New Feature - The Big Map - easily find games in your area

Micah
Micah
edited July 2008 in Feature Requests

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  • Micah
    Micah
    Posts: 894
    People have always wanted a way to find campaigns that they can join. We've wanted to offer this from the start, but have always been busy with other stuff.

    Finally we've gotten around to adding the first steps to such a feature, "The Big Map":http://www.obsidianportal.com/map!

    The Big Map is simply a map of all the campaigns on the site. For now, it's pretty simple, with only one filter: whether or not to show only games that are looking for players. Plus, just a note: it will only show 100 games at maximum, but is sensitive to the bounds of the map. So, at a far-out zoom you might not see everything. Just zoom in a bit and you'll get the real picture.

    Enjoy!

    "http://www.obsidianportal.com/map":http://www.obsidianportal.com/map
  • DarthKrzysztof
    DarthKrzysztof
    Posts: 132
    That's... wow. Just wow. Very cool, Micah.

    Is there a link to it from the front page, or anywhere else?
  • Micah
    Micah
    Posts: 894
    The main menu has a link to "The Map" next to Campaigns.
  • redstar
    redstar
    Posts: 119
    I can see my house form the map! (As directed by a big pink arrow)

    Very cool Micah. Keep up the excellent work!
  • FemmeLegion
    FemmeLegion
    Posts: 521
    Hey Micah,

    If it's not too difficult, I'd suggest you put a link to the Big Map on the Campaigns page too. Perhaps just above the featured campaign. "The Map" by itself doesn't necessarily indicate what The Map is for.
  • Micah
    Micah
    Posts: 894
    Good idea. I programmed it as fast as I could this weekend, now I have to figure out where to put it and what to do with it...
  • DarthKrzysztof
    DarthKrzysztof
    Posts: 132
    You know, if the main purpose is to find campaigns to join, it might be nice to have the option to filter "Completed" campaigns out of the map. :D
  • igornappovich
    igornappovich
    Posts: 76
    yeah to be totally honest I tried using this feature, and wrote down like 10 campaigns nearest to me. When I went to look them up on the OP they were all dusty and dead campaigns, some I could not even find at all on OP by searching on the name of the campaigns listed.
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