Is there a text search option? [Support Quest Or Feature Request]

[LWFlouisa]

I'm currently implementing this is a system call in PSIFER, as one of the options the AI can do. Is there a way to get it to go to a specific location at startup, or would I specifically need to do a text search in mapscii?

If text search, which command do I do this?

[jaller94]

There is no search but you can set the X and Y coordinates when copying the code:

mapscii/src/Mapscii.js

Lines 38 to 41 in 3b85c6d

	this.center = {
	lat: 52.51298,
	lon: 13.42012,
	};

For a similar feature request, have a look at #27.

For a feature request to make Mapscii a library for other CLI applications to implement it, have a look at #66 and #78.

[rastapasta]

@LWFlouisa

Setting the position of the map is one of the API functions already implemented and in use in the telnet server (which sets the location after doing a GeoIP lookup).

Example usage:

const mapscii = new Mapscii();
mapscii.setCenter(lat, lon);
mapscii.init();

[LWFlouisa]

Ah I was thinking more a way to open to a specific location in terminal, for example:

mapscii -la 35.236 -lo -85.191

I had similar issues with ChatScript, where I can't seem to open a specifc chatbot automatically in linux terminal.

[missinglink]

Heya, I'm from the core team of https://github.com/pelias/pelias, let us know if you'd like an API key for implementing some geocoder functionality.