SMPEarth Dynmap

The **SMPEarth Dynmap** is an official tool that offers a real-time view of the current state of the world map, the moon map and (briefly) the Nether map. It also features near-instantaneous updates of the current location of every online player.

The link to this Dynmap was map.smpearth.com which became inactive following the server's closure on Day 142.

## Background

On Day 46, the Moon was added to the Dynmap.

Following a data loss on Day 76, the Nether was temporarily viewable on the Dynmap, though it had not been generated and would remain a black screen when used. JoshA20 provided the information behind the accidental enabling of the view in community Discord.

On Day 78 Chip led the members of Log Lagoon to the Sky Dimension, with the Dynmap receiving an update that allowed the viewers to access the new dimension.

## Features

Controls positioned on the top left-hand side include:

* the ability to scale; to enlarge or to condense the map using the "zoom in" and "zoom-out" buttons on the top left-hand side
* toggling between various "layers" of information, enabling the user to choose the amount and type of content they wish to display
* a constant location marker displaying the coordinates of a selected area — stated in terms of X, Y and Z coordinates, with X and Z representing the cardinal directions, and Y representing *height* or *altitude*.

On the bottom, the left-hand side is included a comparatively small *link* button, depicted as a chain.

Likewise on the top and top right-hand side:

* a visual representation of the server's internal diurnal cycle; used mainly to depict the passing of time as well as the relative time of day
* a 4-point compass rose displaying the orientation of the cardinal directions, in clockwise order, they are labeled — **N** (north), **E** (east), **S** (south), **W** (west)

A sliding menu positioned on the right side of the screen displays the observed map type, world, and current player count, alongside providing information regarding the name and visual character model of the head of all players currently online. Viewers are able to swap between viewing the overworld map, the Moon map, (formerly) the Nether map, and the Sky Dimension map here.

The moon and (formerly) the nether's map featured two options:

* Top down 'Flat' view (similar to the view of the Earth's map)
* An isometric view (3D).
	+ Originally on the moon map, this option reflected the original Moon Central Island without modifications.

## Legend

* *Builds*
* *Capitals* - highlights the capital of most factions with a star icon (*see Category:Cities*)
* *Cities* - highlights big cities of factions with a tower icon (*see Category:Cities*)
* *Landmarks* - currently highlights:
	+ all volcanoes with fire icons (*see Category:Volcanoes*)
	+ north and south end portals
	+ *StrangeStructure* (Southwest Octangula, first ARG-related structure)
	+ *Formerly\_Hawaii* (the site of the former islands, now gone due to the Hawaiian Heist)
	+ *Formerly\_Ohio*
	+ *Mapmaker* (pinpoints the Chien landmark in the Antarctic region, referring to the original maker of the map)
* *Markers* - currently highlights the world spawn (globe icon)
* *Players* - highlights players' locations in real-time represented by their respective Minecraft head (*see main article Players and Category:Players*)
	+ If a player is traveling on an airplane, they can be seen flying across the map.
	+ If two players are traveling on the same airplane, they can be seen flying together as one entity.
	+ If a player or more enters the End dimension, their avatar disappear (example: the End Raid)
	+ If more than one players are on the same spot, the layering of their avatar and username will periodically swap between one another.
* *WorldBorder* - highlights the world border around the map with a red line
* *Factions* - highlights areas claimed by factions with a multi-colored overlay (*see main article Factions and Category:Factions*)
	+ Overclaiming was possible but discouraged on the server (example: the Great Boomer Misunderstanding, the German-Corvarian War, the Prime Claim Crisis). Following these crises, the ability to overclaim was removed.
	+ Claiming around an area would display as if the area was fully claimed by the faction. This resulted in several claims where an encirclement claim was placed around an existing claim, allowing for text art to be created.
		- This was the property that the Antarctic World Domination hinged upon, allowing the Antarctic Empire to pull off their world domination without lasting harm against any land claims.
	+ All areas claimed by a faction will share the same name of the faction, despite its real-life location name (example: African and American colonies share the same name as their European factions in-game).

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