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By default, the NTBI SatNav in mesh vehicles uses the Second Life map for its map images. In some regions, map images are unreliable or simply entirely blocked out. If this is the case, you can submit your own map image to use, and it will be automatically loaded on any NTBI vehicle in your region.
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The '''NTBI SatNav Service''' is a mapping and addressing service by NTBI. It is currently only available in select NTBI vehicles (although it may be made public eventually).
  
==Eligible Map Submissions==
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==Custom Map Loading==
Your map image can either be a satellite view (sit on a prim a few hundred meters in the sky, aim down, tighten your FOV a few times with Ctrl+0, take a snapshot) or a street map.
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By default, the NTBI SatNav in SPT vehicles uses the Second Life map for its map images. In some regions, map images are unreliable or simply entirely blocked out. If this is the case, you can submit your own map image to use, and it will be automatically loaded on any NTBI vehicle in your region.
  
You will need to edit the image yourself so it is the correct size and dimensions, and the edges conform to the actual edges of the region's land (there can not be any border). We recommend 512x512 px for the best quality. We will accept 1024x1024 textures if necessary for text legibility. Remember, the satnav zooms into the map image, so keep your text small.
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===Eligible Map Submissions===
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Your map image can either be a satellite view or a street map.
  
==How to Submit==
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If you like, you can edit your map to add street names. Remember, the satnav zooms into the map image, so keep your text small.
Upload your image into SL, then right click it and select Copy Asset UUID. Please contact '''Nelson Jenkins''' with the name of the region and paste the UUID into the IM. It takes only a minute or two to set up map images, but if Nelson is offline/AFK it may take a few hours, so be patient. You will be notified when the map image has been set.
 
  
==Who Can Submit==
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To submit your map, contact '''Nelson Jenkins''' in-world with a link to the map hosted on an image-sharing service. ''He may have to edit your map to get it to work with the satnav.'' Submissions are free.
We ask that in roleplay sims and other highly-managed regions, only estate owners or managers submit map images to avoid conflicts and drama.
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We ask that in roleplay sims and other highly-managed regions, only estate owners or managers submit map images to avoid conflicts. This will be checked.
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==Address Service==
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The NTBI Address Service is a database which places addresses (e.g. 155 B Street) at a specific point on the grid. You can enter an address (either just the street name and number, or the street + a custom city name, or a zip code, etc.) and the service will return a gridwide position. In NTBI SatNavs, you are then shown the direction to the destination, and how far away it is. Some other products also support the Address Service.
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At this time, the NTBI Address Service is in beta testing. We will announce its release in the future. Estate managers will be able to set up addresses in their own regions using a simple tool in-world.

Latest revision as of 17:45, 8 January 2016

The NTBI SatNav Service is a mapping and addressing service by NTBI. It is currently only available in select NTBI vehicles (although it may be made public eventually).

Custom Map Loading

By default, the NTBI SatNav in SPT vehicles uses the Second Life map for its map images. In some regions, map images are unreliable or simply entirely blocked out. If this is the case, you can submit your own map image to use, and it will be automatically loaded on any NTBI vehicle in your region.

Eligible Map Submissions

Your map image can either be a satellite view or a street map.

If you like, you can edit your map to add street names. Remember, the satnav zooms into the map image, so keep your text small.

To submit your map, contact Nelson Jenkins in-world with a link to the map hosted on an image-sharing service. He may have to edit your map to get it to work with the satnav. Submissions are free.

We ask that in roleplay sims and other highly-managed regions, only estate owners or managers submit map images to avoid conflicts. This will be checked.

Address Service

The NTBI Address Service is a database which places addresses (e.g. 155 B Street) at a specific point on the grid. You can enter an address (either just the street name and number, or the street + a custom city name, or a zip code, etc.) and the service will return a gridwide position. In NTBI SatNavs, you are then shown the direction to the destination, and how far away it is. Some other products also support the Address Service.

At this time, the NTBI Address Service is in beta testing. We will announce its release in the future. Estate managers will be able to set up addresses in their own regions using a simple tool in-world.