And to think not long ago, Japan had the smart toilet market cornered. Another great victory for China.

Well hopefully it we be useful on your 3rd read :-)

Thanks. Performance will depend on your internet connection as it progressively loads the tiled images.

Thanks for the thoughtful feedback. Yes, i literally threw the faux-satellite version together in response to suggestions on this thread. Plenty of room for improvement there! Thanks for the notes on marker positioning. Let me look into that. Each source map has its pros and cons, but Fonstad's canonical version would be ideal. Copyright could be an issue as you point out.

Thanks, I will check it out. Good news is, web hosting tech aside, the content should not go out of date!

Ugh, yeah, I see what you mean - much of the project is running into backend errors.

I added some notes above on the tiling technology. As for the base map itself I posted a link to the original file. I hope that helps but happy to answer any other questions you might have.

I totally get that. Sorry if it was a letdown. In reality I built this map as part of a personal exploration of the lore and background of Tolkien's lore, because i am fascinated by it. This felt like a productive way to share my learnings with others in a fun way. I certainly learnt a lot from going through the process.

Yep, that is correct, well spotted. See the thread with blevinstein below on some more details related to that.

I added a comment above about the use of https://leafletjs.com/ if you are interested.

I added a comment above about the use of https://leafletjs.com/ if you are interested.