Subj : Re: ASCII world map
To   : paulie420
From : calcmandan
Date : Mon Jun 03 2024 06:50:14

On 15 May 2024, paulie420 said the following...
 
 pa>  ca> A telnet server with an interactive world map:
 pa>  ca> telnet mapscii.me
 pa>  ca> 
 pa>  ca> They use map data from openstreetmap. The OP and respondents to the
 pa>  ca> thread said you have to use real telnet to get in there. Supposedly i
 pa>  ca> not pure ascii because they use colors and braille unicode. You can m
 pa>  ca> around using vi keys. It's dope enjoy.
 pa> 
 pa> How do we zoom in??? I've used this before and know I could manipulate
 pa> the map a lot more...

I just tried it for the first time. Zoomed in right to my street - amazing.

It took a while to find though - since there aren't any street labels.

D

.... What do you mean, QWK? It took me over an hour to read!

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