[Opensim-users] Fucntion to read a landmark

[BlueWall]

With that being just another piece of data in the landmark's asset, then
I am wondering if we shouldn't just send it with the
llRequestInventoryData? Then take the string and do whatever you like.

-BlueWall

On Tue, 2012-03-13 at 18:35 +0100, Gudule Lapointe wrote:
> We are working on a osGetInventoryLandmarkURL function, and it's
> working great.
> 
> 
> Now, it's time to choose the format of the URL ;-)
> 
> 
> I found two slightly different schemes, which seem to be handled the
> same way
> So my question is "what is their scope?"…
> (this is to choose a relevant constant name)
> 
> 
> speculoos.net:8002:Agora
> -> handled in 
> - map search
> - in osTeleport (without http)
> 
> 
> http://speculoos.net:8002/ Agora
> -> handled in
> - map search
> - in osTeleport
> 
> 
> The third scheme is more obvious:
> 
> 
> secondlife://speculoos.net:8002:Agora/
> -> handled in 
> - local chat and web only
> 
> 
> --
> http://www.speculoos.net/
> secondlife://speculoos.net:8002/
> Speculoos, the belgian cookie-flavored metaverse
> 
> Le 13 mars 2012 à 11:34, BlueWall a écrit :
> 
> > 
> > Here is the asset data from a landmark:
> > 
> > Landmark version 2
> > region_id afd7aa20-a820-11de-8a39-0800200c9a66
> > local_pos 129.1343 124.0458 22.16408
> > region_handle 10621282326789120
> > gatekeeper http://grid.nebadon2025.homeftp.net:8002
> > 
> > 
> > -BlueWall
> > 
> > On Tue, 2012-03-13 at 02:47 +0100, Gudule Lapointe wrote:
> > > I updated mantis http://opensimulator.org/mantis/view.php?id=5927
> > > with
> > > an alternative patch to provide
> > > 
> > > 
> > > osGetInventoryDesc(string item) instead of osGetInventoryDesc(int
> > > type, int number)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Anyway, thank you ME Verhagen for pointing this workaround.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Still wondering if I can figure a real way to get the landmark
> > > properties without relying on description field…
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Le 13 mars 2012 à 01:49, Gudule Lapointe a écrit :
> > > 
> > > > OK, I have a concern about that, and IMHO an issue.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > First the issue:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Using (int type, int number) like in llGetInventoryName() forces
> > > > an
> > > > duplicate search.
> > > > I'll post the full explanation on mantis.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Second, my concern:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Description is a user-modifiable field. Actually, lot of
> > > > scripters
> > > > (including me) use it to pass additional values to scripts. So,
> > > > this
> > > > function is a really interesting workaround, but would not be
> > > > 100%
> > > > reliable to get landmark destination. (though I admit there is
> > > > less
> > > > chances to change desc of a landmark than other objects)
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Le 13 mars 2012 à 01:08, M.E. Verhagen a écrit :
> > > > 
> > > > > the description property.
> > > > > 
> > > > > and the hypergrid adres is stored in the description, for
> > > > > instance
> > > > > 'region-name @ speculoos.net:8002'
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Op dinsdag 13 maart 2012 schreef Gudule Lapointe
> > > > > (gudule at spekuloos.be) het volgende:
> > > > > > The word "Desc" is ambiguous. Is it related to all object
> > > > > properties or to only the "description" property?
> > > > > > Of course, description property does not help for the
> > > > > > landmark
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Le 12 mars 2012 à 23:46, M.E. Verhagen a écrit :
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > yes a function to get the description of an object in the
> > > > > inventory of prim.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > i looked into it and it was suprisingly easy to do, since
> > > > > > there
> > > > > is already a function to get the name.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > http://opensimulator.org/mantis/view.php?id=5927
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Op maandag 12 maart 2012 schreef Justin Clark-Casey
> > > > > (jjustincc at googlemail.com) het volgende:
> > > > > > > There does seem to be no function to do this (it looks
> > > > > > > like
> > > > > it's done in SL by roundabout web queries).
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > It would be interesting to have something like an
> > > > > osRequestInventoryData(string name, list rules) where rules
> > > > > contains some constant like LANDMARK_REGION_NAME.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > On 10/03/12 21:39, Gudule Lapointe wrote:
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > That is interesting, but not enough….
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > But the only thing I get seems to be the global (wold
> > > > > coordinate) position of the object:
> > > > > > > > like<256128.1, 256127.4, 27.73114>
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Not even the region name, and in case of HG landmark, no
> > > > > indication on the grid url
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Le 10 mars 2012 à 22:13, M.E. Verhagen a écrit :
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > the following lsl function can be used to extract some
> > > > > > > > > data
> > > > > out of landmaks:
> > > > > > > > > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlRequestInventoryData
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Op zaterdag 10 maart 2012 schreef Gudule Lapointe
> > > > > (gudule at spekuloos.be <mailto:gudule at spekuloos.be>) het
> > > > > volgende:
> > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to read the coordinates of a landmark
> > > > > > > > > > from
> > > > > within a script?
> > > > > > > > > > I made several flavors of blame gates and I would
> > > > > > > > > > like to
> > > > > be able to drop a landmark in the prim instead of encoding
> > > > > > > > > the uri
> > > > > > > > > > 
> 
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