Pete Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 I wasn't actually looking for this at all, but it just shows how far you can go with Google Maps and a chunk of custom code! http://www.splitbrain.org/blog/2009-02/01-a_pirate_map_with_libgd_and_google_maps Here is how it works: fetch a map image from the Google Static Maps API for given coordinates convert the map colors to sepia place an X on the center put the compass on top add a paper texture do an address lookup on the coordinates and if found write it next to the X write a custom text at the bottom fetch an image from a given URL optionally grayscale it apply some grain texture to the photo rotate the photo and place it on the map apply a mask to cut out the map border cache the map image for later reuse Very cool! 2
Pete Posted June 16, 2013 Author Posted June 16, 2013 Well I lost the parrot sometime around when I was last being a pirate: But I found him again when I went to a fancy dress party as French Polynesia (the theme was countries): What? How is that French Polynesia? French (beret) polly (parrot) knees (I'm showing mine) ear (Spock ear). French-poly-knees-ear. No, nobody guessed it on the day 6
slkwrm Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 Wow, Pete! This walking puzzle thing is approachable only for Einstein-level minds 1
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