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

[Trigunflame]

Originally Posted by wrang

Hope for a help this time:

Is it possible to just have a map over europe or Scandinavia (Sweden/Norway/Denmark/Finland)

I just have a few member outside this contrys becouse its a swedsih spooken forum.

Hope for some answer

Betst regards

Not currently no, this is a World Map hack For a limited area, you would be better of offering your members something like http://www.frappr.com/

[wrang]

Thanks for the help Trigunflame !:bunny:

[steven s]

I've installed this on two different boards, on two different servers.

The first server went without a hitch.
The second server is having problems with the .png files.
Warning: imagepng(): Unable to open blah blah blah.
The files all have the correct CHMOD settings.
GD is enabled. Works when I select jpeg.

I'm curious why this one installation doesn't work.:tired:

[Trigunflame]

Originally Posted by 1996 328ti

I've installed this on two different boards, on two different servers.

The first server went without a hitch.
The second server is having problems with the .png files.
Warning: imagepng(): Unable to open blah blah blah.
The files all have the correct CHMOD settings.
GD is enabled. Works when I select jpeg.

I'm curious why this one installation doesn't work.:tired:

Ok give me a couple min.

[Trigunflame]

Originally Posted by Trigunflame

Ok give me a couple min.

Now that I think about it, your 2nd server may not have libpng support. But you said it works with the jpeg output option?

If so, thats better anyway; typically a smaller filesize and you can control the compression.

[steven s]

Originally Posted by Trigunflame

Now that I think about it, your 2nd server may not have libpng support. But you said it works with the jpeg output option?

If so, thats better anyway; typically a smaller filesize and you can control the compression.

Thanks.

Looking at phpinfo
Is PNG Support Enabled the same as libpng support?

[yinyang]

is it possible to do the same with only a map of say, USA?

[Holidazed]

I installed this and it is giving me this error when the task runs.

No Value Given For GEOIP Database

Ideas?

[Holidazed]

D'Oh! I forgot to import the plugin.

[DementedMindz]

ok question im still have issues with it not keeping All Members marks on /worldmap.php it seems like when the cron runs it removes the marks would that cause it?