Space comparison #214
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I got a loosely thought on new ways of exploring the base.
The most precise tool I have in mind is space comparison - ability to see all traits that distinguish given spaces. Especially seeing "similar spaces" (e.g. S83/S84; S60/S61) an interest in what topological properties tell them apart may appear. One may say it's enough to open two browser tabs side by side but the convenience of such approach is limited, isn't it?
A further extension could be a view of more than two spaces at once, but probably it's not that much usefull, yet creating many questions on UI details.
As a more abstract concept I considered also possibility of measuring a "distance" between two spaces (a number of traits that are different) and presenting the most "similar" spaces to the given one (I guess such search results may be surprising). But I imagine this being seen as a quite random query to the base (I can think of something weirder, though). Maybe someone has a better idea of this kind?
Of course this kind of improvements are of not very high priority but I guess it is worth consideration. Especially they do not require rebuilding the data itself like the meta-properties do.