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Zoom image given x and y

I have an image which as a "ruler" (made of basic divs positioned absolute on top of the image) that are use to measure the ends of the image. Now the idea is that if you long press one of the ruler ends (the dots at the end of the line which are draggable), the image in the background would zoom in that point, and follow the dot if the user moves it. I am able to detect the long press but I cannot get the image to zoom and follow the dot once detected. The code below is where I have done the detection and now I should apply the styling to move the image. I thought of using the transition property but couldn't get it to zoom on the dot. Any help is appreciated...
Here's a codesandbox with how the ruler works: Link
Meaningful code:
const x = get('x', varToUse); //This just gives the x coordinate of the ruler end
const y = get('y', varToUse); //This just gives the y coordinate of the ruler end
const image = ruler.current.parentElement.parentElement.childNodes[1].childNodes[1];
if (zoom) {
image.style.transform = `translate(${x * 2}px, ${y * 2}px) scale(2.0)`;
} else {
image.style.transform = `scale(1.0)`;
}
This is what the ruler looks like just to get an understanding:

You can make the image a div with background-image.
.image {
background-image: url({image_url});
}
so this way you can update the image size and position easily with this properties
.image {
background-size: x y;
background-position x y;
}
I think this way is easier to do the image resizing and zoom abilities.
another way is to use a canvas library that can help you a lot they have lots of built in functions.
I think trying it without library is better for now but as it grows try to move to a canvas library

The first reason is that in the code you provided, the DOM element that is being manipulated is a div id='root'. The image should be selected.

three js video position inside sphere

I am using three js to display video where the user can move through the video using mouse, example here:
https://threejs.org/examples/?q=video#webgl_video_panorama_equirectangular
the code: https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/blob/master/examples/webgl_video_panorama_equirectangular.html
Is there a way to display where user is watching (position and direction) inside container, something like this:
http://ignitersworld.com/lab/imageViewer.html
In the top left corner there is a little square showing current position. I would like to know position and direction in which view is facing (all in 2D)
How could I achieve that?
edit:
orientation has been solved.
I am looking for position on the layout within video, is this possible? Like on the picture: https://imgur.com/a/xsNYM

You can get the camera direction and calculate the angles. These angles will be your 2D orientation on a sphere:
var dir = camera.getWorldDirection();
var groundProjection = dir.clone().projectOnPlane(new THREE.Vector3(0,1,0))
var longitudeRadians = Math.atan2(groundProjection.x, groundProjection.z);
var latitudeRadians = Math.atan2(groundProjection.length(), dir.y)
// longitudeRadians is now an angle between -3.14 and 3.14
// latitudeRadians is now an angle between 0 and 3.14
Here is a running example: https://jsfiddle.net/holgerl/bqvdotps/

Zoom-in and Zoom-out image when Mouse Scroll

I want to zoom-in and zoom-out image on mouse scroll in HTML. There are multiple img tag without ID. So how can I do it using JavaScript or Ajax?

Just throwing the answer for the ones that will search for an answer to this question.
First, you will need to find a system to detect the mouse scroll.
If you are courageous, you can develop it yourself.
If you're not, you can find some pretty good libraries (ex : MouseWheel with JQuery).
Next, you will find another two ways to zoom in and out.
Easy way
First, let's cheat a bit.
When you will have to zoom, just multiply the height and width of your image by a factor you will decide.
To have height and width into a variable (JQuery)
var height = $('#image').height();
var width = $('#image').width();
For each scroll you will receive, you will only have 2 choices.
Once you are able to know if the mousewheel goes up or down, you will just have to do something like this (JQuery)
height *= 2;
width *= 2;
This way, by doubling the size of your image, you will have the impression to zoom in.
Less easy way
If you want to zoom in as you would do in a GMap object, you can do something like that.
var firstHeight = $('#image').height();
height *= 2;
width *= 2;
scalechange = (actualHeight / firstHeight) - 1;
offsetX = -(coordX * scalechange);
offsetY = -(coordY * scalechange);
$("#image").css('top', offsetY + 'px');
$("#image").css('left', offsetX + 'px');
First, you have to have the first height of your image.
Next, you will double the size of your image (zoom effect).
Next step is to calculate the scalechange. You will be able to find multiple explanations and many way to calculate it, my method is as good as another.
The two offsets presented are the new positions that your image will adopt (simple factor calculation, it's like making x percent on a price).
Last part is to set the new values of your image.
In the end, you will be able to zoom and unzoom with ou without centering the image at your mouse position.
Be careful : The calculation above in only to zoom-in. You will have to do some maths to get the zoom-out!
Go further ?
Another way to go further would be to place your image in a div.
<div id="imageContainer" style="overflow:hidden;">
<img id="image" src="YourImage">
</div>
By setting
"overflow:hidden;"
to your div, your image will zoom.
But everything that will overflow your div will be hidden.
If you set your div to the original size of your image, like this (JQuery)
$("#imageContainer").css('height', $('#image').height());
$("#imageContainer").css('width', $('#image').width());
Then you will have an image displayed that will always be at the same size, but your zoom will be effective.
If you combine this to a drag'n'drop method, you have a GMap object-like (zoom in-out, moove the zoomed image, ...)
Hope it will help someone!

How can I change the origin around which an image will scale from?

I have an <img> within a <div> which can be moved around using four directional buttons, for example:
The image is obviously larger than its container, hence the directional buttons to move it in different directions.
There is also a zoom control where you can zoom in and out. I set up the scaling method with ease, by just applying a zoom factor as a percentage to the base width and height:
scale: function(zoom)
{
image.width = baseWidth * zoom;
image.height = baseHeight * zoom;
}
// Zoom in 50%.
Scene.scale(1.5);
This is fine however the image scales from top-left, meaning that the image looks like it's getting sucked out towards the top left during a zoom in and spat back out when zooming out.
I'm trying to have the zoom effect apply from the centre of the container, like this:
But I'm finding it hard to get my head around the mathematics required to move the image after scaling applies to give this effect.
The closest I've gotten is to move the image based on the difference between the current zoom and the new zoom level, but it's still slightly off and gives a 'curved' effect when zooming.
Is there a common formula used to reposition an image so that it scales around a different origin (i.e. not top-left (0,0)).
This is what it looks like currently.

You have to take your original coordinates and calculate the center of your original image, that is x_center = x_orig + width_orig / 2; Then you can calculate the new x coordinate of your scaled image: x_new = x_center - width_new / 2. The same applies for y. Then move your scaled image to these new coordinates. If you do it after each time you scale the image, it will look as though it is scaled around its center.

Is HTML5 hit detection possible?

I have used the Canvas code provided elsewhere on this site to create a screen where I have several overlapping transparent pngs with the non-transparent parts being irregular shapes. I can get the color under the cursor and that is great. But my shapes are all the same color and I need a way to get the ID of the particular shape as well so I know which one was clicked on. Imagine a map made of overlapping pngs fo reach country and you want to detect which country was clicked on. From what I can tell, id detection only applies to rectangular regions. Any suggestions?
$('#myCanvas').click(function(e){
var position = findPos(this);
var x = e.pageX - position.x;
var y = e.pageY - position.y;
var coordinate = "x=" + x + ", y=" + y;
var canvas = this.getContext('2d');
var p = canvas.getImageData(x, y, 1, 1).data;
var hex = "#" + ("000000" + rgbToHex(p[0], p[1], p[2])).slice(-6);
alert(hex);
});
This code gets and displays the color (findPos and rgbToHex are separate functions left off for clarity). I need an id! Help!

Even with transparency, the images are all rectangles. You then know which images are at a clicked point by rectangle intersection - check your array of images and their x,y points with width,height for point intersection. You then come up with an array of possibly clicked images. If there's only one in the list, you are done.
The images have an implied Z-order of the reverse order in which you wrote them, meaning, an image is overwritten by the next image written which overlaps it. You can use that to know which order to try them in for hit-testing if more than one is at the point clicked. The only trick is to detect if an image pixel is transparent or not.
To detect transparency for a pixel point clicked in a single image, you could keep a second hidden canvas element. Clear it, then write the target image to it at the same position, and use the same code to see if the clicked pixel within the second canvas is the transparent color. If it is, repeat this process with the next image in the Z-order until you get the image where a non-transparent pixel was clicked.
A small but important optimization is to check the color clicked first, and if it's the transparent color you already know none of the images were clicked on a non-transparent point.