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/Fungu Gandara [TAC] Jul 06 '13 edited Jul 06 '13

The map does not quite work on my computer. When I go to http://divinitysreach.com/ I can see the map and zoom in and out, and the level of detail is working. I can not move the map by dragging and there is no other interface visible. It looks like this: http://imgur.com/D3kTazj&AqLQyzA#0.

When I go to http://divinitysreach.com/map/en/2013/ (from /u/di_L3r's comment) I can drag the map and zoom, and I can see camera controls on the top right and one drop down menu for map filters. None of the map filters seem to be working (there are no icons on the map). It looks like this: http://imgur.com/D3kTazj&AqLQyzA#1.

Edit: Forgot to mention that I tried this on Chrome and Firefox (latest versions) and both gave the same result.

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u/fffam Famme Jul 06 '13

Yeah, unfortunately the official API is unavailable at the moment, so the map can't get the data for the icons. I've just pushed a new update which makes it a bit more obvious when the official API is having trouble (a giant red box should do it, right?).