BoS Android Map APP (Posible Project)

[SAG]

Hello there pilots, i was wondering if there was an app for android that does something similar to this....

 

http://19tesqaudron.weebly.com/tips-and-guides.html

 

(at the botton of the page there is a link to a map with a ruler and a stopwatch via HTML)

 

 

if there is not, then i would like to make such app using Contruct2 by Scirra for android (and maybe IOS in the future if everything goes well, but i dont have an IOS device to test on though)

 

i want this since having a second monitor for such thing generally tabs out of the game whenever i click on the second monitor (unless i use a 3rd party app) and makes it impossible to be a gunner. plus i guess many pilots around these parts dont have/want a second monitor.

 

i would need help from the community in one (maybe more in the future but this is subject to community interest) specific regard:

 

I need a Stalingrad Map image!! i wouldnt want to use a map created by anyone without their permission. So if you created one or more of the great maps (images) that go around this forum, let me know in this thread if i can use it for my project.

 

 

If you have some interest in this being developed, then let me know on this thread.

 

Please bear in mind that im a student whos about to finish his final exams around June 8th and this would be my "vaction Project", so no real ETA for the project.

 

lets see if this takes off! :D

 

S!

 

SAG

[-TBC-AeroAce]

I tried an failed because my knowledge of programing android and guis is rubbish but I can write good analytical code! If u know how to write the GUI stuff I can help with other bits of the program such as creating a time distance calulator and waypoint generator ! I also have a really high res map!! Pm me if u want to know more

[Y-29.Silky]

Is this a project you specifically want to do, or is it just one you want completed? I'm not a fan of  Contruct2, but I can complete one fairly soon.

[SAG]

I tried an failed because my knowledge of programing android and guis is rubbish but I can write good analytical code! If u know how to write the GUI stuff I can help with other bits of the program such as creating a time distance calulator and waypoint generator ! I also have a really high res map!! Pm me if u want to know more

 

Thanks for the offer, but im not much of a programmer myself. i dont know how to write almost anyyhing software. my knowledge on code is limited to some basic Microcontroller stuff (enough to build my own joysticks and other gadgets ). thats why i metioned Construct 2 as my engine since it doesnt require codign skills and uses more  of Drag and Drop interface for an event system. I know this sounds like very limiting to the project, but considering this is basically a map with waypoints, i dont think  i should worry too much about capabilities and performance.

 

so, for the time being , could you give me the link to that high-res map of yours so that i can start doing some performance tests??. this is much appreciated and any other help/doubt that i require i will ask if need be. again thanks for the enthusiasm.

 

PS: my initial thought is of calculating the distance between waypoints by counting the amount of pixels in between points and knowing that the grid on the map is 10km by 10km (is this last bit true? i dont quite remember now).

Is this a project you specifically want to do, or is it just one you want completed? I'm not a fan of  Contruct2, but I can complete one fairly soon.

 

 

Hey there silky, i mean i want to make it myself, but if you know your way around Contruct, i would like if we teamed up. it shouldnt be very hard anyway. any help is appreciated

[Lupson]

Hi,

 

there was a map image posted by forum user zeus-- sometime late last year which I use in the bosparser and simple mission builder applications. You can download it from here:

 

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eriklupander/bos-missionbuilder/master/src/main/webapp/images/Stalingrad_map.jpg

 

As far as I know it is actually extracted from game resources but the devs allows it to be used for 3rd party mod/utils meant for Il-2 BoS.

 

Anyway - the map is 8192x5245 pixels and each pixel corresponds to about:

 

North/South axis: 229135 / 5245 = 43,686 meters

West/East axis: 357500 / 8192 = 43,64 meters

 

Please note, the 229135 and 357500 dimensions were my own approximations based on some idiotic tests are not 100% accurate but they should be good enough.

 

(BoS uses an internal coordinate system based on meters, with 0,0 starting in the southwestern corner of the map with 229135x357500 being the northeastern corner. North/South axis first)

 

Perhaps this helps.