选题: The World Map In Your Terminal

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+The World Map In Your Terminal
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+I just stumbled upon an interesting utility. The World map in the Terminal! Yes, It is so cool. Say hello to **MapSCII** , a Braille and ASCII world map renderer for your xterm-compatible terminals. It supports GNU/Linux, Mac OS, and Windows. I thought it is a just another project hosted on GitHub. But I was wrong! It is really impressive what they did there. We can use our mouse pointer to drag and zoom in and out a location anywhere in the world map. The other notable features are;
+
+  * Discover Point-of-Interests around any given location
+  * Highly customizable layer styling with [Mapbox Styles][1] support
+  * Connect to any public or private vector tile server
+  * Or just use the supplied and optimized [OSM2VectorTiles][2] based one
+  * Work offline and discover local [VectorTile][3]/[MBTiles][4]
+  * Compatible with most Linux and OSX terminals
+  * Highly optimizied algorithms for a smooth experience
+
+
+
+### Displaying the World Map in your Terminal using MapSCII
+
+To open the map, just run the following command from your Terminal:
+```
+telnet mapscii.me
+```
+
+Here is the World map from my Terminal.
+
+[![][5]][6]
+
+Cool, yeah?
+
+To switch to Braille view, press **c**.
+
+[![][5]][7]
+
+Type **c** again to switch back to the previous format **.**
+
+To scroll around the map, use arrow keys **up** , **down** , **left** , **right**. To zoom in/out a location, use **a** and **z** keys. Also, you can use the scroll wheel of your mouse to zoom in or out. To quit the map, press **q**.
+
+Like I already said, don't think it is a simple project. Click on any location on the map and press **" a"** to zoom in.
+
+Here are some the sample screenshots after I zoomed it.
+
+[![][5]][8]
+
+I can be able to zoom to view the states in my country (India).
+
+[![][5]][9]
+
+And the districts in a state (Tamilnadu):
+
+[![][5]][10]
+
+Even the [Taluks][11] and the towns in a district:
+
+[![][5]][12]
+
+And, the place where I completed my schooling:
+
+[![][5]][13]
+
+Even though it is just a smallest town, MapSCII displayed it accurately. MapSCII uses [**OpenStreetMap**][14] to collect the data.
+
+### Install MapSCII locally
+
+Liked it? Great! You can host it on your own system.
+
+Make sure you have installed Node.js on your system. If not, refer the following link.
+
+[Install NodeJS on Linux][15]
+
+Then, run the following command to install it.
+```
+sudo npm install -g mapscii
+
+```
+
+To launch MapSCII, run:
+```
+mapscii
+```
+
+Have fun! More good stuffs to come. Stay tuned!
+
+Cheers!
+
+
+
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+
+via: https://www.ostechnix.com/mapscii-world-map-terminal/
+
+作者：[SK][a]
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+[a]:https://www.ostechnix.com/author/sk/
+[1]:https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-style-spec/
+[2]:https://github.com/osm2vectortiles
+[3]:https://github.com/mapbox/vector-tile-spec
+[4]:https://github.com/mapbox/mbtiles-spec
+[5]:data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
+[6]:http://www.ostechnix.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/MapSCII-1-2.png ()
+[7]:http://www.ostechnix.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/MapSCII-2.png ()
+[8]:http://www.ostechnix.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/MapSCII-3.png ()
+[9]:http://www.ostechnix.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/MapSCII-4.png ()
+[10]:http://www.ostechnix.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/MapSCII-5.png ()
+[11]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehsils_of_India
+[12]:http://www.ostechnix.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/MapSCII-6.png ()
+[13]:http://www.ostechnix.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/MapSCII-7.png ()
+[14]:https://www.openstreetmap.org/
+[15]:https://www.ostechnix.com/install-node-js-linux/