Pete Posted June 16, 2013 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martijn Geerts Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Pete, where is your parrot ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slkwrm Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Wow, Pete! This walking puzzle thing is approachable only for Einstein-level minds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martijn Geerts Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Pete, tnx letting me smile all day ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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