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

[midirtrider]

I wish this were more a "local" type map..
my board is based for mainly one state in the US or maybe even a few of the surrounding states.

is it possible to selece the map to plot on?

[Quarterbore]

Originally Posted by cherylferraro

I just installed it on my 3.6 board and it works perfectly. Give it a try, all template edits are the same.

Check it out at http://www.browncafe.com/forum/worldmap.php

That is some great news... I am working on this now!

EDIT FOR UPDATE:

Yup, it is up and running!

http://www.timeshareforums.com/forums/worldmap.php

Thanks again for this MOD!!!

Edit 2, I have a couple suggestions..

1. This info should be in the standard install directions
2. In regards to the "OnClick" and "OnDblClick" in the code suggested in #1, I switched them on my site
3. The directions in #1 are for the template (including the "$stylevar[htmldoctype]")
4. Why don't we conditional out the Who Is Online Map on worldmap.php when "Plot a World Map with the Locations of those Who Are Online" is set to "NO" in the AdminCP?

Anyways, I love the script as it is! Just trying to help...

[Quarterbore]

I am back... I have one more suggestion that I just did for my site...


Why don't we split the CRON job to two seperate activities? What I did was modified the part of the cron file as in this modification that says:

PHP Code:

// WOL
if ($vbulletin->options['wmp_wol'])
{
    $wmp->plot('wol');
    $wmp->output();
}

// Members
if ($vbulletin->options['wmp_members'])
{
    $wmp->plot('members');
    $wmp->output();
} 


And I removed the following:

PHP Code:

// Members
if ($vbulletin->options['wmp_members'])
{
    $wmp->plot('members');
    $wmp->output();
} 


Then I created a seperate Cron file where I did the opposite and I saved that as a CRON job!

Now, I have my server generate my Member Map once a day at a slow time (3AM) and the Who's online is generated every 15-minutes. Generating the map of who is online takes much less computing power then the member map!

[shaynehammy]

Why doesnt my coulored map show when i change the option in ACP?

EDIT> Never mind. Figured it out.

However, this is when members visit the link:

Unknown Location
/Forums/worldmap.php

[VPREATR]

(Subscribed) - Waiting for an official release supporting 3.6.x.

Thanks!

[Equilibrium]

Hi,

I didn't read all sites right now. But just got a short question:
Shouldn't pop up a small window who could tell you which user which point in the map is? Or isn't that realized right now?

And just for your information: works great with 3.6.2

[daylight]

working very well under 3.6.2 thanks

is there any chance i can have Members World Map link under Members List drop down sub menu? instead of having a two menus. i have already have too many links in navbar so please if someone can help me to make a dropdown menu like Quick List for Members List menu.
thanks in advance

[dendrob]

Just installed it, works great. BTW, any ideas why my site menu became more narrow ??? Only seems that way on the map. Check it out here

What does the "optional stuff" do that's listed in #11 & #12 of the install.txt ?

How come I have 700+ members, but only a handfull shows up under "All Members" map ?

[Morrighan256]

I installed this some time ago and it was working fine, but then, for some reason, I think it stopped updating itself. I ran the chronjob and it still doesn't show the changes to "all members" or who's currently online. Help?

[Equilibrium]

Hey guys, my world map isn't updating itself anymore with 3.6.2. I already uninstalled the files and the "program" in the admincp. But it's already shown under the memberlist, can anybody help me please? Need to uninstall it asap.

Here's the url: http://forum.openunion.net/memberlist.php?

Thx a lot!