[sldev] Webmap API change

[SignpostMarv Martin]

That would only apply if you could actually browse the directories.

works: 
http://map.secondlife.com.s3.amazonaws.com/1/01000/01000/map-1-1000-1000-objects.jpg
doesn't: http://map.secondlife.com.s3.amazonaws.com/1/01000/01000/
doesn't: http://map.secondlife.com.s3.amazonaws.com/1/01000/
doesn't: http://map.secondlife.com.s3.amazonaws.com/1/


~ Marv.

Philip Rosedale wrote:
> We padded the subdirectory names to fixed length because it makes it 
> much easier to read when browsing directories.
>
> Philip
>
> SignpostMarv Martin wrote:
>>
>>
>> Rob Lanphier wrote:
>>> Well, at least I remember it now, and it looks like it was as I kinda
>>> figured it was.  Different team on an effort that I honestly don't know
>>> what the outcome was.
>>>
>>> Was there anything in particular you wanted to say on a technical level
>>> about the new design, or is it just the possible process breakdown that
>>> is of concern?
>>>   
>> Why the padded co-ordinate strings ?
>>
>> ~ Marv.
>>
>>> I'll do some poking around and see if I can shed light on this.
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>> On 1/23/09 4:55 PM, Harold Brown wrote:
>>>  
>>>> Below is the text of the Initial E-Mail which was sent out on January
>>>> 22, 2008 to the SLDev list.
>>>>
>>>> The meeting happened (I was not able to attend as I was at work RL)
>>>> and a AWG was formed and then nothing after that was mentioned again.
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>>     Since we released the new version of the webmap, we've never fully
>>>>     followed up with proper documentation as well as getting regular
>>>>     feedback. It was always part of the plan, but more urgent projects
>>>>     managed to sideline it. However, we'd like to start rectifying
>>>>     that now.
>>>>
>>>>     (If you suspect that SignpostMarv Martin's recent mail has
>>>>     something to do with this, you're absolutely right. I'd also like
>>>>     to extend huge thanks to Harold Brown for his work on the wiki and
>>>>     his OpenLayers experimentation)
>>>>
>>>>     The WebMap API consists of two separate components:
>>>>
>>>>     The client side JS library was written by a contractor (in world
>>>>     as Jacquard Looming) and extends the Google Maps API. It was
>>>>     written with the aim of being API-compatible with the previous SL
>>>>     WebMapAPI, which has been *mostly* achieved though there are still
>>>>     a couple of functions missing (such as SLPoint() ).
>>>>
>>>>     The services side (which SignpostMarv references at the beginning
>>>>     of his mail) consists of a handful of small functions which query
>>>>     and return region metadata. These were dashed out pretty quickly
>>>>     to support the new webmap (which, in its previous incarnation, was
>>>>     downloading the region metadata for the entire grid in 2MB of
>>>>     regularly-regenerated Javascript - ugh). This year, we want to do
>>>>     a LOT more work to provide useful outward-facing web services,
>>>>     including map-related ones. If there are potential map services
>>>>     that would greatly help your work, we want to know about it.
>>>>     Gulliver Linden is leading the charge here.
>>>>
>>>>     To start with, we're going to hold an office-hour-style in-world
>>>>     meeting at 9:30AM SLT, at Meta Linden's place in Beaumont:
>>>>     http://slurl.com/secondlife/Beaumont/42/218/35
>>>>
>>>>     Gulliver Linden, Jacquard Looming and I will be in attendance.
>>>>     Anyone who's interested in the webmap API is welcome. We look
>>>>     forward to seeing you there!
>>>>
>>>>     -- Yoz Linden, Program Manager for Web & Internal Tools, Linden 
>>>> Lab
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>
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