I've not seen a mark or copyright notice in the middle of a map before now. Maybe it would be better to try to put it all in the bottom right hand corner? No reason for suggesting it really other than that's normally where such things are found (and where people find them least obstructive to their enjoyment of the map)
Also the isometric view maps, are those a special annual add-on or where do I find that? I loved maps like those when Dugoneers Survival Guide came out. They added all kinds of graph paper in the back of the book. Previous to that everyone only did top down views.
Posted By: LoopysueI've not seen a mark or copyright notice in the middle of a map before now. Maybe it would be better to try to put it all in the bottom right hand corner? No reason for suggesting it really other than that's normally where such things are found (and where people find them least obstructive to their enjoyment of the map)
I put them where they wont conflict with data on the map, and so they wont easily be removed. I don't think there is an official location, but I think at the corners where i have mostly seen them would make it too easy for the jerks out there.
Also got my learn on. I did not know that a Fantasy based game preceded Dungeons and Dragons. I had always assumed D&D was the grandfather of them all.
I downloaded all the info and am going to give it some love. Have heard mention of it from time to time, but never paid it any attention. Bad me!
Actually, M&M is a pastiche and a joke. It didn't really precede D&D. I do remember, from about 1980, various people coming up to me a telling me the same thing that they mention in the M&M pdfs 'its not a war game !'. Which is true, it isn't, but apparently a game existing that wasn't a war game, but included combat between good and evil, was suspect or upsetting or something.
But Traveller came out about the same time as the beige/brown d&d booklets.
Sorry for resurrecting this old thread, but in an odd coincidence with the discussion regarding the latest Facebook page mapping contest, where I mentioned Pinterest as a problematic site for ripping-off online artwork, when I was doing a Google search for unrelated images today, I found the first lines of images were all from Pinterest. So (after a quick search) I recalled this topic mentioned how to avoid getting any Pinterest images, but when I retried the search using the -site:pinterest.com command, as suggested first above here by Dogtag, it seems this no longer works as well, as while it dramatically reduced the number of Pinterest hits, there were still five or six in the first few lines of images Google brought up.
I checked the linked image addresses, and they are definitely from pinterest.com, so has this command line been subverted in some way, and does anyone know of a better way to block Pinterest hits during such a search now?
A lot of the pinterest images I was coming up with in searches were pinterest.au, or pinterest.xyz, where xyz was some country of origin. It seems they've grown so large that they need several variations on the original .com theme. Either that, or they're trying to get around the -site rejection to ram even more advertising down our necks by causing us to accidentally click on their images when we think we are safe.
The asterisk works as a wild card well enough in Edge. I don't know if it works in other browsers, but I've been pinterest-free for some time now by adding this to autotext with a shortcut key.
You don't necessarily even need the site: qualifier. "-pinterest" works pretty well, too, and catches stuff that isn't on one of their domains at all, like references to them.
(And I suspect the reason for the various told level domains is more about complying with specific countries' laws than anything else. It's the easiest way to block users from certain countries, and filter content for those countries that would be illegal there, like porn. It's very common, for that reason, for web based companies that have world-wide appeal, because it's pretty much the only way to operate legally.)
(There's a list of common search switches here. Note that anything that will look for something specific will work to exclude that something with a "-" in front of it.)
Thanks for the input folks - and sorry to learn the rip-off problem remains ongoing for you Jim.
Both Loopysue's asterisk option and taustinoc's option of just -pinterest impressively brought up NO Pinterest items at all using Chrome, so those look like good options to me!
They didn't do it until I started turning out better maps. But I prefer a compliment that doesn't involve stealing my maps, nor someone pretending they built my site.
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Also the isometric view maps, are those a special annual add-on or where do I find that? I loved maps like those when Dugoneers Survival Guide came out. They added all kinds of graph paper in the back of the book. Previous to that everyone only did top down views.
my Mazes and Minotaurs site
The iso maps are in Annual issue 66. Not yet compatible with CC3+.
Well, I thought there was a link... I'll fix that.
Ah, here is the site I got them from. http://mazesandminotaurs.free.fr/
I downloaded all the info and am going to give it some love. Have heard mention of it from time to time, but never paid it any attention. Bad me!
But Traveller came out about the same time as the beige/brown d&d booklets.
Either add a meata tag to each page:
<meta name="pinterest" content="nopin" />
Or, protect each individual image
<img src="http://example.com/map.png" nopin="nopin" />
Og course, doesn't prevent people from stealing them in other ways.
I checked the linked image addresses, and they are definitely from pinterest.com, so has this command line been subverted in some way, and does anyone know of a better way to block Pinterest hits during such a search now?
-site:pinterest.*
A lot of the pinterest images I was coming up with in searches were pinterest.au, or pinterest.xyz, where xyz was some country of origin. It seems they've grown so large that they need several variations on the original .com theme. Either that, or they're trying to get around the -site rejection to ram even more advertising down our necks by causing us to accidentally click on their images when we think we are safe.
The asterisk works as a wild card well enough in Edge. I don't know if it works in other browsers, but I've been pinterest-free for some time now by adding this to autotext with a shortcut key.
(And I suspect the reason for the various told level domains is more about complying with specific countries' laws than anything else. It's the easiest way to block users from certain countries, and filter content for those countries that would be illegal there, like porn. It's very common, for that reason, for web based companies that have world-wide appeal, because it's pretty much the only way to operate legally.)
(There's a list of common search switches here. Note that anything that will look for something specific will work to exclude that something with a "-" in front of it.)
I have a statement on those sites that says I designed my sites with no help from others, but I probably need to put that notice up in say Urdu.
Both Loopysue's asterisk option and taustinoc's option of just -pinterest impressively brought up NO Pinterest items at all using Chrome, so those look like good options to me!