Today is Swiss National Day, a national vacation to grade the signing of the Federal Charter. In early on August 1291 iii Alpine cantons swore the oath of confederation, an activity which is straightaway seen to create got been the foundation of Switzerland.
To celebrate Swiss National Day Vasile Coțovanu has released an animated time-line map, Accession of the Cantons to the Swiss Confederation, which shows when each of the cantons became members of the federal Earth of Switzerland. Play the time-line too the map automatically highlights each canton on the appointment it joined the federation. You tin sack likewise select each canton on the map to acquire the appointment when it joined Switzerland.
The base of operations map used inward the time-line is the superb Swisstopo topographical map. It is worth setting the time-line to 1291 too only zooming inward on the mountains of Switzerland to admire this amazing topographical map.
Version i of this map genuinely used Google Maps. If yous desire to sentiment the Google Maps API version yous tin sack practise so here.
Once yous create got studied the Accession of the Cantons map yous tin sack testify out your noesis of Swizz geography on Vasile Coțovanu's Swiss Geopuzzle. In the game yous create got to drag polygons of the Swiss cantons onto their right place on the map. H5N1 timer keeps rail of how long it takes yous to consummate the game too your electrical current score is likewise displayed on the map.
This game uses the draggable polygons option inward the Google Maps API. The code for the Vasile Geopuzzle is available on GitHub too tin sack live on easily customized for whatsoever expanse inward the world. To create your ain puzzle amongst the code all yous genuinely demand is the GeoJSON information for the polygons yous wishing to use.
The game likewise makes effective piece of job of Vasile's pop Masked Polygons library. The Masked Polygon library is used to define the boundary of the game. For example, inward the Switzerland Cantons game Switzerland is highlighted on the map using the masked polygon library. Consequently players tin sack clearly run into the expanse of game-play on the map.
