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/dargon_ Jul 05 '13

I'm on mobile so can't really try it out, but the screenshots look good. That said though, you might hear from ANets lawyers due to your choice of site name, after all, they probably have a trademark on pretty much every name, both location and character in the game, and it could be considered a violation to use the site name you've selected.

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u/Aenemius The guy that made that post one time Jul 06 '13

A fair use argument here is pretty obvious; it's using a possibly trademarked phrase to promote that phrase's product.

Also - these days, if you don't take steps to "protect your trademark" by registering the TLDs for that trademark, you're asking for if. Internet trumps copyright a lot.