Started a Vanguard web atlas

Cobal · 03-13-2007, 09:04 AM

An online map of Telon created using the Google map api.

The map:
http://www.ancientorder.org/cobalsmappack/mappack.html

Features

Detailed maps.
over 3000 PoI markers
Marker category filters.

The Atlas is a joint venture between me and Soresha.
The maps are provided by me and Soresha provides the PoI data for the map markers.

Many of the markers have been gathered by the vanguard players using Soresha's PoI gathering system
For more info about the PoI gathering project or if you want to help gathering PoI's, go here: http://www.soresha.net/vgpoi/index.php

The markers can be downloaded as CustomPoI.txt from http://www.soresha.net/vgpoi/download.php

change log:
~~29-06-2007~~
Trashed all previous work and started fresh in a joint venture with Soresha.

~~24-03-2007~~
Added clickable markers for the main cities and some outposts/villages.
Must still fill these with info.

Galloarn · 03-13-2007, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cobal

For shits and giggles I started a vanguard web atlas using the google api.
You can find it here if you are interested:
http://www.ancientorder.org/index.php?page=11

It's not much yet, basicly all I did was tack a map of telon onto google map.
I intend to expand it with city maps (at deeper zoom levels), markers for npc's mobs etc and a MOD for displaying all that info on the ingame map as well.

What a great idea! Thanks for doing this...

Zaraj · 03-13-2007, 09:43 AM

Nice work!,

now, please, add permalinks's and the ability to make anotations with custom tags and custom icons ( dungeon icon, city icon, etc)

ShadeVice · 03-13-2007, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zaraj

Nice work!,

now, please, add permalinks's and the ability to make anotations with custom tags and custom icons ( dungeon icon, city icon, etc)

lol wow...demanding arent we?

its not like the guy gets paid to do it.

vizionblind · 03-13-2007, 10:23 AM

what is the horizons server poll about?

Blox · 03-13-2007, 10:36 AM

http://vgmap.awardspace.com/

This guys been working on somthing just like that check it out.

Cobal · 03-13-2007, 11:59 AM

Quote:

now, please, add permalinks's and the ability to make anotations with custom tags and custom icons ( dungeon icon, city icon, etc)

Yep, that is the intention.
If I can make it a reality is another question entirely but I should find out soon enough :P

The horizons server poll is about the game Horizons: Empires of Istaria, nothing to do with VG

That map on awardspace looks pretty nifty, I prefer using rendered maps for mapping projects though.

Zahrim · 03-13-2007, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blox

http://vgmap.awardspace.com/

This guys been working on somthing just like that check it out.

Thanks Blox, I like this one better than the OP's...perhaps combine your efforts...VGMap has the hand drawn updated maps and already has things labelled.

garath · 03-13-2007, 12:23 PM

Just a suggestion, full screen would be nicer than the small little window you have it in now.

Other than that, great start!

Cobal · 03-13-2007, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by garath

Just a suggestion, full screen would be nicer than the small little window you have it in now.

Good point, added it to my to do list.

Windasani · 03-13-2007, 02:13 PM

I started working on this site for me and guildies, its a different style of site.

http://mapvanguard.com/

Cobal · 03-20-2007, 07:57 AM

Added a link to a "full screen" version on the atlas page, to give people a choice.
Link points to here: http://www.ancientorder.org/cobalsmappack/mappack.html

Currently working on drawing in all roads and major landmarks and city level zoom maps.
Taking quite a lot longer then I expected

Cobal · 06-29-2007, 03:17 PM

Trashed all previous work and started fresh.
But not alone this time

http://www.ancientorder.org/cobalsmappack/mappack.html

It is now a joint venture between me and Soresha.
The maps are provided by me and Soresha provides the PoI data for the map markers.

Many of the markers have been gathered by the vanguard players using Soresha's PoI gathering system
For more info about the PoI gathering project or if you want to help gathering PoI's, go here: http://www.soresha.net/vgpoi/index.php

Joodah · 06-29-2007, 04:06 PM

Ok well it's completely bugged to hell on 2 computers now

locking up both times, unable to view at all. Oh well.

Cobal · 06-29-2007, 07:24 PM

Ah, that would be because of the 3000+ markers.
Maybe making all markers displayed as standard was not such a good idea.

I changed it so that it opens without any markers, a marker set must first be selected before any are loaded.
I removed the "All markers" set because it causes problems.

Actus · 06-29-2007, 11:32 PM

This is just about the coolest thing I've seen with Vanguard yet. You guys rock!

Treesong · 07-03-2007, 02:17 AM

Google maps + RPG's = the suck.

Nice info though.