MapSCII - The Whole World In Your Console
▶️ MapSCII - The Whole World In Your Console
A node.js based Vector Tile to Braille and ASCII renderer for xterm-compatible terminals.
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▶️ Try it out!
$ telnet mapscii.me
If you're on Windows, use the open source telnet client PuTTY to connect.
▶️ Features
-Use your mouse to drag and zoom in and out!
-Discover Point-of-Interests around any given location
-Highly customizable layer styling with Mapbox Styles support
-Connect to any public or private vector tile server
-Or just use the supplied and optimized OSM2VectorTiles based o-ne
-Work offline and discover local VectorTile/MBTiles
-Compatible with most Linux and OSX terminals
-Highly optimizied algorithms for a smooth experience
-100% pure Coffee-/JavaScript! 😎
▶️ How to install it locally
If you haven't already got Node.js - version 4.5, then go get it.
npm install -g mapscii
If you're on OSX, or get an error about file permissions, you may need to do sudo npm install -g mapscii
▶️ Running
This is pretty simple too. "mapscii"
▶️ Keyboard shortcuts
Arrows up, down, left, right to scroll around
Press a or z to zoom in and out
Press q to quit
▶️ Mouse control
If your terminal supports mouse events you can drag the map and use your scroll wheel to zoom in and out.
MapSCII
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2017 Michael Straßburger
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