Original Url: http://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/community/api/EventDetails-Location-how-does-it-work

murven.7581:

Has anyone been able to infer how location works for the event details API? I have been able to map PointOfInterest.Coord very well to the tile API, but I am still unable to see any relationship between the data in EventDetails.Location and the tile API. At this point I am unsure if this location can really be used to locate an event in the map and how. Does anyone now?

Here is an example:

https://api.guildwars2.com/v1/event_details.json?lang=en&event_id=C4A63BCF-B6F9-45E8-87AD-0C94706B1202

{"events":{"C4A63BCF-B6F9-45E8-87AD-0C94706B1202":{"name":“Defend Barthol on his way to the Old Armory.”,level,map_id,“flags”:[],“location”:{"type":“cylinder”,center,
11993,
-1120],height,radius,rotation

As you can see, location contains a type, which seems to be a geometry, and a center, which is apparently an X,Y,Z value, but I am unsure how I can use this center to locate the initial position of the event on the map.

Any ideas?

zeeZ.5713:

You need to convert those coordinates from map coordinates to continent coordinates using the information from maps.json first. See this thread on how to calculate that.

murven.7581:

Thanks, I will take a look at it