Any real-life hackers out there?, I need a Shadowrun Website h4x0r3d Options

[chinagreenelvis]

http://www.1w6.de/rpg/sr/map/

Seriously. I want the code that runs this site so I can

a. make it possible to zoom in closer

and

b. add things to it

[Critias]

Then maybe you should

a. find out who runs it

and

b. talk to them.

[chinagreenelvis]

But I've

a. already thought of that

and

b. sent an e-mail through the site and used Google to translate it into German so they can understand what it is I want

and

c. anticipated that I will probably never, ever get a response

[Cabral]

http://www.1w6.de/rpg/sr/

My German is non-existent, but I gather they use Google Map. Plug that url into Google and the translation of that page should give you a tip or two.

[Dr.Rockso]

The site has an awesome interactive flash map of Seattle though : http://www.1w6.de/rpg/sr/seattledistricts.php4

[Stahlseele]

The Descriptions of the dots on the map are in english for me O.o

[chinagreenelvis]

Oh, it's all in English and works great, except for the part about not being able to zoom in to street level (the clusterfuck of dots just north of the Arcology is impossible to work through otherwise). Also, I'd like to be able to add some things to it.

[Hartbaine]

It's just a Google map. Make your own. I use them all the time for World of Darkness games.

[biccat]

Nice map.

Reminds me of one a friend did (although it wasn't online) with pins. He also had traveled to Seattle recently and had photographs of famous places.

[chinagreenelvis]

It's just a Google map. Make your own. I use them all the time for World of Darkness games.

I don't have the time or energy to start from scratch. I want to appropriate the hard work of others.

[Abschalten]

I don't have the time or energy to start from scratch. I want to appropriate the hard work of others.

LAWL! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohplease.gif)

[Cabral]

Try this:
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?...ite_id=1#import

[chinagreenelvis]

Hm. You know, that might be even better. Thanks!

[Congzilla]

Just do 'view source', it has the java script laying right out on that page.

CODE

var point = new GPoint(-122.33603, 47.61000);
      var html = '<div class="text"><b>Wylie´s Gala Inn</b><br>4th Avenue & Pike Street<br>Middle-Class Hotel (20 floors)<p>The 1930s decor of this hotel seems better-suited<br />to a detective trideo than to modern-day Seattle.<br />Service is good, if a little slow. This was the<br />first hotel of the small Wylie´s Gala Inn chain.</p></div>';
var marker = createMarker(point, html, icon_hotel);
      map.addOverlay(marker);

These are the bits you need to change.

To change what the markers represent change these bits.

CODE

var myshadow = new Image(17, 17);
myshadow.src = 'clear.png';

var icon = new GIcon();
icon.image = "dot.png";
icon.shadow = "clear.png";
icon.iconSize = new GSize(15, 15);
icon.shadowSize = new GSize(17, 17);
icon.iconAnchor = new GPoint(7, 7);
icon.infoWindowAnchor = new GPoint(7, 7);

[Congzilla]

This is the best thing to use to strip apart a website btw.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60/

[chinagreenelvis]

Ah yeah, we use the Web Dev plugin at work. Hadn't thought of that.

I did however just save the page, which I then uploaded to http://shadowrun.chinagreenelvis.com/seattlemap in order to test it. It loads everything just fine but for some reason the dots disappear after loading, as if the z-indexes of everything were borked. I'll have to look closer.

I did find that code for adding new dots - which would take a pretty good amount of trial and error for getting the locations right, but thankfully not at all impossible. The one crucial element that I'm lacking is the ability to zoom in even further, even if it pixellates or blurs the map images. If anyone can scan the codes and figure this part out, that would be truly karma-worthy.

Thanks for all the suggestions!

[chinagreenelvis]

Hm. I'm noticing that when the dots disappear, the page starts loading information from the original website. Curious.

[chinagreenelvis]

Yeah, having just saved the page through firefox basically killed the functionality. I'll try going back to the original source.

[chinagreenelvis]

Looks like the dots are set to Earth coordinates as opposed to pixels or percentages. As long as I have those, I should be able to recreate the contents in another map. Guh. I still can't fathom why they didn't make it possible to zoom in further in their version, plus I'm wondering where the map tiles they're using came from. They appear to have been custom made. Oh well.

[chinagreenelvis]

Woot.

http://shadowrun.chinagreenelvis.com/map/

[Mäx]

Woot.

http://shadowrun.chinagreenelvis.com/map/

Well nice job making it more zoomable, but its not really cool to steal other peoples work like that.

[IKerensky]

http://www.1w6.de/rpg/sr/map/

Seriously. I want the code that runs this site so I can

a. make it possible to zoom in closer

and

b. add things to it

a. use the CTRL + mouse wheels

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[simplexio]

I got this Idea, how about creating page into shadowrunWiki which has Name, GPS point and short description or reference to book in some useful format. So that people could grab it and use POI data in Google maps overlays or whatever people use for their map drawing.

That could be useful tool for community.
Other ideas include taking current height data and change it according shadowrun rule books (you need height rastermaps for this, available for free), Overlays like 1w6 site has about ratings in area, etc. Just publish them in some usable geodata format and it should be easy to people add their own tools. Best part using standard geodata formats is that you can overlay all that data into Google Maps and/or use all existing geodata with shadowrun data.

[chinagreenelvis]

Well nice job making it more zoomable, but its not really cool to steal other peoples work like that.

What can I say? I'm a bastard. But much as I did with the diceroller, I'll be including original credit in the page's source-code with a link to the German site. I was just too tired to add it in last night.

Edit: Just got an e-mail from the guy who runs the site. Permission was given to appropriate their work for my own use. All is well.

[chinagreenelvis]

a. use the CTRL + mouse wheels

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LOL. That was the first thing I tried! Unfortunately it just makes the clusterfuck of dots bigger, rather than creating space between them.