Bug 511417

Summary: Show country borders on the map to easier spot your location
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: postix <postix>
Component: kcm_nighttimeAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: REOPENED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: nicolas.fella, sitter, vlad.zahorodnii
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.5.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description postix 2025-10-31 10:34:34 UTC
Created attachment 186358 [details]
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SUMMARY

It'd be great and convenient if country borders were shown on the map, to easier spot your location.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20251029
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.10.0
Comment 1 Harald Sitter 2025-10-31 10:47:36 UTC
Does country matter for when night time toggles? Oo
Comment 2 postix 2025-10-31 11:17:00 UTC
(In reply to Harald Sitter from comment #1)
> Does country matter for when night time toggles? Oo

If you are in Europe, you might guess good enough. If you are traveling or live somewhere in a bigger continent blob, can you tell me, where you are? If you point a few 10px wrong, that's already  > 1/2-1 hour.
Comment 3 Harald Sitter 2025-10-31 11:21:09 UTC
That's why we have location based detection? :D

Borders are a fickle thing. One's interpretation of where a border is can vary and doing it right for one person gets another person angry.
Comment 4 postix 2025-10-31 11:41:28 UTC
> Borders are a fickle thing. One's interpretation of where a border is can
> vary and doing it right for one person gets another person angry.

I kind of see your point, but how many borders conflict are there to justify the argument?
How many people have complained about KDE Marble showing wrong borders? :)


(In reply to Harald Sitter from comment #3)
> That's why we have location based detection? :D

What's the reason to have an offline point and click setting in the first place? :D
Well, fine to me, but imo either a political map _or_ some more details, would have been great.
Comment 5 Nicolas Fella 2025-10-31 12:00:29 UTC
> How many people have complained about KDE Marble showing wrong borders? :)

Quite a lot, actually
Comment 6 postix 2025-12-12 19:22:59 UTC
I'd like to re-open it: I've noticed in Plasma 6.5.3 that the Time-Zone KCM uses a map with borders. 

I think we should be consistent, it doesn't make sense to not use one for the night light b/c people might complain but use it for the time zone.

Shall I open a new report to remove the map for the time zone or or can we agree that a few people complaining loud isn't worth holding back a useful feature?