Random Tileset

[Xalior]

A way to randomly rotate between (a subset of) tilesets when location does not change, to keep wallpaper interesting on desktops...

[tomtaylor]

This has been mentioned by a few people, and requires having a list of interesting places to switch between. You can't just do a random latitude and longitude unless you want to see water for 70% of the time and desert for most of the rest. If someone can find a good list, I'm happy to implement.

[Xalior]

When in doubt, let someone else do your dirty work:

How about starting with http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001769.html and letting people add more via something on github :)

-Dx

[Xalior]

(and http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001796.html for the other side of the pond -- that should give you a nice starter pack)

[tomtaylor]

Yeah, something like that would be good, but with bounding boxes for the cities, so we can pick a random location from inside them?

[Xalior]

((also, I was referring to rotating the tileset, not the location -- but that's a good idea too!))

[AwesomeAustn]

I asked ChatGPT for a mix of city boundary boxes and this is what it came up with. Will this work for a random location feature? If so, I can ask for more.

Cities Mix: Include a variety of cities from different continents and sizes.
Urban Bounding Boxes: Use geographic data to ensure the bounding boxes mostly encompass the city.

cities_bounding_boxes.json