User:Maunder
Yessir, I'm a user.
Borehamwood Maps
Borehamwood is a limited-time playing field with no revival possible. The zombies are still in the minority, but sure to increase! [1]
This section has a tinyurl: http://tinyurl.com/5eswtn
Duke Garland has created a thorough map at: User:Duke_Garland/BHW. I was inspired to do the same, thinking about how I could improve on it. So I wrote a number of scripts that largely automated the process for producing a thorough map (see below). He has (at least once) merged my map with his own. Since he has access to some private data that I don't, Duke's map became considerably more complete. I have, however, now merged his data back with mine, allowing us to correct errors and creating the most complete map possible. We're almost done!
My Maps
Here are the current maps as an html web page. Only 69 blocks remain unknown, and a dozen or so are impossible to discover (in the deep river)! There are three versions:
- iwmap.html [2] 7002 blocks (73%) 391K (Iwitness and equivalent records ONLY)
- mmap.html [3] 9534 blocks (99%) 485K (iwmap merged with Duke's published data)
- smap.html [4] 9535 blocks (99%) 485K (mmap merged with other data]
(The last map has its own tinyurl: http://tinyurl.com/5hdknt but I probably won't maintain that map much longer, since mmap already has covered nearly everything.)
The current maps incorporate ALL public iWitness reports collected through 9.30pm EST Nov 18.
Because of the many restrictions on web pages in the wiki, the maps are hosted elsewhere, so you can view the entire map at once. I recommend you save it to your own computer, in case bandwidth limits may cause the host to stop sending it (in which case, I'll find another host).
You can help! Simply install the javascript bookmarklet [5] for publishing Iwitness records, then publish records as you wander around Borehamwood (particularly outside!). You don't have to tell me about it -- my scripts will find the records (PUBLIC only!) and add them to the database!
Iwitness will fail if a deep river is in view, or you are on one of the other new terrains that did not exist when the Iwitness code was written, such as a road or golf course. In such cases I have resorted to saving the page source from my web browser (View > Page Source on Firefox). If you want to send me such data, leave me a note or link on my discussion page.
A preview to give you an idea: 
Stats
Statistics on terrains and suburbs are on the map pages linked above.
I'll put up submitters data once the map is done.
Mapping Tools
The tools have the following features:
- collect full 9-square map data (coordinates and terrain) from each record
- collect suburb name, CCTV presence, and spray-painted EYE data from each record, although these are not currently shown on the HTML map
- summarize terrain types, suburb dimensions
I will be publishing these tools when I stop working on them. It's all in perl (with a couple shell scripts thrown in).
