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

[Wachtmeister]

Originally Posted by MorrisMcD

I got a couple PMs about making a CMPS page for this... Here are some simple instructions...

Thank you very much. This is my Worldmap now

[wattieuk]

really like this - thanks a lot for the addition. Is there any way to make the user name display when pointing to the marker on the map?

[bang]

what if I have the commercial, full version of maxmind's ip2city db, does your hack support it?

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by ConqSoft

You should get your host to compile it in. It's useful for many things... attachment thumbnails, registration image verification, etc.

This I know but it does not answer my original question :disappointed:

[Trigunflame]

Originally Posted by bang

what if I have the commercial, full version of maxmind's ip2city db, does your hack support it?

Yes it is a dropin replacement, all you have to do is upload it and change the filename for the database in the admincp.

[Trigunflame]

Originally Posted by The Chief

Having the possibility of putting it into a seperate page would bring alot more people into this hack...

Mabe Trigun should consider it

Ill whip something up in a few minutes.

[scottct1]

How do I run the cron?

I go to http://www.satelliteguys.us/includes/cron/wmp.php and get a blank page.

My world map directory which I chmoded to 777 does not have any graphics in it when it's done (just the php file)

What am I doing wrong?

(EDIT - Never Mind I am dumb and did not see the big RUN NOW button next to the cron job, all is well now)

[ConqSoft]

Click the button beside the Scheduled Task that you added. It says "Run Now".

[PixelFx]

Originally Posted by MorrisMcD

Ok.. Cool.. Thanks.. It looks pretty spiffy.. I will probably install this later tonight or sometime this week

Thanks!

this looks like fun, thanks for releasing it

[Trigunflame]

Update:

Added Support for A single Map Page, that will shows all your members as well as guest/members currently online.

Please do the following:

Uninstall product, reinstall product. And ovewrite all files already uploaded. Make sure to look at some of the changes in the install instructions as well to learn how to modify the navbar template.