[Opensim-dev] [SIMIAN MAPTILE] - generalize to a core function?

[Jeroen van Veen]

Does robust have such an api call, that gets a list of all connected regions?

Jeroen

On Tuesday, January 11, 2011 10:15:01 pm Mic Bowman wrote:
> that's basically what we do with those map tiles... for example...
> http://www.sciencesim.com/simian/index.php/region
> 
> melanie: the assets are good but simiangrid frontend needs a format
> conversion and then the grid frontend generates mulitple levels of detail.
> 
> <http://www.sciencesim.com/simian/index.php/region>--mic
> 
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Jeroen van Veen 
<j.veenvan at gmail.com>wrote:
> > Couldn't this just be a part of the webfrontend that's being used? There
> > are
> > currently php and python implementations of the maptile generator, which
> > can
> > be used with wi-redux, hwios or another web-ui. Maybe it would be nice to
> > have
> > an api call to get a list of current active regions, so the maptiler
> > doesnt necessarily need db-access?
> > 
> > greetings,
> > 
> > Jeroen
> > 
> > On Tuesday, January 11, 2011 04:57:48 pm Melanie wrote:
> > > Sorry if I was giving out wrong info. I just remembered that there
> > > was some discussion about Simian maptiles and the changes needed to
> > > support them.
> > > What is the advantage over core maptiles as they are now? Core
> > > maptiles are in the asset server and can be served from there.
> > > 
> > > Melanie
> > > 
> > > Mic Bowman wrote:
> > > > Yeah... I think that module could easily be used for other map
> > > > services right now. It is labeled as part of Simian because the SGF
> > > > needs it. However, you cold enable it, set a new URL, and pump map
> > > > images
> > 
> > wherever
> > 
> > > > you want.
> > > > 
> > > > How would you recommend it be generalized?
> > > > 
> > > > --mic
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 4:08 AM, Ai Austin <ai.ai.austin at gmail.com>
> > 
> > wrote:
> > > >> At 11:00 11/01/2011, Mic Bowman wrote:
> > > >>> Simian isn't doing anything special. It takes the existing map
> > > >>> images that are generated (no changes at all to the map generator,
> > > >>> it uses what ever is
> > > >>> already configured) and *also* pushes a copy up to the grid
> > > >>> frontend for inclusion in the map functions there....
> > > >> 
> > > >> That's all I meant Mic, so that data can pushed to a location and a
> > 
> > core
> > 
> > > >> HTTP service can be enabled to have it act as the Map Server for
> > 
> > Viewer
> > 
> > > >> 2 style uses. I believe there is a map service URL that can then be
> > > >> specified if the service is using the OpenSim generated map tiles.
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
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