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Ability to visualise datacenter localization via a map #1575

Closed bengelly closed 1 week ago

bengelly commented 1 month ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I would to be able able to navigate datacenter locations via a map, and then click on present dots to see a summary of major location informations (name, number of networks present, etc.)

Who is affected by the problem? Me, as a peering manager working for a major Tier-1. Pretty sure it affects other people.

What is the impact? Loss of time, efficiency and lot of frustration.

Are there security concerns? No.

Are there privacy concerns? No.

Describe the solution you'd like Integration of a map solution.

Do you think this feature will require a formal design? no, seems rather trivial.

Describe alternatives you've considered None that comes to mind.

Could this feature request need support from the Admin Committee? Consider if an administrator might need to provide assistance at any point.

What is the proposed priority? not urgent

Provide a rationale for any/all of the above already did.

Additional context N/A.

arnoldnipper commented 1 month ago

Did you try or KMZ export?

martinhannigan commented 1 month ago

Try out the KMZ export. You mentioned dots. ArcGIS user?

KMZ will not tell you networks by address but networks by vendor location im majority of cases.

HTH

-M<

On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 06:37 bengelly @.***> wrote:

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I would to be able able to navigate datacenter locations via a map, and then click on present dots to see a summary of major location informations (name, number of networks present, etc.)

Who is affected by the problem? Me, as a peering manager working for a major Tier-1. Pretty sure it affects other people.

What is the impact? Loss of time, efficiency and lot of frustration.

Are there security concerns? No.

Are there privacy concerns? No.

Describe the solution you'd like Integration of a map solution.

Do you think this feature will require a formal design? no, seems rather trivial.

Describe alternatives you've considered None that comes to mind.

Could this feature request need support from the Admin Committee? Consider if an administrator might need to provide assistance at any point.

What is the proposed priority? not urgent

Provide a rationale for any/all of the above already did.

Additional context N/A.

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bengelly commented 1 month ago

Hi @martinhannigan,

Something basic like displaying this with Openstreet / Google maps integration ?

For example : https://www.datacentermap.com

HTH.

martinhannigan commented 1 month ago

On out main landing page we provide a facilities based mapping in KMZ format updated daily. It can be used in any tool supporting kml.

https://public.peeringdb.com/peeringdb.kmz

HTH

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Hi @martinhannigan https://github.com/martinhannigan,

Something basic like displaying this with Openstreet / Google maps integration ?

For example : https://www.datacentermap.com

HTH.

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bengelly commented 1 month ago

Hi,

Didn't know about this. Really great that you can propose it, KMZs rock :-)

However, still think direct visualisation on the website would be a useful addition... It's less hassle than to have to DL the latest version of the KMZ each time and open it using a client.

I'll leave it to you to make the best call here.

HTH.

martinhannigan commented 1 month ago

I get what you’re saying. When this issue comes up at our next PC meeting we will discuss it in detail. Thanks for the submission!

On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 06:21 bengelly @.***> wrote:

Hi,

Didn't know about this. Really great that you can propose it, KMZs rock :-)

However, still think direct visualisation on the website would be a useful addition... It's less hassle than to have to DL the latest version of the KMZ each time and open it using a client.

I'll leave it to you to make the best call here.

HTH.

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bengelly commented 1 month ago

Thanks for considering :-)

arnoldnipper commented 1 month ago

It's less hassle than to have to DL the latest version of the KMZ each time and open it using a client.

At least in Google Earth, you can reference the URL directly. No DL needed.

martinhannigan commented 1 month ago

On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 10:55 AM Arnold Nipper @.***> wrote:

It's less hassle than to have to DL the latest version of the KMZ each time and open it using a client.

At least in Google Earth, you can reference the URL directly. No DL needed.

Looking at this more closely. It's far simpler to open it in Google Earth Pro (Free desktop) or earth.google.com and save it for reference. A live link can be used in the desktop version. KML is not importable to OSM and this doesn't seem like data that would be useful in OSM for the most part (aside from OSM extensive TOS/AUP/Licenses).

It does import into ArcGIS, but ESRI can not easily handle KMZ. It's finicky about the formatting and frequently chokes on large imports. ArcGIS is not a free tool so I'm leaning on them for a fix vs. PDB.

Our (next release?) future version also compresses space uses to we can keep it small, but informative, enough so it can also be referenced in maps.google.com

Not really sure after all that what we all might get out of a web version. I don't know a lot about map coding but it'll be interesting to hear about for certain.

HTH,

-M<

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martinhannigan commented 1 week ago

-1 we already have this in our kml. You can also easily import csv with other data to GIS tools as well. Happy to show folks how in a faq.

jackcarrozzo commented 1 week ago

Sticking with KMZ and Goog earth URLs for now, closing