[-] Hicksi@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Today's co-ordinates on a USA map: 39.385338793006° N -114.768764088915° W Nevada. There's even towns and industry out there. Australia is just barren land where you could hide a body that'll NEVER be found

[-] Hicksi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

OOPS. Mistake...

It also needs weighting, so there's SEVEN (six) values. Cumulative chance, chance, TL-long, TL-lat, BR-long, BR-lat, M-value. 0.011466566, 0.001483667, 129.5385591, -13.55964, 131.4940545, -17.00178, 977406
0.013444788, 0.001978222, 131.4940545, -13.55964, 132.6673518, -15.28071, 488942
Meaning that if the random is between .0114 and .0134 (0.197% of the time) you need a random long between 131.49 and 132.66, a random lat between -13.55 and -15.28, and position at m-value 488942. Say https://www.google.com/maps/@-14.095484,132.330762,488942m Which is a big chunk of Northern Territory.

Another, using 0.47400176, 0.00427296, 150.2668109, -33.524052, 151.0490091, -34.21248, 15316
0.48096510, 0.006963342, 150.625585, -33.588065, 151.2850431, -34.12051, 959
means a random position (which happens to cover Sydney) may give a much closer view of a suburb Say https://www.google.com/maps/@-33.897852,150.943233,959m

And a POI 0.917910448, 0.001492537, 149.132023, -35.185223, 149.132023, -35.185223, 141
0.919402985, 0.001492537, 149.094029, -35.318151, 149.094029, -35.318151, 141
Say https://www.google.com/maps/@-35.318151,149.094029,141m which is not-very-interesting except if you are a Numismatist!

Having thought more thoroughly, it should (will) be provided as EIGHT columns, so you only have to rerfer to a single row Low-Chance, High-Chance, chance, TL-long, TL-lat, BR-long, BR-lat, M-value. Needing Choose a random number Find row where number is between Col-1 and Col-2 Calculate Longitude as random between TL-long and BR-long Calculate Latitude as random between TL-lat and BR-lat Construct the html

[-] Hicksi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

NO. They are ALL made up of the 5 values (top-left, bottom-right), and you choose random position between those coordinates. For the POIs, the top-left is the same as th bottom-right. Some of the rectangles are about 3-degrees by 3-degrees. Others (in cities) are much tighter. And for POIs they are pinpoints.

[-] Hicksi@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This was the original site where I found the random geo-location generator. https://perchance.org/us-geographic-location

[-] Hicksi@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

FYI. It’s a table of 5 values (lat,long,lat,long,zoom) where you need to select a row randomly, select random between the two lats, and the two longs, and create https://www.google.com/maps/@-25.3456375,131.0268461,3588m

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submitted 3 weeks ago by Hicksi@lemmy.world to c/perchance@lemmy.world

NO, not Bueller. I want someone in the community to host a randomiser. There’s a site that shows a random location in Lower 48 USA. Cute, and I click it occasionally. FINE. Whatabout Oz-land. It’s not-so-special, particularly as 95% of it is rocks and sand. Being the geek I am, I devised a method to make populous areas higher ranking, and added 50-odd places-of-interest as about 10% (total). Anyone able to turn this randomiser list into a web page out there in Lemmy-Land?

[-] Hicksi@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Well... It's kind-of a mistake. I saw a randomiser site for USA maps, and it sent me to LemmyWorld. Seems that I need to post this in the PerChance forum (oops). Sorry Brandon.

[-] Hicksi@lemmy.world -3 points 3 weeks ago

FYI. It's a table of 5 values (lat,long,lat,long,zoom) where you need to select a row randomly, select random between the two lats, and the two longs, and create https://www.google.com/maps/@-25.3456375,131.0268461,3588m

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