I'm sure I saw recently a map feature (might have been google Map)

 

Which allowed people to put a pin in where they lived.

 

Is it possible to have a Forum map so that when somebody new joins they put there pin in, and as people move around they can move their pin.
(e.g Rowan can now move his to Kentish Town)

 

Might be nice to see the spread of forumites might also make planning Meats a bit easier too.

 

Not sure how we'll incorporate our US buddies though.

 

Matt?

I'd like that :D

Nice idea.

Been done before, at least twice. Once by Steve (Guntrip) if I remember correctly and then maybe Mikee although it might have been Quigabyte (Mike, Mikee, ...) with a Google Map thing or whatever it was.

 

Sad truth is people stop updating it or have no need to update it once they've stuck their pin on it and because it's doesn't fall in with regular Forum activity it gets left behind and forgotten. A bit like Teh Bestiary has and Kenny's Forum Project (which this folder was created for) and Teh Clan and many other things.

 

If you want to do it, go ahead, but don't be surprised if it simply becomes forgotten about in 3 months time.

Wow you big old cynic you!

 

How about we also put this one on the front page with the gallery
that way nobody forgets about it and everybody can see the growth in Forumite numbers as they go up.

 

Depending upon how clever you can get you could link the random picture with their pin in the Map.

 

e.g Fozza and he lives ...here!

 

Sort of thing.

Not quite sure i like that idea. I wouldn't be entirely comfortable with a random being able to waltz in and see where my house is.

Hummmm Depends on how specific you make it really

 

Street level?
House Number?

 

City Only is what I was thinking, or at the most specific us Londoners
would put which burb we are in.

 

That would do

That would be cool if it was part of the start page, but I bet it's be impossible to do or a right bastard at most. Does no on else have the skills rather than keep expecting matt to do stuff?

Bump!!!

Now I know you Know about doing Maps :D

Aye, city only would be fine.

I can draw a map but I know fuckall about PHP and google maps and all that stuff. And more importantly, have bugger all time anyway!

With 1371 members it could get pretty messy.

 

Though, in reality, you'd probably only get a few dozen doing it.

Bullshit we have that many members!

 

We have less than 100 who regularly post.

 

How many of the 1371 are just Trig !? :D

At least 50% of that number will be people who came in to ask a BeeHive question and that's it. A fair few will be joke accounts made when people are bored and wanted the "newest member is..." bit to say something funny. I know i've been guilty of that sort of malarky myself a couple of times.

I reckon up to 1000 of that 1371 accounts could be safely deleted and nobody would notice.

Might free up a bit of space, an' all.

Ok so Milko has found this

Is this what we need?

Yes. And someone with some free time (not me).

I'm in London on Tuesday, want a coffee?

I wonder if it's possible to use this somehow ?

since it already has the whole world, can easily add 'push-pins' anywhere, and is often better resolution than Google

Definitely - whereabouts are you hanging around? I'm working literally opposite Blackfriars, so it'd have to be either lunchtime or after work.

I might be up for doing this, if Matt gives it the nod for the start page or something. Remind me.