[sldev] Snowglobe on OpenSim grids

[Melinda Green]

Dahlia Trimble wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Carlo Wood <carlo at alinoe.com 
> <mailto:carlo at alinoe.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 11:46:01AM -0800, Philippe (Merov) Bossut
>     wrote:
>     > over HTTP. So, I'm puzzled... Could you describe how the map
>     tiles are stored
>     > and organized in OpenSim so that we can come up with a workable
>     solution? (I
>     > bet there's a spec somewhere so a pointer to this would be very much
>     > appreciated).
>
>     I heard that opensim is going to change this, too.
>     They are planning on switching to http based textures... So, some
>     input
>     from an opensim developer before starting to implement this is needed
>     imho. Are/is there any on this list?
>
>
> I believe in OpenSim the map and map images are proxied through the
> simulator via a combination of Caps and UDP messages. I haven't looked
> too closely at the implementation details for the map images but I
> believe they use the normal texture pathways (UDP ImageRequest and
> ImageResponse packets). As far as I know the simulator is also the
> proxy for all map information on the Linden grids when the standard
> viewer is used.
>
>
>
>
> I would suggest that the easiest way to get a working map for OpenSim
> would be to enable the older map. The current SL viewer has a
> functional map when used with OpenSim, as far as I'm aware Snowglobe is
> the only viewer where the map will not work in OpenSim. 
>
>
>
>
> I might also suggest that Snowglobe acquire the map images URL via a
> capability, rather than hard coding it. I suspect if this were the case
> that a similar map images capability would appear in OpenSim soon
> after. Adding such a capability would seem beneficial to LL as well
> since then there would be no need to constantly maintain a URL and it
> could be changed as needed without requiring a new viewer download.

LL must deal with this for Nebraska too, right? Snowglobe/OpenSim seems 
like a good place to develop this ability if it's not already under 
development. If it's been developed, then I encourage LL to tell us so 
to avoid duplicating efforts.

-Melinda