member map

**vdub** · 06-15-2011, 11:42 PM

Poor Australia, I can't see her.

It should be there. The map should display at zoom level 2 when first opened and shows the entire world. And then you can move in closer to seperate dots.....

Gotta love Google for the fun apps like this

Google does a good job. This little api was just to easy to do. If I really get serious about it, I'll hook it into a database so people can do their own updating, but not sure I'll go there. I did a check on the member list and looks like a lot of people show up, do one or two posts, and then are never heard from again. You can sort the member list on "post count", "last visit", and some other things. Kind of interesting to do those types of sorts and see what pops up.....

**vdub** · 06-16-2011, 12:42 AM

Give this a try..... I saw it on another forum. It has advertising, but is otherwise free. Most importantly, anyone can put on there own stick pin without anyone else having to do something. That's always a good thing.

Just click below and map will appear. Click on "addition", then "marker - simple", put in your user name and then your town, country. Do a preview and if it looks good do a submit. You can also do a "click to locate", but you want to be zoomed in to a lower level to do that.

One of the good things about this map is that you can delete or change your own setting, but not others. At least, I think that is how it is working. Someone can go in and try to remove vdub and let me know how successful you are. I will temporarily disable the map I made.

New member map

**Sangye** · 06-16-2011, 12:53 AM

VERY cool! I love that we can put our names. (And you can choose the color of your marker as well) If you don't want to put your exact location, you can just put your state, etc.... (I put the address of our temple even though I don't live there)

Thanks for generating this, vdub!

**vdub** · 06-16-2011, 12:56 AM

Yes, this one has a number of advantages. You can even put in a picture if you want. If this works out, I might ask Andrew to put the link somewhere on the homepage.

**Sangye** · 06-16-2011, 01:00 AM

Oh! Added picture.

**Psyborg** · 06-16-2011, 01:02 AM

I like the second one even better. Let's people update themselves as needed.

**vdub** · 06-16-2011, 01:07 AM

It is nice isn't it? I think it's a keeper.... I'll send a note to Andrew. I would rather have the map open at a lower zoom level tho. Not sure how to make that happen, but it's kind of a nitnoy issue.