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]

Try the diamond pattern with a size of 1. Usually that looks the best for large numbers of locations.

ps. bah i double posted..

[ConqSoft]

Take a look now. It's kinda hard to see the spread in the scaled down version, which is why I went with Dot and 5. Any other ideas?

[Trigunflame]

Originally Posted by ConqSoft

Take a look now. It's kinda hard to see the spread in the scaled down version, which is why I went with Dot and 5. Any other ideas?

Yep looks good

well, you could up the size.. but i would leave the diamond.. or go to the crosshair..

[ConqSoft]

Suggestion for a future version perhaps:

Have it generate close-up maps of various regions. Like USA only, Europe, etc.

[The Chief]

Would there be a way to just put the world map in a different location, like a completely different page?

[ConqSoft]

You can put it wherever you like.. It's just an image. See my post at the bottom of Page Two for my location...

[The Chief]

Originally Posted by ConqSoft

You can put it wherever you like.. It's just an image. See my post at the bottom of Page Two for my location...

awesome, but I have no idea how to create a custom page on vb, and do not want to install the HTML Template system...

[MorrisMcD]

Originally Posted by The Chief

awesome, but I have no idea how to create a custom page on vb, and do not want to install the HTML Template system...

I imagine he did it using add a page with vBCMPS or something.. I am trying to figure it out now

[ConqSoft]

Yes, I used CMPS. But there are some threads here on vbulletin.org that show you how to create a vB page. From there, all you have to do is add HTML to display the image.

[MorrisMcD]

Originally Posted by ConqSoft

Yes, I used CMPS. But there are some threads here on vbulletin.org that show you how to create a vB page. From there, all you have to do is add HTML to display the image.

So I want to add a BBCODE page or a template page?