BlitzMax draws a map...

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Brucey (Posted 2009) [#1]

Here's another little tech-demo showing some of the non-game things you can achieve with BlitzMax and third party modules. This time, we try our hand at a Google Maps look-alike... Download for Win32 : osm_demo.rar (828kb) Controls : * Left-Click and drag to scroll around the map. * Scrollwheel to zoom in and out. * Escape to quit. Modules used : * BaH.FreeImage (imaging) * BaH.Libcurl (internet) * BaH.DBSQLite (database) Requirements : * A fairly fast internet connection (there's a lot of data to stream) * A reasonable amount of disk-space for the image caching. (It will attempt to create a tiles folder) This is a non-threaded example, downloading the images concurrently as you interact with the display, so you get an occasional stutter if the load is heavy. I tried to get a good balance between the number of images I could download at the same time, and keeping the UI running smoothly... It's also only a quick knock-together demo done in a day, so it's still a tad flaky in places. But I think it's fun to play with... well, if you like maps - which, sadly, I do. :o)

plash (Posted 2009) [#2]

Woaahhh! Cool stuff Brucey.

Grey Alien (Posted 2009) [#3]

Neat! I can almost see my home. You live near Vancouver or was it a random destination?

Warpy (Posted 2009) [#4]

Impressive amount of work, but it runs really slowly on my PC. I don't suppose you've given any thought to clustering algorithms to make the selection of labels more sensible?

MGE (Posted 2009) [#5]

Impressive stuff Brucey....as usual. :)

Panno (Posted 2009) [#6]

build this for b3d some months ago , before the google server logged the ip and send a "non image available" if i download to much .... looks cool

degac (Posted 2009) [#7]

Wow! Quite fast but usable! Very well!