WyriMaps.net Blog http://blog.wyrimaps.net Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:35:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 WOTLK & Cataclysm Comparison map http://blog.wyrimaps.net/2012/03/wotlk-cataclysm-comparison-map/ http://blog.wyrimaps.net/2012/03/wotlk-cataclysm-comparison-map/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:35:41 +0000 WyriHaximus http://blog.wyrimaps.net/?p=153 A while ago Robbie Alexander suggested to create a comparison map between WOTLK and Cataclysm.

At that time I decided not to do it cause I didn’t have the old WOTLK map extracts anymore. Now I’m happy to make public I’ve been working bit by bit on this the past few weeks (it takes time to generate the needed map tiles). After aligning the continents, cutting the map into tiles and a bit of coding for the map it’s now up on http://compare.wyrimaps.net/ for your comparison adventures!

WOTLK & Cataclysm Comparison map originally appeared on WyriMaps.net Blog on March 5, 2012.

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Facebook page originally appeared on WyriMaps.net Blog on March 3, 2012.

]]> http://blog.wyrimaps.net/2012/03/facebook-page/feed/ 0 Map Switcher added http://blog.wyrimaps.net/2010/09/map-switcher-added/ http://blog.wyrimaps.net/2010/09/map-switcher-added/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:59:03 +0000 WyriHaximus http://blog.wyrimaps.net/?p=134 Some of you might already have noticed but in the upper right corner there is a new block showing. This block allows you to switch maps without leaving the website. For now the current WotLK and Cataclysm maps are included but in the future more maps will be added to make the overall map better as a while and no need to use tricks for add outland on the same map but on it’s own map instead. cata.wyrimaps.net will as a result of this also be redirected to the main domain.

Map Switcher added originally appeared on WyriMaps.net Blog on September 24, 2010.

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Node Screen Preview originally appeared on WyriMaps.net Blog on August 19, 2010.

]]> http://blog.wyrimaps.net/2010/08/node-screen-preview/feed/ 0 World of Warcraft: Cataclysm map http://blog.wyrimaps.net/2010/08/world-of-warcraft-cataclysm-map/ http://blog.wyrimaps.net/2010/08/world-of-warcraft-cataclysm-map/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:22:39 +0000 WyriHaximus http://blog.wyrimaps.net/?p=122 While the development of the node window is in progress on a side track the new map extractor/sticher/slicer is under development. This to ensure faster map updates on patch days. As result of this the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm map is now up here. More news to follow ;) !

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm map originally appeared on WyriMaps.net Blog on August 5, 2010.

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New version live originally appeared on WyriMaps.net Blog on June 20, 2010.

]]> http://blog.wyrimaps.net/2010/06/new-version-live/feed/ 4 Share window preview http://blog.wyrimaps.net/2010/06/share-window-preview/ http://blog.wyrimaps.net/2010/06/share-window-preview/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:39:07 +0000 WyriHaximus http://blog.wyrimaps.net/?p=96 While the development goes into full speed to get WyriMaps.net ready for the Midsummer festival. There is something I would like to preview before it goes live. The all new Share window. Coming from a simple link in the right upper corner it evolved into a slick modal box with multiple sharing options. The plain link is still there but now includes a little brother by either is.gd, u.nu, 0x.tc or bit.ly. A wide range of social sites like Twitter and Facebook are support. And the static image announced earlier this week is also included with HTML and BBCode.

Share window preview originally appeared on WyriMaps.net Blog on June 14, 2010.

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Static Maps preview originally appeared on WyriMaps.net Blog on June 9, 2010.

]]> http://blog.wyrimaps.net/2010/06/static-maps-preview/feed/ 1 Cataclysm Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms map http://blog.wyrimaps.net/2010/05/cataclysm-kalimdor-and-eastern-kingdoms-map/ http://blog.wyrimaps.net/2010/05/cataclysm-kalimdor-and-eastern-kingdoms-map/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 21:56:23 +0000 WyriHaximus http://blog.wyrimaps.net/?p=73 Been busy today writing a new map stitcher in preparation of the upcoming new World of Warcraft expansion Cataclysm. As a first test I generated The Battle for Gilneas that went fairly well. For the full continent stitches I needed some more RAM so ran those on a bigger box. While the script still needs tweaking the first results are in figured these images should be useful to people you’ll find them under this paragraph. While this is only 1 step in the map making progress as it is available on wyrimaps.net/wow it is a big one.

Kalimdor:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7ZITE2KS

Eastern Kingdoms:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KB8P1DHP

Crosspost on MMOC: http://www.mmo-champion.com/old-world-changes/kalimdor-and-eastern-kingdoms-map/

Cataclysm Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms map originally appeared on WyriMaps.net Blog on May 9, 2010.

]]> http://blog.wyrimaps.net/2010/05/cataclysm-kalimdor-and-eastern-kingdoms-map/feed/ 0 Moving from GMaps V2 to V3 http://blog.wyrimaps.net/2010/05/moving-from-gmaps-v2-to-v3/ http://blog.wyrimaps.net/2010/05/moving-from-gmaps-v2-to-v3/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 11:56:51 +0000 WyriHaximus http://blog.wyrimaps.net/?p=67 imageWyriMaps is moving to the Google Maps API V3. The picture above shows the first working POC of WyriMaps running on V3. With this version my goal to run (smooth) on mobile devices comes a bit closer. I’m using the full javascript engine rewrite to switch to V3 and make more use of it’s features. Another thing that is going to change is the way URL’s are build up in the link to window. To be backwards compatible rewrite rules will be put in place to redirect the old url’s to the new ones without breaking the old links. Something else changing is the way nodes are loaded from the server. Instead of AJAX calls we are moving to on-demand JavaScript loading. This should further more lower the load on the servers and speedup the site experience. More news is soon to follow (and also screens of the different platforms supported).

Moving from GMaps V2 to V3 originally appeared on WyriMaps.net Blog on May 5, 2010.

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