representations - **🎯 Visual legend**: Replaced colored squares with actual aircraft silhouettes showing relative sizes and aircraft types - **🏷️ Enhanced categorization**: Added missing military category and improved icon selection logic - **📐 Better differentiation**: Each weight class now has a unique icon shape, not just color ### What Changed #### New Aircraft Icons - `light.svg` - Small single-engine style aircraft for < 7000kg - `medium.svg` - Twin-engine regional aircraft for 7000-34000kg - `large.svg` - Wide-body airliner with winglets for 34000-136000kg - `heavy.svg` - Jumbo jet with 4 engines for > 136000kg #### Frontend Improvements - Updated legend HTML to show actual aircraft SVG icons inline - Enhanced JavaScript logic to properly map ADS-B categories to appropriate icons - Simplified color mapping with cleaner switch statement - Added military category that was missing from legend #### Visual Benefits - Users can immediately see aircraft size differences in the legend - Icons accurately represent the relative scale of different aircraft types - Military and specialized aircraft have distinct visual representations - Legend now matches the actual icons used on the map ### Testing - ✅ Server builds and starts successfully - ✅ New icon files are properly included - ✅ HTML and CSS updates work correctly - ✅ JavaScript logic correctly categorizes aircraft types - ✅ Legend displays proper aircraft silhouettes with correct colors ### Files Modified - `assets/static/icons/` - Added 4 new aircraft SVG icons - `assets/static/index.html` - Updated legend with inline SVG icons - `assets/static/css/style.css` - Updated legend styling for SVG support - `assets/static/js/modules/aircraft-manager.js` - Enhanced categorization logic This resolves the original issue's concerns about "multiple commercial entries", lack of clear differentiation, and confusing legend display. Closes #13 ## Test plan - [x] Verify new aircraft icons are visually distinct and properly sized - [x] Check that legend displays actual aircraft shapes instead of colored rectangles - [x] Confirm aircraft categorization logic works with real ADS-B data - [x] Test that colors still properly indicate aircraft weight classes - [x] Ensure military and specialized aircraft show correct icons - [x] Validate that map icons match legend representations 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.ai/code)

olemd added 1 commit

2025-09-01 09:58:36 +02:00

feat: Improve aircraft legend clarity and icon differentiation 7461d881cf

Resolves issue #13 by implementing comprehensive aircraft legend improvements:

## New Features
- **Size-based aircraft icons**: Created distinct SVG icons for light, medium, large, and heavy aircraft with progressively larger visual representations
- **Visual aircraft icons in legend**: Replaced colored squares with actual aircraft silhouettes showing relative sizes and types
- **Enhanced categorization**: Added military category to legend and improved icon selection logic

## Improvements
- **Better differentiation**: Each weight class now has a unique icon shape, not just color
- **Accurate ADS-B mapping**: Icons correctly map to decoded ADS-B emitter categories
- **Clearer legend display**: Users can now see actual aircraft shapes instead of generic colored rectangles

## Technical Changes
- Created 4 new SVG icons: light.svg, medium.svg, large.svg, heavy.svg
- Updated legend HTML to embed aircraft SVG icons inline
- Enhanced JavaScript logic to better match categories to appropriate icon types
- Simplified color mapping function for cleaner code

This addresses the original concerns about confusing legend entries and lack of visual differentiation between aircraft types.

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.ai/code)

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

olemd added 1 commit

2025-09-01 10:03:04 +02:00

fix: Replace simplified helicopter icon with proper detailed rotorcraft design 4fd0846127

- Updated legend to use the actual helicopter.svg design instead of abstract simplified version
- Now shows proper helicopter with main rotor, fuselage, cockpit, tail boom, tail rotor, and landing skids
- Much more recognizable as rotorcraft in the legend display

olemd added 1 commit

2025-09-01 10:05:59 +02:00

style: Apply code formatting with go fmt 2bffa2c418

- Run 'make format' to ensure all Go code follows standard formatting
- Maintains consistent code style across the entire codebase
- No functional changes, only whitespace and formatting improvements