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diff --git a/maps/readme.md b/maps/readme.md deleted file mode 100644 index 2629b4a..0000000 --- a/maps/readme.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,45 +0,0 @@ -# maps - -this directory contains map files. a .map file contains a binary representation -of a maze, and can be sent to the robot over the wireless serial connection. -map files have the following structure: first the width of the map as an -unsigned 16-bit integer, then the height of the map also as an unsigned 16-bit -integer. the rest of the file is the map content in reading order, where each -byte contains two (nibble) map tiles. tiles are stored in the most significant -portion of the byte first, so the last byte of a map file containing an uneven -amount of tiles would look like `0x?0`. - -example tile: - -``` -┌───────┐ ┌───┬───┐ -│ b │ │ │ │ -│ a c │ │ └───┤ -│ d │ │ │ -└───────┘ └───────┘ - 0bDCBA 0b0110 (0x6) -``` - -garbage python scripts for generating and viewing these maps are included. -[this](https://www.figma.com/file/GUKV1am9sqWpPoes9h8Ram/robotrun?node-id=0%3A1) -figma file can be used to create a map, and then read out the hexadecimal -notation for the map. google drive ocr works well enough to read out the red -characters if you turn off path visibility in the figma document. figma also -allows pdf export so you can print the maps, but the tiles are 24x24 pixels, -not robot-sized (one tile is supposed to have about the same width and height -as the robot's diameter). - -## exporting maps as pdf or svg - -```sh -# generate svg file -python3 mappdf.py [file] - -# render svg as pdf -inkscape --export-pdf=map.pdf [file].svg - -# (optional) convert to tiles for printing at home -# loop up map size using pdfinfo on map.pdf file -pdfposter map.pdf tiles.pdf -m a4 -p [map size] -``` - |