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by teambayleaf 2170 days ago
A really cool frontend for OSM is https://mapscii.me. You can try it out via:

    $ telnet mapscii.me
(Use arrow keys to move, and a/z to zoom in/zoom out)

I was totally blown away when I first connected to it.
3 comments
nanna 2170 days ago
In awe! You can also use the mouse to navigate around like on a gui map.
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majewsky 2170 days ago
I only get this:

  $ telnet mapscii.me
  Trying 144.76.97.34...
  Connected to mapscii.me.
  Escape character is '^]'.
  _
Then nothing more happens. Arrow keys just get printed back out like with `cat`:

  ^[[A^[[D^[[B^[[C
Eventually I get "Connection closed by foreign host." This is on Arch Linux with telnet from inetutils. Am I holding something wrong?
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gnufx 2170 days ago
That is rather wonderful but, of course, one typically can't use telnet at work "because security". I got left with it in a mode printing escapes afterwards, and needed reset(1), but I guess that's telnet's fault, unless TERM is wrong.
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