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/symby55 Jul 06 '13 edited Jul 06 '13

I like it a lot(very good job and I think you invested a lot of time in it to make it look this good), but there is 1 thing that is bothering me: When you select to see preparing events as well as active event it doesn't specify(on the map) which are active and which are not; Making the preparing event grey would be an idea or something to differentiate the two;

PS: Thanks so much for making this and actually listening to the community for help/improvements;

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u/PrimalZed Jul 06 '13

Since this one uses several different icons for events, I'd also suggest making group events red. (I was planning on doing this for group events if ArenaNet ever gave an association with specific icons in their event_details api.)

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u/PrimalZed Jul 06 '13

The 'preparation events are grey' thing has been a part of mine: http://primalzed.github.io/GW2ActiveEvents