[Opensim-dev] OSGrid <-> UCIGrid

[James Hughes]

Cristina Videira Lopes wrote:
> James Stallings II wrote:
>   
>> I have a question or two about this too Diva :D
>>
>> First one is, can this be used to 'map' to the linden grid?
>>     
> Theoretically, yes. But LL would have to want to support this protocol. 
> I confess I have been focusing on OpenSim, because it's just easier for 
> me to prototype this. I'm reusing *alot* of what's already there; the 
> hypergrid is a very thin layer on top of OSG1 and the WorldMap.
>
>   
>> Second is, does one need to get a region on the originating grid and 
>> 'dedicate it' to the link? does it require an actual running copy of 
>> opensim on the 'gateway' region? (thinking in terms of resource 
>> overhead here)
>>     
> You need to have a "page" (=region) on the originating grid that 
> contains the hyperlink to the other grid. Like, for example, the region 
> I have in OSGrid called UCI Welcome. That's a consequence of the fact 
> that the hypergrid, right now, is an extension of OpenSim, it doesn't 
> come with OpenSim out-of-the-box. The hyperlinks themselves are placed 
> somewhere, from that region; in theory they can override regions on that 
> grid. In practice I'm thinking we need to institute conventions, like 
> naming conventions (for example calling the hyperlink regions "XXX 
> Gateway") and placement conventions (like placing them in commonly 
> accepted grid locations like the 8000's)
>
>   

Do you think that this might work with the osTeleportAgent functions at
some point, from anywhere on a grid?

This is pretty cool :)

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