Mapper (name pending......) is an app where you can create your own map with markers. It also allows measuring the distance and direction between arbitrary positions on the map, to help you decide where the markers should go. I made this specifically as a tool for Subnautica, where there is no in-game map, but where you're often able to get the position and direction relative to a place of interest or placed beacon.
It should be pretty straight-forward to use. Launch the exe file, and check the Help > Controls to see the controls.
Features include:
- Pan and zoom
- Add, remove and edit named markers
- Move markers
- Measure distance and direction
Here are some of the features visualized:
Adding markers
Editing markers
Measuring
Moving a marker
Panning and zooming
The project should not be difficult to build, just start up the Mapper.sln file with Visual Studio Community 2019.
Dependencies are:
- .NET 5.0 (probably needs to be downloaded manually)
- WPF (activated with Visual Studio Installer feature ".NET desktop development")
And NuGet dependencies (should be downloaded automatically by Visual Studio):
- Newtonsoft.Json (for saving to and loading from file)
DISCLAIMER: This is my first WPF project. I've tried to stick with some kind of MVVM pattern, but it's probably a mess. You have been warned.
The marker icons are from www.flaticon.com (see Acknowledgments), and they are pretty random. If you want to contribute by creating your own markers, they should be square icons made in a vector format (e.g. svg). They will need to be converted to a DrawingImage object, by using e.g. SvgToXaml, but if you reach out I can also help with that.
I will try to make loading of images more dynamic in the future, so you can just put svg images in a folder and they will be used automatically, but we're not there yet :)
The name feels very generic, if you have a suggestion feel free to tell me!
Icons made by Smashicons from www.flaticon.com.