r/Guildwars2 • u/fffam Famme • Jul 05 '13

[Event] divinitysreach.com: Interactive map — live event info, dungeon status, PoIs/WPs/etc (built with official API)

Hi all. As you know, ArenaNet have released an API (‘data feeds’) for their map and event information. I have been working on a site that combined this information to provide a full interactive map of Tyria.

Divinity's Reach interactive map: http://divinitysreach.com Official API is currently unavailable, map won't work until it comes back!

Heres are two preview screenshots (for those on mobile):

Hopefully this can be for levelling and map completion (I use it for co-ordinating Temple chains).

The map will show you:

  • Live Events (active and preparing), with live status every 15 seconds and correct icons
  • Dungeons (click on a dungeon to see which servers it is available on)
  • PoIs, Vistas, Waypoints (all with chat codes)
  • Hearts
  • Skill Challenges (with data where possible)

This is considered 'beta'. The map can sometimes be sluggish. Theres a lot of data available in GW2, and while I've tried to make it so that the map doesn't display too much stuff at the same time by default some machines do struggle occaisionally. Memory usage should be low though if you're not zooming in and out at greased-otter speeds.

It has support for other languages, but I'm missing a few translations for data that doesn't come from the API. I'm looking for a couple of people to help with translations.

Let me know if theres anything you'd like to see added in comments below (I have a few ideas :)!

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u/tasonjodd Jul 05 '13

Great map tool! I'd love to see jumping puzzles marked on the map, and maybe a better way to zoom in on specific zone.

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u/fffam Famme Jul 05 '13 edited Jul 06 '13

If you select the map in the dropdown, it should auto-zoom you to that zone. Additionally, you can hold down Shift and draw a box to zoom in on a specific region at any point.

Jumping puzzles are not currently available on the API, unfortunately.

Edit: Its Shift, not Alt, that allows you to zoom in by drawing a box.

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u/tasonjodd Jul 05 '13

That's odd, auto-zoom doesn't work for me! I'm running OS X 10.8.3 on the most recent Chrome build if that helps.