who lives where? MMOC Mapping Project.

[adritch]

Heathy12-Exmouth-Devon
Alex_Holden-Burnley-Lancashire
RogerRust-Bedford-Bedfordshire
RayOfLeamington-Leamington_Spa-Warwickshire
Kevin-Watford-Hertfordshire
HarryMango-Leicester-Leicestershire
Dunketh-Portland-Dorset
Welung666-Dudley-West_Midlands
Picky-Elvington-East_Yorks
rob_jennings-Southampton-Hampshire
leyther8008-Leigh-Lancashire
chickenjohn-Margate-Kent
Busguy-Middleton_0n_Sea-West_Sussex
Onne-Napton_on_the_hill-Warwickshire
dave1949-wellingborough-northants
Ugabugchugabug-Bognor-Regis-West_Sussex
aupickup-East_Sussex
Jonathon-Warwick-Warwickshire
Mike_Shipman-Sway-Hampshire
WPR678B-Verwood-Dorset
stevey-Belfast-Northern_Ireland
Orkney-Orkney
Dominic-Thornton_Cleveleys-Lancs
dp-Chingford-London
t_hinchliffe-Weston_Super_Mare-Somerset
plastic_orange-Broughty_Ferry-Scotland
Paulk-Southampton-Hants
JimK-Downton-Wiltshire
Leafie-Manchester-Lancashire
PaulHumphries-Stoke_on_Trent-Staffs
Iandromiskin-Dromiskin-Ireland
moggyminor16-Watton-Norfolk
Axolotl-Burghfield_Common-Berkshire
Tickman-Dundee-Scotland
BigDawgV8-Sawbridgeworth-Hertfordshire
Jojax64-Kelso-Borders-Scotland
washer-bottle-Cirencester-Gloucestershire
Coogee-Marlborough-Wiltshire
callyspoy-portsmouth-hampshire
daveyl-portsmouth-hampshire
steve4063-wolverhampton(lives) and visites suffolk/norfolk regularly
ricky-Mansfield-Nottinghamshire
les-kent
dan_harris-Shedfield-Hampshire
motherofgod-Eastbourne-East_Sussex
uax6-West_Norfolk
Stig28-Reading-Berkshire
Bobbins-Kirkby_in_Ashfield-Nottinghamshire
Rasputin-Trowbridge-Wilts
Mickessex-Benfleet-Essex
jollyroger-Coatbridge-North_Lanarkshire-Scotland
Iddy-Porthcawl-S.Wales
Johnny-East_London
Steve&William-Knebworth-Herts
DaveC-Southwold-Suffolk
adritch - Shutford - Oxfordshire

[ugabugchugabug]

Ok, Everyone add themselves

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8& ... &z=17&om=1

You mean like this Dan?
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8& ... d4bae521b4

The only thing I can't do is get the pointer

[Sidney'61]

Heathy12-Exmouth-Devon
Alex_Holden-Burnley-Lancashire
RogerRust-Bedford-Bedfordshire
RayOfLeamington-Leamington_Spa-Warwickshire
Kevin-Watford-Hertfordshire
HarryMango-Leicester-Leicestershire
Dunketh-Portland-Dorset
Welung666-Dudley-West_Midlands
Picky-Elvington-East_Yorks
rob_jennings-Southampton-Hampshire
leyther8008-Leigh-Lancashire
chickenjohn-Margate-Kent
Busguy-Middleton_0n_Sea-West_Sussex
Onne-Napton_on_the_hill-Warwickshire
dave1949-wellingborough-northants
Ugabugchugabug-Bognor-Regis-West_Sussex
aupickup-East_Sussex
Jonathon-Warwick-Warwickshire
Mike_Shipman-Sway-Hampshire
WPR678B-Verwood-Dorset
stevey-Belfast-Northern_Ireland
Orkney-Orkney
Dominic-Thornton_Cleveleys-Lancs
dp-Chingford-London
t_hinchliffe-Weston_Super_Mare-Somerset
plastic_orange-Broughty_Ferry-Scotland
Paulk-Southampton-Hants
JimK-Downton-Wiltshire
Leafie-Manchester-Lancashire
PaulHumphries-Stoke_on_Trent-Staffs
Iandromiskin-Dromiskin-Ireland
moggyminor16-Watton-Norfolk
Axolotl-Burghfield_Common-Berkshire
Tickman-Dundee-Scotland
BigDawgV8-Sawbridgeworth-Hertfordshire
Jojax64-Kelso-Borders-Scotland
washer-bottle-Cirencester-Gloucestershire
Coogee-Marlborough-Wiltshire
callyspoy-portsmouth-hampshire
daveyl-portsmouth-hampshire
steve4063-wolverhampton(lives) and visites suffolk/norfolk regularly
ricky-Mansfield-Nottinghamshire
les-kent
dan_harris-Shedfield-Hampshire
motherofgod-Eastbourne-East_Sussex
uax6-West_Norfolk
Stig28-Reading-Berkshire
Bobbins-Kirkby_in_Ashfield-Nottinghamshire
Rasputin-Trowbridge-Wilts
Mickessex-Benfleet-Essex
jollyroger-Coatbridge-North_Lanarkshire-Scotland
Iddy-Porthcawl-S.Wales
Johnny-East_London
Steve&William-Knebworth-Herts
DaveC-Southwold-Suffolk
adritch - Shutford - Oxfordshire
Sidney'61-Northampton-Northamptonshire

[MarkyB]

Google maps isn't suitable for this idea, nor is adding names to a list which will just sink without a trace once people have stopped adding themselves.
So I've set up a map on Frappr which is much more suitable for this application.
I did pinch the idea for a name from Dan Harris.
As with Google you will need to register but I've never been spammed from this site so no worries there.

<div><embed quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.frappr.com/ajax/yvmap.swf" flashvars="host=http://www.frappr.com/&origin=unknown&l ... 8720534260" salign="l" align="middle" scale="noscale" width="600" height="400" ></embed><div

[theminorsite]

Google maps isn't suitable for this idea

Ummm, would you mind telling us why, or should we just take your word for it!

[MarkyB]

Sorry I didn't say why I think this.
Google maps is aimed at individuals creating maps for themselves that they can share with others.
Two people have already created maps of where they are which others can't add themselves to.
This would lead to 20, 30 or however many separate maps which I don't think would be very useful.
I'm open to suggestions it just seems to me that neither Google maps or a long list of names on a message board will do what is required.
If we want this feature the ideal would be to have it hosted on this site as the person from theminorsite suggested.

[theminorsite]

Sorry I didn't say why I think this.
Google maps is aimed at individuals creating maps for themselves that they can share with others.

Well yes, it is. Although the impementation we are talking about here is a custom-written API of Google maps which has been specifically designed to operate within the membership framework of a phpbb2 board. This avoids having to register just for the map, as your standard board membership also works the map.

Two people have already created maps of where they are which others can't add themselves to.
This would lead to 20, 30 or however many separate maps which I don't think would be very useful.

Well thats because the two maps created thus far hadn't been implemented correctly, which is in no way meant as a criticism of those that set them, just to say that it is easy to use, but can be tricky to set up

I'm open to suggestions it just seems to me that neither Google maps or a long list of names on a message board will do what is required.
If we want this feature the ideal would be to have it hosted on this site as the person from theminorsite suggested.

That was me . I wasn't suggesting it though, merely acknowledging that the committee in general usually prefer to keep things 'in-house' so they can maintain control. As I pointed out before, I'd spent some months with the author of that API working through glitches etc and am pretty pleased that a worthwhile and bug-free application has resulted. I dont have the traffic that this site does but I've still managed to get about 100 on 'my' map, without any problems whatsoever.

[MarkyB]

Sorry again
I saw it as a suggestion and thought it was a good one, I even registered and added myself to your map.
All I was suggesting was that Frappr is more suitable for everyday people who don't want to be doing anything with APIs to use than Google maps.
The ideal would be a map like yours hosted on this site.
What has happened to healthy12 who floated the idea in the first place?

[Chadbrook]

Heathy12-Exmouth-Devon
Alex_Holden-Burnley-Lancashire
RogerRust-Bedford-Bedfordshire
RayOfLeamington-Leamington_Spa-Warwickshire
Kevin-Watford-Hertfordshire
HarryMango-Leicester-Leicestershire
Dunketh-Portland-Dorset
Welung666-Dudley-West_Midlands
Picky-Elvington-East_Yorks
rob_jennings-Southampton-Hampshire
leyther8008-Leigh-Lancashire
chickenjohn-Margate-Kent
Busguy-Middleton_0n_Sea-West_Sussex
Onne-Napton_on_the_hill-Warwickshire
dave1949-wellingborough-northants
Ugabugchugabug-Bognor-Regis-West_Sussex
aupickup-East_Sussex
Jonathon-Warwick-Warwickshire
Mike_Shipman-Sway-Hampshire
WPR678B-Verwood-Dorset
stevey-Belfast-Northern_Ireland
Orkney-Orkney
Dominic-Thornton_Cleveleys-Lancs
dp-Chingford-London
t_hinchliffe-Weston_Super_Mare-Somerset
plastic_orange-Broughty_Ferry-Scotland
Paulk-Southampton-Hants
JimK-Downton-Wiltshire
Leafie-Manchester-Lancashire
PaulHumphries-Stoke_on_Trent-Staffs
Iandromiskin-Dromiskin-Ireland
moggyminor16-Watton-Norfolk
Axolotl-Burghfield_Common-Berkshire
Tickman-Dundee-Scotland
BigDawgV8-Sawbridgeworth-Hertfordshire
Jojax64-Kelso-Borders-Scotland
washer-bottle-Cirencester-Gloucestershire
Coogee-Marlborough-Wiltshire
callyspoy-portsmouth-hampshire
daveyl-portsmouth-hampshire
steve4063-wolverhampton(lives) and visites suffolk/norfolk regularly
ricky-Mansfield-Nottinghamshire
les-kent
dan_harris-Shedfield-Hampshire
motherofgod-Eastbourne-East_Sussex
uax6-West_Norfolk
Stig28-Reading-Berkshire
Bobbins-Kirkby_in_Ashfield-Nottinghamshire
Rasputin-Trowbridge-Wilts
Mickessex-Benfleet-Essex
jollyroger-Coatbridge-North_Lanarkshire-Scotland
Iddy-Porthcawl-S.Wales
Johnny-East_London
Steve&William-Knebworth-Herts
DaveC-Southwold-Suffolk
adritch - Shutford - Oxfordshire
Sidney'61-Northampton-Northamptonshire
Chadbrook - Birimingham

[Davros]

Heathy12-Exmouth-Devon
Alex_Holden-Burnley-Lancashire
RogerRust-Bedford-Bedfordshire
RayOfLeamington-Leamington_Spa-Warwickshire
Kevin-Watford-Hertfordshire
HarryMango-Leicester-Leicestershire
Dunketh-Portland-Dorset
Welung666-Dudley-West Midlands
Picky-Elvington-East Yorks
rob_jennings-Southampton-Hampshire
leyther8008-Leigh-Lancashire
chickenjohn-Margate-Kent
Busguy-Middleton_0n_Sea-West Sussex
Onne-Napton_on_the_hill-Warwickshire
dave1949-wellingborough-northants
Ugabugchugabug-Bognor-Regis-West Sussex
aupickup-East_Sussex
Jonathon-Warwick-Warwickshire
Mike_Shipman-Sway-Hampshire
WPR678B-Verwood-Dorset
stevey-Belfast-Northern_Ireland
Davros_Skaro_-just Joking-Chard-Somerset

[KOOL-MOM]

This is a really fun and terrific idea, but some of us aren`t in the U.K. Is there any way that we can be mapped out of the U.K. too?

[overider]

This one works perfectly http://www.theminorsite.co.uk/phoogle_map.php and you're more than welcome to add yourselves to that one, but if the mods would prefer it on their own board I'd be happy to help set it up on the MMOC domain - its not an overly complicated script

I have registerd and put myself on this a long time ago its good. I think this is the way to go. We can then have our owne MMOC map. Take up this ace offer