I love how Coding agents allow me to implement the crazy ideas in my head! Checkout my TUI (Terminal UI) client for APRS. It now supports #digirig #mobilinkd and #direwolf. Check it out https://github.com/eusef/eusef-aprs-tui.

#amateurradio #emcomm #ham #hamradio #tui #terminalui #mapscii #

#30DayMapChallenge Day 17: A NEW TOOL.

LOWERING THE RESOLUTION - A fun way to look at some of the OpenStreetMap data is to render it at a much lower resolution than usual. The mapscii program, running under Linux, allows you to navigate around the world in the console, drawing OpenStreetMap data using character-based graphics.

Tools: #mapscii, #Photoshop, #Illustrator.
Files: https://github.com/LX-Files/30DayMapChallenge/tree/main/2025/day17

GitHub - rastapasta/mapscii: 🗺 MapSCII is a Braille & ASCII world map renderer for your console - enter => telnet mapscii.me <= on Mac (brew install telnet) and Linux, connect with PuTTY on Windows

🗺 MapSCII is a Braille & ASCII world map renderer for your console - enter => telnet mapscii.me <= on Mac (brew install telnet) and Linux, connect with PuTTY on Windows - rastapasta/mapscii

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Jacket's tech tips: If you're lost somewhere and your phone died and you have a Linux computer but it can't run a graphical interface. #mapscii is here to help!
GitHub - rastapasta/mapscii: 🗺 MapSCII is a Braille & ASCII world map renderer for your console - enter => telnet mapscii.me <= on Mac (brew install telnet) and Linux, connect with PuTTY on Windows

🗺 MapSCII is a Braille & ASCII world map renderer for your console - enter => telnet mapscii.me <= on Mac (brew install telnet) and Linux, connect with PuTTY on Windows - rastapasta/mapscii

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@bsletten Hey @jeremy it seems that the #mapscii project keeps on making headlines!

I remember that we discovered it through your article https://geotribu.fr/articles/2021/2021-12-31_mapscii_osm_terminal/

Geotribu - OpenStreetMap dans le terminal, en braille et en ASCII

Présentation de MapSCII, une application Node.js permettant de naviguer dans un version ASCII d'OpenStreetMap depuis le terminal.

This telnet mapscii.me thing is pretty great! I usually get my butt kicked though #retro #retrocomputing #bbs #mapscii #games #doorgames

Fancy an old school map? #mapscii

It reminds me a lot of the old PC and BBS games. 😆

Play with it on telnet :
$ telnet mapscii.me

More info from: https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii

And, of course, it uses #OpenStreetMap

GitHub - rastapasta/mapscii: 🗺 MapSCII is a Braille & ASCII world map renderer for your console - enter => telnet mapscii.me <= on Mac (brew install telnet) and Linux, connect with PuTTY on Windows

🗺 MapSCII is a Braille & ASCII world map renderer for your console - enter => telnet mapscii.me <= on Mac (brew install telnet) and Linux, connect with PuTTY on Windows - rastapasta/mapscii

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And on a related note, talking of unexpected map viewers, I should also mention #MapSCII, which is a #Braille and ASCII world map renderer for your console, accessible via #telnet. Simply invoke “telnet mapscii.me”. Powered by #OpenStreetMap data.

Probabilmente il frontend più cool e nerd di #OpenStreetMap, mapscii è una divertente versione in "ASCII art" di Openstreetmap

https://asciinema.org/a/117813

È possibile visualizzare la mappa nella finestra del terminale o telnet al server #Mapscii (si può usare #putty su windows)

$ telnet mapscii.me

(Utilizzare il mouse o i tasti freccia per spostarsi, e a/z per ingrandire/ridurre lo zoom)

Maggiori informazioni su https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii

#ASCII #asciiart

MapSCII - the whole world in your console!

Demo of https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii A node.js based Vector Tile to Braille and ASCII renderer for xterm-compatible terminals. Try it yourself! Open your Terminal and enter => telnet ma...

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