Rolo Kipp wrote...
Do you think google's map API might be compatible with Zoomify?
i don't see much difference in zoomify's images vs. google maps. they both seem to produce a similar effect (zoomable image/map). the downside is that zoomify expects you to pay them something.
also, i didn't immediately seem evidence of being able to place map markers in it like i do in my google maps.
finally, i prefer the open standard because i'm a tinkerer.
If so, both your web spawner and your PW maps would get a huge bump in detail :-)
Edit: Imagine screenshots of the areas in full detail stitched together for that area map... ;-)
i'm not catching the connections you're making here. zoomify and google maps seem to be doing the same thing. they both take a bunch of little maps stitched together into one giant one and then cut them up (tile them) into smaller and smaller pieces.
neither one "creates" detail when it zooms in. to get more detail in my maps, i'd need to start with something better than the mini-map exporter tool. i KNOW it would be possible to somehow extract the map from the module that you see in the toolset. i've not seen anybody attempt that, and i'm not desperate enough yet to try myself.
unfortunately for screenshots, they won't give you the overhead view of the areas (assuming you mean screenshots from the game). i suppose i could screenshot each area in the toolset, though. still it's not something i think is worth the effort.
what would be cool, though, would be to have screenshots from the toon's view in the game - this could give you the "street view" effect which would be absolutely amazing! but again, creating a bot/google car to walk around the module taking screenshots and recording coordinates is a little beyond my abilities.
