Add a map to show player positions

[Istador]

It would be nice if the players dialog would show the in-game map with the positions of the players.

The data is available via the JSON API and is already passed to the browser from https://api.smoo.it/ so the only thing missing is using that that data in the website software.

Leaflet is very likely the library to use. I already have experience from the Pine Interactive Map, and the prototype map from speyejack also uses Leaflet.

The main thing missing currently is the map graphics. For copyright reasons the maps from the game should not be used. Instead what is needed are royalty-free open maps, preferable as scalable vector graphics (SVG).

The in-game coordinates should not be calculated into map / image coordinates. Instead the Leaflet coordinate system should equal the in-game coordinate system. The map images need to be mapped/transformed to the in-game coordinate system.

[theFra985]

Could I help with this or is it already something you are working on?
Additionally I think this feature could compromise the gameplay during H&S rounds as it would show player locations to anyone so I think there should be a way to toggle the feature during rounds (maybe through a discord bot?).

[LunaBroeke]

The website is already able to detect if players are in H&S mode whereas the toggle for showing a map could still be based on whether the server is passing on the Status/Players/Position variable

What we'd need first and foremost is map images

[speyejack]

The map will be largely optional, but we can always have it implement a protection to avoid spoiling H&S. Originally it was implemented as an interesting thing to be recorded on the side for a video or something.

Having the maps would be really good, but the code mostly works its just janky. Hoping to have a better implementation later.

[theFra985]

IGN's interactive maps could be a good resource for the map images, but I honestly can't find any information about licensing. They are using leaflet as well, so the maps would already be correctly cut up for correct zoom level handling.

[Istador]

Map images are still something missing and why this issue has the help wanted label.

Every server onboarded via the JSON API can decide via it's token permissions if it wants to spoil the coordinates of the players to the website or not (this is already working and fully functional). E.g. it could be disabled on a public H&S server but enabled on a Co-Op server. The current refresh rate on the website is every 1-3 minutes for onboarded servers (those with the player status).

I could think of once a working component is developed with images for all kingdoms, it could be modularized out of this repository to use in other scopes than on this website. E.g. on a local web server running with a faster refresh rate (seconds instead of minutes) which could then be used as a browser source for streams.

If the IGN images are shown without a license it means that we can't just use the images without a written permission.