DIY Map

Release History

March 12, 2012 - Posted new world map with South Sudan.

May 13, 2010 - Posted new US map with Albers projection.

December 30, 2009 - Now officially licensing the DIY Map source code.

December 1, 2009 - Posted Netherlands map.

December 26, 2008 - Fixed Isle of Man in map of UK and Ireland.

June 19, 2008 - Fixed geodisplay bug to properly display accented characters.

June 14, 2008 - Uploaded geocounter PHP files to use hostip.info to map visitors to a website.

v 11.8.3 - Fixed a bug where points did not scale properly if refreshData was called after map was already zoomed in and scale_points was active. June 6, 2008.

v 11.8.2 - Fixed a bug where refreshData did not repaint lines and state colors properly. Also, hide context menu zoom out option if zoom_mode no zoom is set. June 6, 2008.

v 11.8.1 - Fixed a bug preventing points from taking a color attribute. May 30, 2008.

v 11.8 - Added Kosovo to the world map. Added the ability to set line thickness with the "stroke" attribute. Removed embdedded fonts from world map for better Unicode support. May 26, 2008.

v 11.6 - Updated Prince Edward Island on the Canada map. Fixed hover color when using javascript integration to change the state color. Added javascript command refreshData. Added ability to set a background-color opacity. Split Serbia and Montenegro and added Hong Kong to the world map. Added the ability to set the first zoom from the embed URL. November 30, 2006.

v 11.5.1 - Added missing info icons to Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Italy, and Sweden maps. and World. March 10, 2006.

Posted Canada map. March 27, 2006.

Posted Belgium map. March 15, 2006.

v 11.5 - Rewrote arc rendering. Added opacity option for default_point. Added javascript commands for zoomPoint and setColor. March 10, 2006.

Posted maps of Italy, Mexico, and Sweden. February 22, 2006.

Posted France map. September 24, 2005.

v 11.2 - Added preloader bars to all maps. Posted Germany map. September 5, 2005.

v 11.1 - Fixed a few small island states on the world map. Posted Europe map. August 28, 2005.

v 11 - Added scaling points and basic JavaScript Integration. Removed red box when zoom_mode is set to "no zoom." Fixed zoom_out_center and zoom_out_scale. August 17, 2005.

Posted Australia map. August 14, 2005.

v 10.1 - Fixed region definition using geocoordinates in U.S. and U.K. maps. Removed double border from Mali and Jordan in the world map. Added missing border between Azerbaijan and Iran. Split Canary Islands, Azores, Madeira, and Gibralter into separate shapes. August 12, 2005.

v 10 - Fixed a Windows IE stage size bug, continued porting to Actionscript 2, added smoother transitions and less general stutter. Posted Brazil map. August 1, 2005.

v 9.1 - Bug fix. Box now draws properly over custom icons. May 12, 2005.

v 9 - Added preload counter to indicate datafile loading status; style options for hover text and zoom out button; <opacity> for state borders; 'no zoom' option; 'first zoom' option; 'region' designation and zoom mode. Fixed rollover bug for lines without names. Posted downloadble cities list. April 18, 2005.

v 8 - Upgraded to Flash version 7. Added on screen zoom out button option, and right-click zoom out button. Added <target> attribute for external links. Added U.S. and Canada map. March 16, 2005.

v 7 - Added ability to load external image or swf for state info icon or points. This can be set for default, range, or point. Added arcs. Fixed annoying duplicate number range requirement. Cleaned up some of the XML used for the configuration variables. As a result, this version uses a slightly different XML scheme and is not compatible with previous data files. All data files and instructions on the site have been updated. February 20, 2005.

v 6 - Added lines. Line and point color can now set with a default color or with a data range. Point size and opacity can be set per point. Added variables to limit maximum zoom out region center and scale. February 9, 2005.

v 5 - States with a specified <url> now show a doc icon clickable to an external page when zoomed. Pan bars reshape to the size of the embedded movie. Font size no longer scales with the size of the embedded movie. Default font size is configurable. January 30, 2005.

v 4 - Added "zoom in" magnifying glass, reserving "linkable" cursor for external links. Points are now clickable to external pages by specifying <url>. January 22, 2005.

v 3 - Shaved off 9 Kb, added point coding and point size variable to the world map on January 5, 2005, and to the U.S. map on January 9, 2005.

v 2 - Removed splash screen, fixed panning, added tooltip edge detection, December 26, 2004.

v 1 - Beta posted on June 23, 2004.

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