mapscii

> I wouldn't mind an extremely under-resourced device. RSS feeds and text content could be sent (and wouldn't require specialized rendering), vector maps and points of interest or transit info could be super minimal in terms of bandwidth/rendering requirements, etc. A compromise might be to send the traffic via a proxy that pre-resizes images, renders content and chops it up into a manageable format for a resource constrained device. > I think that I want a 5G tty qwerty terminal..? :-) > aka https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii for maps, etc. For resource constrained devices, it's probably easier to render the vector graphics. There's a few open end points out there that could make it feasible for basic navigation. > Sorry, what do you mean by that? In the sense of 4G not being that supported vs 3G? As in the chips aren't available? Or

Thanks for your reply! Good point re: browser but I guess that's where my excitement about the possibilities lies: I wouldn't mind an extremely under-resourced device. RSS feeds and text content could be sent (and wouldn't require specialized rendering), vector maps and points of interest or transit info could be super minimal in terms of bandwidth/rendering requirements, etc. I think that I want a 5G tty qwerty terminal..? :-) aka https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii for maps, etc. > and you're not easily going to get 4G/5G support Sorry, what do you mean by that? In the sense of 4G not being that supported vs 3G? As in the chips aren't available? Or 4G service is hard to find..? Cheers

while I was joking, the code behind that can be run locally: https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii ... it supports pointing at any public or private vector tile server, and does support supplying a starting coordinate and zoom. There is even a bug report explaining how to hack it for different font aspect ratios. https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii/issues/26 Realistically, it's not practical, but then, is a map? When I want to know where something is, the map lets you calculate "how far away is it and how do I get there? what's nearby?" at a glance, but you can query those things directly in OSM data (there's a cli for that too). For actual maps, I have several GPS devices and...a map. It folds up.

Its just 3 bits white plus those 7 box art chars. private Shade = '·┼╬'; [1] Would have expected something more sophisticated, where the shader also looks at subpixels, where it gets the best matching char for the shape and brightness. Like rastapasta map renderer did with the braille block: https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39975887 --- https://github.com/kciter/ascii-3d-renderer.js/blob/1f1a8493... [1] Shades and Box art chars where never part of any ASCII standard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437 Technically no ASCII but that's just for purists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII_art#%22Block_ASCII%22_/_...

Based on https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii, jI ust found this today. Maybe today I am one of the lucky ten thousand(https://xkcd.com/1053/).

Or the awesome https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii :))

Source: https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii

Indeed it does, take a look at the BrailleBuffer[1] :) Thanks for the kudos! [1] https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii/blob/master/src/Braill...

Have you seen this (maps in over telnet)? Really awesome. https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii

~ related: "telnet mapscii.me" "MapSCII is a Braille & ASCII world map renderer for your console - enter => telnet mapscii.me <= on Mac and Linux, connect with PuTTY on Windows" https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii