Vbulletin World Map System

Vbulletin World Map Plotting System
Show Your Guest/Members From All Over The World !!!

Summary:

The core of this system I developed approximately 3 years ago but was unable to practically distribute it on vborg due to the fact the GEOIP City Database was a very expensive software product; and it is needed to map IP Addresses to Global Lat/Lon Coordinates.

With the recent availability of a "Lite" version of the City Database I have decided to build from the ground up a new hack that utilizes it to display 2 map structures.

1. Plots Your Current Members/Guest Online available on the Whos Online Page.
2. Plots Your Registered Members last known Coordinates on the Member List Page.
3. Coordinates are calculated from IP Addresses stored in your Forums Database.

Features:

• Automatic & Accurate plotting of your Guest & Members on the WorldMap.
• WorldMap Page to view Both Maps, added to your navbar.
• Enable WOL, Member Plotting Independently
• Control Panel Options
• Specify Plotting Image Type, Size, Color
• Specify Opaque, Alpha Transparency
• Support for Payed Full Version of City Database
• Updates on Scheduled Task Interval
• Map is shown small and expands on Mouseover, then contracts back.

Instructions:

1. Download Zip File
2. Read INSTALL.TXT
3. Run the crontask manually the first time, so it will generate your images.
4. Click Install if you like it

Updates:
3/14/2006 - Forgot to uncomment keep-alive code.
3/12/2006 12:54pm -
1. Added a new Realistic World map
2. Configuration Editor partially remade, allows easier selection of Maps.
3/8/2006 11:35pm - Added a worldmap.php Page, for viewing both maps.
3/8/2006 9:52am - Fixed the jpeg output problem.

Note:

The GEOIP Binary Database can be located here:

http://www.maxmind.com/download/geoi...iteCity.dat.gz

[Bubble #5]

...Oops.... one more When we try to run the cron the first time we get an error message asking if the file is corrupt. The only thing that we can think of that might cause this was uploading in the wrong format (we're using automatic mode). Do any of these files have to be uploaded in binary? What else might cause this error?

[JD45]

Originally Posted by Bubble #5

What exactly does the "START OPTIONAL" section in the instructions do? It doesn't give any information...

My question exactly...

[kurtbarker]

if you look in the screenshots, it shows the map in the Member List and Who's Online...

The CORE INSTALL only puts a link in the navbar, but if you follow 'Optional', then it also puts it in those 2 sections

[Bubble #5]

There appears to be a bug with this. We checked this in two separate vB forums. No matter how we have the map(s) set up in ACP it always shows both maps :surprised: Do we have to hard code one of the maps out of the code to get it to not show up?

[OrangeFlea]

nm, got it. Thanks

[Dr. Jack]

I really love your World Map System. It integrates very well with my vBulletin at www.bangkokflying.com/forums.

Although I did evertything precisely as your install text file but there is still only one problem which I can not solve .

When I click "Members List", there is a small gray space between my vBulletin and the scroll bar as you can see in my attachment, but when I click "World Members List", there is no any space between them because my vBulletin extend over the scroll bar.

How can I solve this problem?

Thank You

Dr. Jack

[bplinson]

Originally Posted by Bubble #5

There appears to be a bug with this. We checked this in two separate vB forums. No matter how we have the map(s) set up in ACP it always shows both maps :surprised: Do we have to hard code one of the maps out of the code to get it to not show up?

Both maps show up normally on the worldmap.php page.

On memberlist.php the map showing all members should show up by itself.

On online.php the map showing only who is online should show up by itself.

That is if you correctly followed the install instructions.

[DementedMindz]

Originally Posted by Dr. Jack

I really love your World Map System. It integrates very well with my vBulletin at www.bangkokflying.com/forums.

Although I did evertything precisely as your install text file but there is still only one problem which I can not solve .

When I click "Members List", there is a small gray space between my vBulletin and the scroll bar as you can see in my attachment, but when I click "World Members List", there is no any space between them because my vBulletin extend over the scroll bar.

How can I solve this problem?

Thank You

Dr. Jack

read this post its the fix for it.... https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=222

[bplinson]

Sorry if this has been answered before.

I do not seem to have any markers from Australia on my world map and I know that there are many people visiting from there. I have had the map running for about 4 days now.

Anyone else have this happening? Is this normal?

[Dr. Jack]

Thanks DementedMindz. You help me correct it :banana: