Map Program

[willlamme1988]

I want to make a map program, quite simply one to be used for a video game, but I don't want it in a browser, I want to make a launchable alternative to a map for a game that can have information added to it at any time, has indexes, and that you can disable and or enable things you see on it, really a basic concept. I know nothing about making programs to start with but know tons about computers (different subjects I know). Tracking anything in this game is illegal so the program wouldn't need to interact with the game in any way.

Examples

http/www.afraidyet.net/forums/misc.php?do=page&template=Darkfall_Map

http/www.dfatlas.com/map.aspx

Best Example

http/feylines.net/yourmom/

A toolbar on the left and right side would be awesome, left for index/sorting options, right side for information display, perhaps multiple kinds all on same bar. Also would be useful if you could save all the map information added to a file, and not integrated into the program.

Help making this, or someone doing it for me would be fantastic. And I absolutely believe this idea is worth money and don't expect people to do it for free if they did.

Also if someone knows a program that already does this I could just add the core map to that would be cool. I have tons of data, just no program.

 

[hang-the-9]

You already linked to maps, why not contact whoever made those for help?

 

[willlamme1988]

They dont work on them anymore, aside from the feylines group, the first two completely abandoned the project, the last one is not interested in anything that moves profit away from his service.

 

[hang-the-9]

Glad to know you checked already

Take a look at this http/www.zuggsoft.com/ac/ac.htm <-- used this before, has linkings and direction finder in it.

I think google maps has an API that can be used. I know there are some game maps that were made using it. http/mapwow.com/

But I could not tell you how to go about making a map using either of those.