Server Web Maps

Server Web Maps
Server Web Maps
Website
Type	Website
Launch date	5th September, 2022
Developer(s)	Ironboundred; Owen Diffey; mikeprimm (plugin author)

Revision as of 07:04, 6 September 2022

"Ever wanted to see your base from space?" bBrain, in the announcement

Server web maps are recurrant feature of the Dogcraft.net Minecraft server. The current "BlueMap" plugin was implemented part way through the Survival 5 era.

The BlueMap displays an up-to-date block-level map of the world, which can be viewed from top-down, flat, or free flight perspectives. The map can be accessed via the green map button on the Dogcraft.net website. Here players can select to view maps of each of the four current Survival 5 worlds, or legacy maps of the two Survival 4 worlds or the Survival 3 world. Earlier worlds are unavailable given that were live some time prior to a total hardware switch which took place at the beginning of the Survival 4 Husky world.

History

The first available web-based map of a Dogcraft world was in during the early history of the public server. The "Dynamic Map", more commonly referred to as the "Dynmap" after the server plugin that it uses, provided both a two-dimensional and three-dimensional live preview of the original Survival, alongside the MCMMO and Amplified worlds. The live position of players on the server was feature of this map. The Dynmap was available throughout most of the history of the first Survival world and saw great usage and enjoyment from players. In particular, it allowed for early organisation of the Survival Railway Network (Survival 1) as the map allowed for a basis for planning railway lines efficiently and effectively through a network map.

Map of the SRN on Survival 1, based on an image from the Dynmap.

Unfortunately, due to a lack of disk space on the server as well as a myriad of performance issues, the original Dynmap was unstable and failed to update most of the time. As a result, the feature was retired in the latter part of the world and didn't see a return with the addition of Survival 2 or world reset of Survival 3. To act as a replacement for the Dynmap, members of the newly founded Havana city began the Great Survival Map project, to allow for the creation of maps such as one for the SRN on the new Survival 2 world. This project would carry forward into the Survival 3 world in the form of the Grand Map, a project which successfully managed to map the entirety of the world within the 20,000 x 20,000 block border.

With the launch of the first of the two Survival 4 worlds; Husky, as well as the move to more powerful dedicated hardware, administrator Ironboundred suggested the possibility of the Dynmap returning. Finally, on the 5^th of May, 2020, the dynmap would see its return after three years of absence as a major server feature. This iteration was only available as a top-down, 2D preview, but for the first time showed the location of player claims as a toggleable option. However, due to increasingly frequent blackouts, the dynmap was disabled for performance reasons around the middle of 2021.

Tips

It was possible to create direct links to locations on either Dynmap and set other parameters. See this link for more information. In addition, the parameter expanded can be appended to the URL to display the map in the "full screen" mode.

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-|caption      = Screenshot of the Husky Dynmap
+|caption      =
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 |link         =
-|launched     = 5<sup>th</sup> May, 2020
+|launched     = 5<sup>th</sup> September, 2022
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 |developer    = {{Player|Ironboundred}}<br>''Owen Diffey''<br>[https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/authors/mikeprimm.5/ ''mikeprimm''] (plugin author)
-}}{{Quote|Survival Maps are now available on the website!|{{Player|Ironboundred}}, in the announcement}}
+}}{{Quote|Ever wanted to see your base from space?|{{Player|bBrain}}, in the announcement}}
-The '''Dynamic Map''', more commonly referred to as the '''Dynmap''' after the [https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/dynmap.274/ server plugin] it uses, was an interactive live overview map that displays an overview of the past live state of the [[Husky]] and [[Beagle]] worlds.
-Alongside displaying an up-to-date block-level map of the world, it also showed the current location of players as well as player claims made on either world. The map could be accessed via the green map button on the [[Dogcraft.net]] website, where players can select to view either the Husky or Beagle map. The [[Dogcraft Wiki]] also provided direct links to specific co-ordinates on each map for easy reference from the information boxes of Survival 4 articles.
+Server web maps are recurrant feature of the Dogcraft.net Minecraft server. The current "BlueMap" plugin was implemented part way through the [[Survival 5]] era.
+The BlueMap displays an up-to-date block-level map of the world, which can be viewed from top-down, flat, or free flight perspectives. The map can be accessed via the green map button on the [[Dogcraft.net]] website. Here players can select to view maps of each of the four current [[Survival 5]] worlds, or legacy maps of the two [[Survival 4]] worlds or the [[Survival 3]] world. Earlier worlds are unavailable given that were live some time prior to a total hardware switch which took place at the beginning of the Survival 4 Husky world.
 ==History==
-Before its re-launch on the Survival 4 worlds, the Dynmap was previously available before, providing both a two-dimensional and three-dimensional live preview of the original [[Survival]], alongside the [[MCMMO]] and [[Amplified]] worlds. The feature was available throughout most of the history of the first Survival world and saw great usage and enjoyment from players. In particular, it allowed for early organisation of the [[Survival Railway Network|Survival Railway Network (Survival 1)]] as the map allowed for a basis for planning railway lines efficiently and effectively through a network map.
+The first available web-based map of a Dogcraft world was in during the early history of the public server. The "Dynamic Map", more commonly referred to as the "Dynmap" after the [https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/dynmap.274/ server plugin] that it uses, provided both a two-dimensional and three-dimensional live preview of the original [[Survival]], alongside the [[MCMMO]] and [[Amplified]] worlds. The live position of players on the server was feature of this map. The Dynmap was available throughout most of the history of the first Survival world and saw great usage and enjoyment from players. In particular, it allowed for early organisation of the [[Survival Railway Network|Survival Railway Network (Survival 1)]] as the map allowed for a basis for planning railway lines efficiently and effectively through a network map.
 [[File:SRN_Survival_1.jpg|thumb|Map of the [[Survival Railway Network (Survival 1)|SRN on Survival 1]], based on an image from the Dynmap.]]
-Unfortunately, due to a lack of disk space on the server as well as a myriad of performance issues, the original Dynmap was unstable and failed to update most of the time. As a result, the feature was retired in the latter part of the world and didn't see a return in [[Survival 2]] or [[Survival 3]]. To act as a replacement for the Dynmap, members of the newly founded [[Havana]] city began the [[Great Survival Map]] project, to allow for the creation of maps such as one for the SRN on the new Survival 2 world. This project would carry forward into the Survival 3 world in the form of the [[Grand Map]], a project which successfully managed to map the entirety of the world within the 20,000 x 20,000 block border.
+Unfortunately, due to a lack of disk space on the server as well as a myriad of performance issues, the original Dynmap was unstable and failed to update most of the time. As a result, the feature was retired in the latter part of the world and didn't see a return with the addition of [[Survival 2]] or world reset of [[Survival 3]]. To act as a replacement for the Dynmap, members of the newly founded [[Havana]] city began the [[Great Survival Map]] project, to allow for the creation of maps such as one for the SRN on the new Survival 2 world. This project would carry forward into the Survival 3 world in the form of the [[Grand Map]], a project which successfully managed to map the entirety of the world within the 20,000 x 20,000 block border.
-With the launch of the first of the two Survival 4 worlds; Husky, as well as the move to more powerful dedicated hardware, administrator {{Player|Ironboundred}} suggested the possibility of the Dynmap returning. Finally, on the 5<sup>th</sup> of May, 2020, the dynmap would see its return after three years of absence as a major server feature. However, due to increasingly frequent blackouts, the dynmap was disabled for hardware reasons around the middle of 2021.
+With the launch of the first of the two Survival 4 worlds; Husky, as well as the move to more powerful dedicated hardware, administrator {{Player|Ironboundred}} suggested the possibility of the Dynmap returning. Finally, on the 5<sup>th</sup> of May, 2020, the dynmap would see its return after three years of absence as a major server feature. This iteration was only available as a top-down, 2D preview, but for the first time showed the location of player claims as a toggleable option. However, due to increasingly frequent blackouts, the dynmap was disabled for performance reasons around the middle of 2021.
 ==Tips==
-*Players can use the <code>/dynmap hide</code> and <code>/dynmap show</code> commands to hide/show their player from appearing on the dynmap.
+*It was possible to create direct links to locations on either Dynmap and set other parameters. See [https://github.com/webbukkit/dynmap/wiki/Web-UI-Parameters this link] for more information. In addition, the parameter <code>expanded</code> can be appended to the URL to display the map in the "full screen" mode.
-*It's possible to create direct links to locations on either Dynmap and set other parameters. See [https://github.com/webbukkit/dynmap/wiki/Web-UI-Parameters this link] for more information. In addition, the parameter <code>expanded</code> can be appended to the URL to display the map in the "full screen" mode.
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