Flash :: Network Mapping - Can This Be Done?

GIS Mapping
Map India 2008 was different from the earlier conferences of the series in terms of scale and design. The seminars was organized in collaboration with partners from industry, academia and government in order to enable increased proliferation and percolation of GIS across the entire length and breadth of the geospatial spectrum.

http://www.saibposervices.co.uk/gis-uk.aspx

Mapping From 3D To 2D
I have read a book on 3D calculation and know that in order to make a 3D object in flash , you need to map it out from X , Y and Z coordinate (3D) into X and Y world of flash which is done with this code :

Making3D.prototype.mapToScreen = function(xpp, ypp, zpp) {
var yp = ypp;
var xp = xpp*this.cosAlpha+zpp*this.sinAlpha;
var zp = zpp*this.cosAlpha-xpp*this.sinAlpha;
var x = xp;
var y = yp*this.cosTheta-zp*this.sinTheta;
//var z = zp*this.cosTheta+yp*this.sinTheta;
return [x, y];
(Note : Making3D is an object i created)
(Note : Alpha is 45 degrees and Theta is 30 degrees which is the standard rotation to make an isometric world)
(Note : xpp and ypp stands for x double prime and y double prime which is the x and y after the rotation of 30 and 45 respectively)

The question is how to map screenX and screenY coordinates into X and Z coordinates to make the isometric world ?

I have found the code from one book that is like this :

isometricAS.prototype.mapToIsoWorld = function(screenX, screenY) {
var z = (screenX/this.cosAlpha-screenY/(this.sinAlpha*this.sinTheta))*(1/(this.cosAlpha/this.sinAlpha+this.sinAlpha/this.cosAlpha));
var x = (1/this.cosAlpha)*(screenX-z*this.sinAlpha);
return [x, z];

But I couldn't figure out how the author derive this equation from . Can I look at the paper work of how to get this equation ? Thanks

Mapping An Image
is there anyway i can map a image with links provided, in flash 5.0

Mapping CreateEmptyMovieClip() ?
I am getting close to solving the problem of resizing my weather images, but now the problem is figuring out the movie mappings. I have found that the _root level code below works as desired in a test movie. But when I try to implement it within the drop-down menu system I am developing, the weather maps aren't visible.

code:
on(press) {
trace('regionName');
wximage = 'tmprg0004.jpg';
wxURL = 'http://00.00.000.00/weatherimages/' + wximage;
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("map");
map.loadMovie(wxURL);
map._xscale = 70;
map._yscale = 70;
map._x=0;
map._y=20;
}

Here is my current structure:

In the _root level of my movie I attach four buttons:

Current | Radar | Satellite | Forecast.

When I click on CURRENT, I next attach a movie instance called "curRegions". This movie consists of six menu buttons:
National
Northeast
Southeast
North Central
South Central
Northwest
Southwest

Each of these buttons -- arranged as a single menu -- has the above actionscript associated with it. All that changes is the weather image file name. I have similar menus attached to the other main button items.

My question is: How do I map this? I have tried the following:

code:
_root.curRegions.createEmptyMovieClip("map");

Can anyone suggest a solution here?

Thanks

Mapping System
Locate yourself on the map:

http://www.unrealinterfaces.com

Mapping Problem
I want an image to dissapaer little by little - from the middle out as a growing hole if you want. What is the best way to do this, a way that keeps it easy to modify the pieces through the making of the file (easy selectioning)? I tried several things: making a group of the separate pieces to simplify the selection and making symbols of the pieces, but whenever I make a map of those pieces, only one piece functions as a map (the backmost piece)

Any ideas?

Maybe making a symbol of the image and making several instances of it with there own map works?

MX: Z-mapping Woes
Having a clipping issue with a tile-based isometric map I'm working on.

The .swf can be found at http://alweb.betterbox.net/test.html ... Move around some and you'll see what my problem is. The numbers represent the level the tile is currently on.

The .fla can be found at http://alweb.betterbox.net/test.fla

My question: how can I fix the clipping problem? I've been working on it for days but I've yet to actually fix it. I've checked out the tutorials at OutsideOfSociety, and I've gotten the same problem even when copying the code word-for-word.

Can anyone help? ^_^

Some One Have A Clue About Mapping?
this site have nice map:
http://luach.ynet.co.il/map/map.asp

the right click show it use flash player,
anyone know how they render the map?

Flash Mapping
Hi There,

I am interested in designing a Flash Map of the world, that users can navigate and zoom to individual countries. Broadly what would this involve?

I have map data in the form of Shapefiles & SVG but how can i get this into flash?

I have little knowledge of flash but do have SQL and GIS experience, which may be useful.

I realise this is broad question and welcome any support you can give me!

Cheers
Olly

Depth Mapping?
<> If you've seen sofake.com and their portfolio, you know what I'm talking about: Where a bunch of objects seem to be floating around in space as you move freely from one to the next simply by clicking...

-->How in the hell do you do that?

I'm familiar with the vCamera, but this zooming around thing, it's crazy.
Does anyone know where to find resources on this ability in Flash???
I must learn how to do this,
Thanks to anyone that knows something!

Image Mapping ?
I have a simple 'blueprint' of my yard's sprinkler zones.
I want to make a flash page that I can move my mouse over the zones and they light up (mouse over) and if I click they take me to that web page.
and each zone can read a variable and if it is true they turn green meaning the watter is running in that zone. how can I do this ? currently the 'blueprint'
is just image mapped in dreamweaver and works ok, but it is hard to tell what zone you are over because they dont change with the mouse over event.

Ill take all the help I can get.

Help In Z-mapping Engine
Hi there can anyone help me in this z-mapping application.

I am trying to map a 1200 x 1200 color picture into flash
The map is break into 25 pieces
5 horizontal and 5 vertical
There is a intersection of 200 in between each picture.

This is how the map look like.

This is the resource link http://www.strille.net/works/misc/z_...z_mapping.html

This is my file
link

Thanks if anyone can help me =D

Cylinder Mapping
I'm trying to implement the code from this site:
http://dispatchevent.org/roger/cylinder-mapping/

So, I've copied the code from their page into my AS3 document as such:

Code:
import com.yourmajesty.effects.distortion.*;
import flash.display.BitmapData;
import flash.display.IBitmapDrawable;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.DisplayObject;

map = new CylinderMap(200, 200, new Pringles());
map.sideCompression = 100;
map.arc = -0.3;
map.rotation = 100;
addChild(map.wet);

The only thing I've changed was to add a movieclip to the library and select "Export for Actionscript" and give it the class name "Pringles." The movie clip contains an image of... you guessed it... a Pringles can.

I noticed from the comments on dispatchevent.org, that I also needed to add that additional "IDestroyable" file. So, that's done too.

When I compile, I'm getting no errors, but I'm also not getting anything showing up on the screen. Any ideas?

Interactive Mapping
Right

The best way I can explain it is to show u a url where I've seen the effet i'm after.

http://www.geoclip.net/an/

If you visit the above link and click on the map on the center of the page you can see a good interactive map. On the toolbar on the right; I'm after the functionality of the magnify glass where you click it then drag a window on the map and zoom in.

hope this makes it clearer.
Lenny

Mapping A Voyage
I have a client that wants to animate the route their cruise ships will take from port to port. While one would think to do it timeline there are over 300 that we to do. Does anyone have any solutions or a place to start looking for a solution.

Any help is welcome.

Mapping Application
Hello! Question I have is regarding this map application: http://www.souplantation.com/locations/fm/ - I want to create a similar one, maybe not as complex (ie. zip code search), but one that does essentially the same things. I want mine to zoom up when clicking on a state, have the state separated into areas (that I will define), and once I click on an area, a pop-up box will appear showing more details of the suppliers that I have in that particular area of the state. I will also need a "back to US map" button like this one does. Could anyone manage to assemble some code for me that would do these things?
Thanks so much!
Chris

Mapping With Flash
Hey all. I am thinking about creating some kind of mapping application using Flash. I already have done a little bit, using the bitmapdata class along with a mysql database to create some small mapping apps. I draw everything pixel by pixel and do my queries based on what pixel they click on etc. I was just wondering if someone could give me some advice on whether or not there is a better way to create flash map type apps. I have been hearing about this Flex product lately and was wondering if that's the best route to take.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Mapping Probemplzzz Help Mee....
hii friends,

im now working on a project to draw map dynamically.
the projection is done using Mercator projection,
so for each state minlat,minlon maxlat,maxlon is taken from database using php and then it's projected using mercator function written in flash.

The problem is that the map is loading VERY SLOWLY.

is it because of all the mathematical functions done in flashmx itself?
my mercator functio is like this

function Mercator ( origin, scale )
{

this.F = function ( lat ) {
var sinlat = math.sin( math.abs(lat) );
var esinlat = this.e * SinLat;
var Ym = math.log( (1+SinLat)/(1-SinLat) *
math.pow( (1-esinlat)/(1+esinlat), this.e)
) * 0.5;
if ((lat < 0 && Ym > 0) || (lat > 0 && Ym < 0)) {
Ym = - Ym;
}
return Ym;
trace("Ym"+Ym);
}

var p=3432.371 // WGS-84 Model
var q=3443.918

this.XYres = new Planar( 0, 0 );
this.e2 = 1 - (p * p) / (q * q); // e squared
this.e = math.sqrt( this.e2 );

this.MinLL = new Spherical( origin.lat, origin.lon);
this.MaxLL = new Spherical( origin.lat, origin.lon);

this.NewScale( origin.lat, scale );

this.Fmin = this.F( toRad(origin.lat) );
}

Mapping Projetion.
hii friends,

I am currently into a project in flash mx which plots a map dynamically.
mercator projection has been used.so it have a flat look but my boss want it projected in a 3d way as globe ,so any one call plz help me out

plz reply if u have any suggesions....
thank u in advance
luv
passion4flash

Help In Z -mapping Engine
Hi there can anyone help me in this z-mapping engine which i can't get the map coordinate correct.

I am trying to map a 1200 x 1200 9 color jpeg file into flash

The map is break/divided into 25 pieces, 5 horizontal and 5 vertical

There is a intersection of 200px in between each picture, which means the 25 pictures is overlapping which other by 200px

This is how the map look like.

This is the resource link http://www.strille.net/works/misc/z_...z_mapping.html

This is my file

link

Thanks if anyone can help me =D

Mapping A Grid
I need to create a grid that draws a line between two points when two points are selected. The line can only be drawn along x and y axis. It's sort of a map, where one point is "You Are Here" and the other point is the user's destination. I've done alot of searching but haven't quite found what I'm looking for. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

Image Mapping Over A Swf
Has anyone out there used a client-side image map over a swf? I know it seems like a backwards concept, but the image map is already done, and it'll save me DAYS if I can simply replace the current img with a swf.

I saw on adobe's site that the usemap can be used with a swf. but simply putting the usemap in the object tag didn't work. i feel like i'm missing something simple.

Z -mapping Engine
Hi there can anyone help me in this z-mapping engine which i can't get the map coordinate correct.

I am trying to map a 1200 x 1200 9 color jpeg file into flash

The map is break/divided into 25 pieces, 5 horizontal and 5 vertical

There is a intersection of 200px in between each picture, which means the 25 pictures is overlapping which other by 200px....

Flash Mapping
Hi. I'm a cartographer and have been experimenting with Flash interactive mapping. I also have a personal web site I do as a hobby. I am renovating a site I created about dinosaurs and decided to highly intergrate Flash. I am figuring it will take about a year.

I created a map to go onto the site that I am looking for some opinions on before I continue with the rest of the site. It is 1.35 MB (large, I know, but a lot of content) and has a load screen. All I'll say about it is that when you get to the K-T Boundary, be sure to click the "End of the Dinosaurs" button. I am open to any suggestions/comments people have about it.

URL

Here is the site as it stands now, pre-renovation. The new site will have NONE of the Jurassic Park motif
URL

Slider Control Mapping
Okay here's the scoop - I made a slider smart clip whose range can be modified. Now the slider can be clicked, clicked and then dragged, or moved by arrow buttons. I've worked it all out mathematically as to where the slider is supposed to be for a given x position, and vice-versa. The slider functios correctly for [min-max] negative-negative, negative-0, and 0-positive ranges. However when I try positive-positive ranges, like 10-100 (whose range is 90) The clip doesn't function correctly. I don't know why my math doesn't cover this case and yet works for everything else. If you would like to take a stab at solving this, just email me your address and I'll send you the control and its documentation. You get to keep the control, of course - and besides this bug I just found, it's a very powerful slider. Hope to hear from you - kitesports@hotmail.com

Anyone Know Of A Flash Mapping Application
I am looking for a standalone mapping application to use in a projector project. Preferably I want an app made in flash.

Mapping A Embeded Swf In Dreamweaver?
How can an swf INSERTED into dreamweaver be given a image map so that it can be tabbed to ( using the tab key for accessibility standards ).

My current problem is that the swf when tabbed on stops the user from being able to tab the rest of the page.

Any info on this would be great!!!

Mapping Out A Flash Only Site
Greetings,

I'm trying to figure out the best way to create a Flash Only Website using multiple Flash Movies to keep the load time down.

Basically what I've started with is a 'launch.swf' movie that preloads my main movie into an empty MC. Now my main movie contains the website menu as well as the homepage.

When the user clicks the menu I want the homepage to be replaced but the menu to stay in place. I'm trying to figure out the best way to set this up. Heres a site map of what I've explained so far:

launch.swf - blank movie that preloads intro/homepage into it
home.swf - contains the web intro/homepage as well as the menu

When a button on the menu in home.swf is clicked, the homepage should be replaced with a new page.

I figure what I should do is load home.swf into launch.swf but also, load the menu and homepage within home.swf separately somehow so that I can maintain the menu and the homepage section is in an MC that can have other pages loaded into it. I figure what I'm getting at is looking for a way to load multiple SWF files at a time somehow.

BTW I'm using Flash MX on Windows XP.

Thanks

Image Mapping In Flash
Hi guys!
i have a vector drawing and in order to make a button from it i transformed it into one, but only utilising a tiny part of it..i would like to have three more buttons become active from the same drawing, like an image map, but don't know how to do it..the IDG Bible doesn't mention it at all. the different parts of this button should go a different colour after being hit but not become diactiveted.the one button works fine but as soon as it is hit it goes back to its original colour. imagine five balls , each being hit at a different time and bringing into the scene different graphics but all still remaining visible like a navigator would, but keeping colour differences ...ufff...hope you understand what i mean...thanks..

Mapping Badguys Into My Game
so far, I've got one bad guy in my sidescroller jetfighter game... how do I go about moving him around in flight patterns and creating copies of him to show up on stage at different times?

Image Mapping Problem (I Think)
Hi Gang ~ I'm not sure how to entitle the problem I have but I can explain what I'm hoping to accomplish. I have a picture of a car on the Stage. I would like to create a User Interaction where upon certain areas of the Car your cursor rolls over, it will load onto the screen a separate image. And that image should remain on the Stage until you Roll Over a different section of the Car.

I feel I may not be explaining myself very well bcuz I've seen this B4 but I just can't seem to find the exact terminology. Let me try saying this ..

How would you create images to load on Rollover from multiple hot spots on a main Image?

Mapping Embedded Files?
I am creating a game using flex builder 3, and I have a bunch of imported assets. For part of the game, I render a map using tiles. The map's data is represented with numbers in an array internally, each number representing a different tile type (0 is desert, 1 is grass, etc). If I have all of the tiles imported, how can I "map" an imported tile to a number? I'm basically looking for an alternative to doing this:

if (tile==0)
return new BitmapAsset(new GrassTile());

if (tile==1)
return new BitmapAsset(new DesertTile());

Is there a way to create a pointer to a class so to speak? Like how you can put a function in a variable and then call that function by calling the variable?

Mapping Objects To Java
Hello, I am using AS2 classes and mapping into java classes using Flash Remoting. I have and object with 3 attributes. (one Number AS2 type and two String AS2 type). Well, I use ASTranslator to serialize classes and mapping. All works fine sending and object from java to flash but sending from flash to java the Number attribute type shows 0 when it must be 13. A type Number in AS2 maps to type Number in Java? Any idea?

Thanks in advance.

Odd Thing With Keyboard Mapping...
I keep getting this odd thing happen to me while I'm using Flash which is really starting to irritate me and wondered if anyone else has come across the same thing:

I'll be coding away quite happily, and then suddenly my keyboard mapping within Flash will change so that the inverted commas which I normally get by pressing shift+2, suddenly switches places with the ampersand, so when I press shift+2, I start getting an ampersand, and when I press the key that's normally an ampersand, I get the inverted commas.

Obivously, the need to use inverted commas in Actionscript rather a lot makes this a big pain in the backside, and the only way I can get them to switch back is by closing Flash and restarting it.

Am I accidentally pressing some kind of keyboard shorcut that is causing this to happen, or is it a bug?

Font Mapping Problem
Hi Every1

Here's my problem

I have a friend who sent me a very important Flash project
when i opened the project a font was missing ,so a warning windowe opened and i just chose to replace that particular font with another one until i find it, the major problem is that when i did that everything and all the places of the text changed , but i didnt save the project and quit Flash

I found the font in question and i put it in fonts and i opened the project back but this time , because last time i set a replacement for the missing font , its not asking me anything anf its as if it saved the replaceemtna nd the changes that came to the text positions...

So now all the project is messed up

what can i do ?

Using Flash To Create A Web Mapping App?
This is something I've been tasked with having a look at - I've done a bit of web design work, and have used Flash a little, so familiar with the principles of the timeline, keyframing, and twining etc.

The sort of thing we might be looking to produce would be similar to this site below :

www.waterscape.com

If anyone could give me any pointers as to how technically challenging that might get, or is it the sort of thing that although looks complex, might be relatively easy to achieve armed with a reasonable understanding of the Flash principles that are driving it.

So I guess the first step would be create an SWF of a set size, with some sample mapping of several times the dimensions of the SWF, and add in the navigation functionality - ie moving around the map image.

Cheers.

Edited: 01/24/2007 at 04:33:48 AM by Iain71

Keyboard Shortcut Mapping For F5
Has anyone experienced this:

******BUG******
Keyboard mismatch problem in Flash. The key F5 maps to the capitol letter C. Editing the keyboard mapping set doesn't solve the problem. Using U.S. English (default) keyboard but have in the past used French and British English with other applications.

It is probably a support issue for Apple (though I've only experienced it in Flash). I'm heading over there but I thought I'd let you know in case you've heard from others about this issue.

Steps to reproduce bug:
1. Open Keyboard Shortcuts editor, create a duplicate set.
2. Go to Menu item Timeline --> Frame
3. Type the F5 key
Results: The capitol letter "C"
Expected results: The letter/number "F5"

Image Mapping In Flash
Hi,

I have a called a html file into flash, the html file has text and image(with image maps). The html file with the text and images gets called into the flash file but the image map(links) isn't working. Is there any way to activate image mapping that is called into flash through a html file?

Multi-User Mapping
I'm trying to make a simple flash chat, where users can login and go to the room and chat. Its like a smaller, "dumbed down" version of Habbo Hotel using an XML Socket Server. I've got everything ready (nickname login, join room "Lobby", Chat, etc...) except the user mapping... Can anyone provide me with some help for this?

Thanks a bunch.

- Don

A Mouse Mapping Question.
Hello all, I have a question relating to mouse mapping. I recently visited www.prefer.com.tw/ I have been trying to figure out how they calculated the movement of the movieclip in relation to mouse position. I have looked through tons of tutorials and I haven't found any that is close to what I want to do. Do you guys have any advice? Thanks in advance!

Mapping Images On A Sphere
Hello.

I've been reading up on some 3d and pseudo 3d things on the site and can't find what i'm after. I'm looking for a method for mapping dynamic images across a rotateable 3d sphere in real time. Basically, imagine a globe or soccerball with images pasted on it at regular intervals. the sphere needs to be controllable to bring a new image into focus (i.e. up front/middle).

Any ideas would be greatly recieved, this one is a bit outside of my knowledge.

jJ

Mapping Values For Scaling
Hi

I need to map one set of values to another to control the scaling of an MC.
I need the _y value of 482 to equal 15% _yscale, and the _y value to equal 100% _yscale.

The code I fudged so far goes:
this.scanner_mc.onEnterFrame = function(){
this._x = _root._xmouse;
updateAfterEvent();
}
this.beam_mc.onEnterFrame = function(){
this._x = _root._xmouse;
this._yscale = stretch;
stretch = laser_mc._y * -.41+215;
trace("STR="+stretch);
trace("MCY="+laser_mc._y);
updateAfterEvent();
}

this.laser_mc.startDrag(true, 80, 240, 660, 500);

I basically guessed at the values for 'stretch' but I know there has to be a smart trigonometry way of calculating it.

It is easier if I show you, so I posted an SWF/FLA so you can see what I am trying to acheive and the code I have used so far to get there.

http://dev.binaryinteractive.com/public/scanner.swf
http://dev.binaryinteractive.com/public/scanner.fla

many thanks
mm66

Mapping System Devp. HELP
Hi guys,

Need more help from you!
I'm developing a map system in flash for the last 5 months, and i'm not yet moving onward.: tired::t ired::ti red::tir ed:

Features of this map system:

1) Pull data from XML file generated by php.

2) Read XML data and move the vehicle/object to a certain coordinates in terms of x, y values.

3) I'm using the cartesian plane and applied the pytagorian theorem. I sliced the image of 1706 x 1188 in size into 4.

4) How and what will be the procedure/approach in loading the images from another xml file for the maps alone. Much like the google earth or yahoo etc.

Ex1. The vehicle/object has reached a certain x,y axis in the stage and then load the next map.
Ex2. The user click either left, right, top, down buttons to load the next map. (HOW CAN THAT HAPPEN?)

5) Save the route trip into xml data and save it to mysql database so php can pull it for web output.

6) Save/Add (Lat/Lon, X,Y) coordinates to xml data and save it to mysql then view the recorded lat,lon on the flash screen. Much like google maps in terms of adding a place in the map itself.

7) Add new vehicle/object for multiple tracking. Making individual vehicle xml files or nodes or what should this be?

8) Control the speed of the vehicle/object from the given data in the xml file.

9) Be able to get the xml data and load it to flash per second based from the 1 second refresh made by the browser.

10) PLEASE HELP! I'M STUCK HERE FOR ALMOST 6 MONTHS ALREADY! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

11) YOUR HELPS ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AND A CREDIT WILL BE INCLUDED IN HONOR TO WHOEVER WILL HELP THIS POOR AND SICK MAN DUE TO HE HASN'T MOVED ON IN THIS DEVELOPMENT. HEHEHEHE!

THANKS GUYS! HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL ASAP!

Oh and also which is better to use, Flash 8 or Flash CS3? In terms of actionscripting? Thanks!