[Opensim-dev] TP protocol handle

[Cristina Videira Lopes]

Stefan Andersson wrote:
> Kind of crazy idea here, but how is 'landmarks' actually stored on the 
> server and used by the client? Shouldn't we be able to store grid and 
> region endpoint in a landmark?
>  
> I mean, if the landmark contains the region name, it could just as 
> well be stored with target grid and/or region endpoint in it as well?
>
> If the client only uses an uuid, it should be requesting that 
> conversion from the region, which could in turn use the users home 
> grid servers to resolve the uuid request into more metadata - as the 
> landmark was originally created on that grid. (yes, that could, in 
> theory, mean that person A clicking on a landmark in region B would 
> cause B to talk to home grid C that will access originating grid D to 
> resolve the actual endpoint and things like that, but hey - think of 
> the possibilities!
>

There's lots of possibilities, I just found out doing this. The map 
search, for example, was a wonderful surprise, since the viewer sends 
whatever we type there verbatim to the server. So we can type anything 
we want and interpret it on the server-side...

I haven't looked into landmarks yet, but it's quite possible that it 
does the same.


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