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Wicked Cool Perl Scripts
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Wicked Cool Perl Scripts

by Steve Oualline
February 2006
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
304 pages
6h 16m
English
No Starch Press
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#40 Getting the Map

In simple terms, this module gets a map. There are a number of details that have to be handled to do this.

The input to this module is a map description. It consists of the following elements:

centerThe center of the map
typeType of map (a topographical map or aerial photograph)
scaleThe scale of the map
sizeThe height and width of the map

The output consists of a matrix of image tiles that, when put together, make a map.

The Code

 1 use strict; 2 use warnings; 3 4 # 5 # This module contains all the functions that 6 # deal with the map server 7 # and manipulate coordinates 8 # 9 10 package map; 11 12 require Exporter; 13 use vars qw/@ISA @EXPORT $x_size $y_size $scale/; 14 15 @ISA = qw/Exporter/; 16 @EXPORT=qw/ 17 $x_size ...
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