Archive for July, 2009

Airbana Airsoft Map Network and other Airbana Projects Released

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

I’m proud to announce that Airbana has released 4 new projects recently as well as an update to the Airsoft Map.

The Airbana Network:

This is simply a merging of the UK, US, EU and Asian sites into one easy to use website: www.AirsoftMap.net. The country specific versions are still accessible from their old domains (www.Airbana.co.uk, www.Airbana.eu, www.Airbana.com & www.Airbana.asia).

With the release of the Airbana Network I’ve taken the opportunity to add some of the version 5 improvements including adding the ability to tag a site as being IAA, AAA or AOBA registered, world wide SMS delivery, improved SEO credit for linked sites, an auto updating Flickr feed and much more.

Airbana Events Twitter Feed

Every monday morning the Airbana Events Broadcaster will announce the next 7 days of Airsoft events. Simply follow @AirsoftEvents to see whats happening.

Airbana Cache:

With the number of free to download Airsoft publications and Airsoft websites on the rise Airbana has taken this opportunity to open up the Global Content Delivery Network that powers its Airsoft Maps to any and all other Airsoft related websites to help them utilise free, fast and geographically localised distribution servers to improve end user download speeds.

As with all Airbana projects this is totally free however there is a catch (sort of); I would ask that if you utilise the AirBana Cache then you let your users know by linking back to the Airbana Network (www.Airsoftmap.net) or place one of the Airbana adverts in your online magazine.

Visit http://cache.Airbana.net to get started!

The Airbana API:

With the release of Airbana Network the API has been re-written to make it even easier for people to write their own gadgets or integrate Airbana functionality into their site. The downloadable zip contains better documentation, example code, and the new API Class file.

To get started grab your API Key,download the API itself and read the documentation.

Airbana Gadgets:

Airbana Gadgets is a collection of tools for you desktop or your Airsoft Website and are written with the Airbana API.

The first release is a Site Button that is a small line of javascript you add to your website that will search for your URL in the Airbana database and then display a small series of buttons that will allow your users to get the exact GPS co-ordinates for your site, get directions, the weather forecast or send the information to their phones by SMS for free!

Get the Javascript and see an example button here: http://button.airbana.net

New Airsoft Associations hit the Web

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

The Association of British Airsoft has recently launched its website at www.aoba.org.uk and are accepting signups.

AOBA has seen an opportunity to help promote and assist the Airsoft community in Britain as explained below;

The purpose of the association is to promote, educate and govern the sport of Airsoft in Britain as a safe, entertaining and legal hobby aswell as lay down guidelines for retailers, venues and players in order to ensure that the sport continues to grow and is enjoyed in a safe and responsible manner.

The association is here for the players, providing them with membership benefits to joining along side the ability to purchase a RIF (Replica Imitation Firearm) as a registered skirmisher.

The ideas for the AOBA association have been in development for some time and we are finally here for the public to see. The organisation is here to follow all aspects of the Violent Crime Reduction Act. Time has been taken studying the act in much detail to develop a easy and effecient way for you the members to join and prove you are a registered skirmisher. More detail to follow soon.

Hot on the heels of AOBA is the European Airsoft Association which as far as I can tell is an offshoot of the Dutch Airsoft Association There isn’t much information available at the moment but they are currently looking for feedback and suggestions.

As I’m sure others in the community will agree it is nice to see more choice for both retailers and skirmishers when it comes to defending what we do.

The Airbana Airsoft Map will soon be adding AOBA and EAA logos as applicable site featues in the near future.

Airbana Site Button Released

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

The Airbana Site Button is a clever little piece of Javascript that when embedded into your Airsoft website will allow users access to the information and special functionality of Airbana including Weather forecasts, Driving Directions, and the ability to send information about your site to their phone via SMS for free!

If your site isn’t in the Airbana database it will provide a link for your users to add your site to Airbana themselves!

To get started simply paste the following code into one of your websites:

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://button.airbana.net/AirbanaButton.js”></script>
Thats it! All done. You’ll now see the following little set of buttons appear on your website:

What the Airbana Site Button looks like




New features will be added as they come online as part of the Airbana Network rollout!

New Facebook Airsoft Application Released

Sunday, July 12th, 2009

I’m pleased to announce that Airbana’s latest Facebook application has been released which is a direct port of the Airsoft Map and includes Facebook only features allowing users to tag a site and list it on their profile.

This new application can be found here: http://apps.facebook.com/airsoftmap.

Add Airbana as a friend on Facebook to get updates on projects and features before they hit the Blog / Twitter:
http://www.facebook.com/AirsoftMap

New Features and New Projects Coming Soon

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Airbana will be launching a series of new projects in the summer and as always there will be some new features rolled out to the Airbana Airsoft Maps project.

Keep an eye on the Airbana.net and AirsoftMap.net domains as these will soon be the core of the Airbana Airsoft Map Network.