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Carnildo Greenacre

Flight Engineer

Join date: 15 Nov 2003

Posts: 1,044

03-27-2005 00:32

I've put together a high-resolution map of SecondLife, excluding the private islands and the new continent -- a 3550 x 2900 image. It's at http://home1.gte.net/cpq2ts42/SecondLifeLarge.jpg -- note that even this low-quality version is half a megabyte. A high-quality PNG of this map is available for L$250 -- it's a 10MB image, so I don't want to send it out to anybody who isn't really interested in it.

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Charlotte Gillespie

2 - 0 Lindens

Join date: 19 Nov 2004

Posts: 1,101

03-27-2005 03:31

Impressive. But how do I get hold of the high-quality version if you're only on at stupid o'clock in the morning?!

Walker Spaight

Raving Correspondent

Join date: 2 Jan 2005

Posts: 281

03-27-2005 07:42

Nice! Like satellite imagery. I can even see my house.

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Cubey Terra

Aircraft Builder

Join date: 6 Sep 2003

Posts: 1,725

03-27-2005 07:57

From: Carnildo Greenacre

I've put together a high-resolution map of SecondLife, excluding the private islands and the new continent -- a 3550 x 2900 image. It's at http://home1.gte.net/cpq2ts42/SecondLifeLarge.jpg -- note that even this low-quality version is half a megabyte. A high-quality PNG of this map is available for L$250 -- it's a 10MB image, so I don't want to send it out to anybody who isn't really interested in it.

I might be interested in having this as a wallpaper. Can you give a sample of an individual sim at the highest resolution? Would be nice to see how much clearer it is than the big map, which is pretty low-rez.

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Charlotte Gillespie

2 - 0 Lindens

Join date: 19 Nov 2004

Posts: 1,101

03-27-2005 08:19

Now the JPG won't load for me - has someone gone over their bandwidth limit?

Carnildo Greenacre

Flight Engineer

Join date: 15 Nov 2003

Posts: 1,044

03-28-2005 22:42

From: Charlotte Gillespie

Impressive. But how do I get hold of the high-quality version if you're only on at stupid o'clock in the morning?!

If you've got a Gmail account or other email account that can handle 10MB attachments, you can IM me with the contact details. I've got IM->email set up, so I should get any message you send.

I've attached a high-quality version of a few sims.

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Carnildo Greenacre

Flight Engineer

Join date: 15 Nov 2003

Posts: 1,044

03-29-2005 23:09

I've sent out maps to April Firefly and Till Stirling. Did they arrive properly?

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Budaniel Penguin

Orwood Hour Editor

Join date: 17 Mar 2005

Posts: 19

03-29-2005 23:51

Now this is awesome. Do you know how long I scoured the dark recesses of the internet to find something like this? I resorted to taking pics myself, but I never would have got around to something like this. When was this taken, and how long did it take to produce? Lining up the seams would be a chore, I'd imagine. Are you planning updates? I personally would view that as too much of a hassle, but then you had the patience to put this masterpiece together so what do I know? Good job.

An idea came to me just before I submitted this post. I decided I'd update where I live (Orwood) myself, when it occured to me that this could become a community project with people updating parts themselves and submitting it. Am I off-track, or could this work?

Till Stirling

Crazy Inventor

Join date: 31 Jul 2004

Posts: 124

03-30-2005 00:21

The mail arrived! Since I am currently in the office I have not opend it yet.

Till Stirling

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Carnildo Greenacre

Flight Engineer

Join date: 15 Nov 2003

Posts: 1,044

03-30-2005 21:51

From: Budaniel Penguin

Now this is awesome. Do you know how long I scoured the dark recesses of the internet to find something like this? I resorted to taking pics myself, but I never would have got around to something like this. When was this taken, and how long did it take to produce? Lining up the seams would be a chore, I'd imagine. Are you planning updates? I personally would view that as too much of a hassle, but then you had the patience to put this masterpiece together so what do I know? Good job.

An idea came to me just before I submitted this post. I decided I'd update where I live (Orwood) myself, when it occured to me that this could become a community project with people updating parts themselves and submitting it. Am I off-track, or could this work?

It took about fifteen minutes to take the screenshots of the map, and another 45 minutes to piece everything together. The first vertical and horizontal rows were the hardest; after that, alignment was easy.

I don't know if I'll be able to update, as the method I'm using requires running SecondLife under Linux, and 1.6 doesn't seem to be compatible with my version of Linux.

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Cadroe Murphy

Assistant to Mr. Shatner

Join date: 31 Jul 2003

Posts: 689

03-31-2005 04:54

Cool image, Carniildo. It would be slick to automate it with a program that stitched together images of the individual sims, based on file name, into the single large map.

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Lefty Belvedere

Join date: 11 Oct 2004

Posts: 276

try asking the Ls

03-31-2005 05:19

Perhaps you should ask the Lindens to give you a few hints on how the Map does it. I bet they could give you a few pointers in scripting something so that you might be able to sell a high-quality product that shows off how good SL looks.

High-resolution world map
Carnildo Greenacre Flight Engineer Join date: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 1,044	03-27-2005 00:32 I've put together a high-resolution map of SecondLife, excluding the private islands and the new continent -- a 3550 x 2900 image. It's at http://home1.gte.net/cpq2ts42/SecondLifeLarge.jpg -- note that even this low-quality version is half a megabyte. A high-quality PNG of this map is available for L$250 -- it's a 10MB image, so I don't want to send it out to anybody who isn't really interested in it. _____________________ perl -le '$_ = 1; (1 x $_) !~ /^(11+)\1+$/ && print while $_++;'
Charlotte Gillespie 2 - 0 Lindens Join date: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 1,101	03-27-2005 03:31 Impressive. But how do I get hold of the high-quality version if you're only on at stupid o'clock in the morning?!
Walker Spaight Raving Correspondent Join date: 2 Jan 2005 Posts: 281	03-27-2005 07:42 Nice! Like satellite imagery. I can even see my house. _____________________ Read The Second Life Herald: All the fairly unbalanced news we see fit to print. More news and musings at Walkering.com "Thank you, Walker Spaight, wherever you are!!" --Trinity Serpentine
Cubey Terra Aircraft Builder Join date: 6 Sep 2003 Posts: 1,725	03-27-2005 07:57 From: Carnildo Greenacre I've put together a high-resolution map of SecondLife, excluding the private islands and the new continent -- a 3550 x 2900 image. It's at http://home1.gte.net/cpq2ts42/SecondLifeLarge.jpg -- note that even this low-quality version is half a megabyte. A high-quality PNG of this map is available for L$250 -- it's a 10MB image, so I don't want to send it out to anybody who isn't really interested in it. I might be interested in having this as a wallpaper. Can you give a sample of an individual sim at the highest resolution? Would be nice to see how much clearer it is than the big map, which is pretty low-rez. _____________________ C U B E Y · T E R R A planes · helicopters · blimps · balloons · skydiving · submarines Available at Abbotts Aerodrome and XstreetSL.com
Charlotte Gillespie 2 - 0 Lindens Join date: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 1,101	03-27-2005 08:19 Now the JPG won't load for me - has someone gone over their bandwidth limit?
Carnildo Greenacre Flight Engineer Join date: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 1,044	03-28-2005 22:42 From: Charlotte Gillespie Impressive. But how do I get hold of the high-quality version if you're only on at stupid o'clock in the morning?! If you've got a Gmail account or other email account that can handle 10MB attachments, you can IM me with the contact details. I've got IM->email set up, so I should get any message you send. I've attached a high-quality version of a few sims. _____________________ perl -le '$_ = 1; (1 x $_) !~ /^(11+)\1+$/ && print while $_++;'
Carnildo Greenacre Flight Engineer Join date: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 1,044	03-29-2005 23:09 I've sent out maps to April Firefly and Till Stirling. Did they arrive properly? _____________________ perl -le '$_ = 1; (1 x $_) !~ /^(11+)\1+$/ && print while $_++;'
Budaniel Penguin Orwood Hour Editor Join date: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 19	03-29-2005 23:51 Now this is awesome. Do you know how long I scoured the dark recesses of the internet to find something like this? I resorted to taking pics myself, but I never would have got around to something like this. When was this taken, and how long did it take to produce? Lining up the seams would be a chore, I'd imagine. Are you planning updates? I personally would view that as too much of a hassle, but then you had the patience to put this masterpiece together so what do I know? Good job. An idea came to me just before I submitted this post. I decided I'd update where I live (Orwood) myself, when it occured to me that this could become a community project with people updating parts themselves and submitting it. Am I off-track, or could this work?
Till Stirling Crazy Inventor Join date: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 124	03-30-2005 00:21 The mail arrived! Since I am currently in the office I have not opend it yet. Till Stirling _____________________ Our Shops: SilverDay Castle in Degar (228, 10 SilverDay Shop in Atlas (75, 156) Cosy Market on Cosy Home (28, 137) SL Boutique: http://www.slboutique.com/Till_Stirling/ SLExchange: http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=113
Carnildo Greenacre Flight Engineer Join date: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 1,044	03-30-2005 21:51 From: Budaniel Penguin Now this is awesome. Do you know how long I scoured the dark recesses of the internet to find something like this? I resorted to taking pics myself, but I never would have got around to something like this. When was this taken, and how long did it take to produce? Lining up the seams would be a chore, I'd imagine. Are you planning updates? I personally would view that as too much of a hassle, but then you had the patience to put this masterpiece together so what do I know? Good job. An idea came to me just before I submitted this post. I decided I'd update where I live (Orwood) myself, when it occured to me that this could become a community project with people updating parts themselves and submitting it. Am I off-track, or could this work? It took about fifteen minutes to take the screenshots of the map, and another 45 minutes to piece everything together. The first vertical and horizontal rows were the hardest; after that, alignment was easy. I don't know if I'll be able to update, as the method I'm using requires running SecondLife under Linux, and 1.6 doesn't seem to be compatible with my version of Linux. _____________________ perl -le '$_ = 1; (1 x $_) !~ /^(11+)\1+$/ && print while $_++;'
Cadroe Murphy Assistant to Mr. Shatner Join date: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 689	03-31-2005 04:54 Cool image, Carniildo. It would be slick to automate it with a program that stitched together images of the individual sims, based on file name, into the single large map. _____________________ ShapeGen 1.12 and Cadroe Lathe 1.32 now available through SLExchange.
Lefty Belvedere Lefty Belvedere Join date: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 276	try asking the Ls 03-31-2005 05:19 Perhaps you should ask the Lindens to give you a few hints on how the Map does it. I bet they could give you a few pointers in scripting something so that you might be able to sell a high-quality product that shows off how good SL looks.

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