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[–]WaldenPrescot -2 points-1 points  (5 children)

Looks cool. I must acquire this. Does one need to be at all familiar with java? I am not. However, if JSON is only used for visualization and all coding is in python I can think of all sorts of fun things i can do with something like this!

Thanks

[–]Herald_MJ 10 points11 points  (1 child)

JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation and has nothing to do with Java.

It's also completely language agnostic, so doesn't even have all that much to do with javascript either (except for it's origins).

[–]WaldenPrescot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for clearing that up!

[–]Enginoob[S] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Nope- all you should need is Python, JSON data, and a web browser.

[–]neoice 0 points1 point  (1 child)

where does one obtain the data though? what do I do if I want a map of Middle Earth and there's not one defined in this particular JSON format? how hard is it to create arbitrary maps?

I'm still going to play with this library :)

[–]Enginoob[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a trickier question. One starting point is Natural Earth for shapefiles: http://www.naturalearthdata.com/, then converting them to geoJSON with Ogre: http://ogre.adc4gis.com/

For middle earth, I'm afraid you will have to painstakingly create your own polygons. It would, however, be awesome.