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Saw this on a email group i am a member of...
There is a site for groups/forums whatever to add themselves to a google map so other members can see where on the globe you are.
So I hit the 'create a group' button.
Here is the Talk Photography map site (http://www.frappr.com/talkphotography) . Its all beta and free to create so it does not matter if it falls flat :)
If the admin here would like the password for the 'site' you can have it :)
You can use the 'add yourself' link. Seems you need 'name' 'city' and 'shout out' all completed or it does not work. You can add a picture if you want too.
I set it to be zoomed on the whole world. Zoom in and drag the map for better detail.
So where are you?
Edited to update URL
hey thats cool......ive seen something similar before, wasnt on AVF was it?
I would imagine it will be everywhere soon. No. Have to admit I look at AVF now and again out of curiosity but only to see how poor the photo forum is :)
Dave "Colombus" Williams has landed on your map ;)
Warspite
30-10-2005, 19:55
I've planted my flag in the sand :)
I've planted my flag in the sand :)
BBBBrrrrrrr ...sounds cold.....although I expect the young girls are still in Summer outfits on the nights out ;) ...ours just eat carrots round here :lol:
BBBBrrrrrrr ...sounds cold.....although I expect the young girls are still in Summer outfits on the nights out ;)
I have been to Newcastle - amazing place. They were not wearing as much as that last time I was there :icon_eek:
I lived in county durham for a few years, top totty and top people!!
adding my flag now...
Any objection if I upload tpflogo.gif to the 'site' ?
None at all...go for it :)
Just added myself...its pretty cool :thumb: :woot:
Stuck my name on there too.............interesting to see where everyone resides.
lol, nice idea......... flag planted :)
Mines there now too :nono:
digitalfailure
30-10-2005, 21:45
We have a similar thing on Pistonheads, great for sorting out meets ;)
I'm all alone in chestershire by the looks of things :(
just added meself too, he he. Hey Steve, you think your far away?LOL What's the point of it though? :confused:
Jewel.
The first Northern Ireland member (I think) registered :thumb:
Added myself too.
Not too keen on the way it takes it upon itself to decide which street you live on.
Doesn't bother me know, I know the street where it thinks I live, and I'm gonna go round in the morning and break the bad news to them that they have to move out...nice house too..I look forward to moving in :D
Liberalis
31-10-2005, 07:48
:( Wont add me ...
It didn't like my postcode her in Germany so I just used the town/city. Will it not accept a close area for you?
Maybe a link from the front page might be in order?...and a sticky in the welcome section for new members to add themselves?
That's a great Idea.
If EosD doesn't pick up on it today I will have a look at sorting it tonight when I get a minute.
Linky i can do! special little box for it all on its own ok?
Linky i can do! special little box for it all on its own ok?
Perfick!
Planted muh flag! :icon_cool
It's only a couple of miles from where I live, but at least I'm not living in the middle of a railroad track like Noah!! :icon_eek:
Not too keen on the way it takes it upon itself to decide which street you live on.
LOL... your lucky, according to the "map" there arn't ANY streets where I live, just a big grey space :Ponders:
Linky i can do! special little box for it all on its own ok?
Was more thinging of a "welcome box" with that in, a link to the "where are you" and also a bit of info about the free gallery space we offer to members. Three in one and a nice welcome so to speak.
Perhaps it's not a good idea to show your actual street in view of the fact we probably own enough kit between us to finance the next deep space probe?
It's only a couple of miles from where I live, but at least I'm not living in the middle of a railroad track like Noah!! :icon_eek:
i always wondered where that noise came from :Ponders: :D
added me.
Westcountry is VERY heavily under-represented I think.
More cider and tractors needed!
:( Wont add me ...
Did you fill in the 'shoutout' message box as well? Took me a while to realise you need all 3 boxes filled or it just ignores you.
ok i can do that, leave it with me!
I live quite close to a number of people actually, with Marcel living down the road from me :D
Liberalis
01-11-2005, 08:39
Did you fill in the 'shoutout' message box as well? Took me a while to realise you need all 3 boxes filled or it just ignores you.
Done it mate, cheers.
eww, it's put me about a mile from where i live but on a horrible estate :(
If anyone has not noticed... if you click on the 'satellite' button you get an aerial photo view - which in some areas will zoom in to quite high detail.
digitalfailure
02-11-2005, 20:40
I'd not bothered to look look at the detailed location, but now after looking at it on both the normal map and the satellite image I'm very happy with it.
No one will look at it and nick my kit because my actual location is approx 5 miles in a different direction :D
Just added my self...
...in the other side of the globe.
Cheers!
AquilaEagle
01-01-2006, 16:53
Added me :)
barrymoir
01-01-2006, 18:47
Im in too, another east coaster.
On the map now (doubled my post count:))
chuckles
03-01-2006, 22:34
Marianne and I are at Haddenham not Ely as on the map, close enough! ;)
minimeeze
03-01-2006, 22:50
I'm on there now...apparantly somewhere in the middle of the firing range:shock:
So now I know where you all live. Who can I visit first?? :p LOL
Moving at the end of the month. Anyone figured out how to modify their location? :)
Err no, just add another one ;)
So now I know where you all live. Who can I visit first?? :p LOL
Kettles on :)
Added me :)
You live like 10 mins from me! How cool is that!
What kind of things do you like to shoot? Maybe we could shoot together sometime?
Moving at the end of the month. Anyone figured out how to modify their location? :)
I can delete you from the map - then you can add yourself again but moved. Post to this thread again I should see it :)
Also - Note to Admin here.... they have changed the map site quite a bit. Looks like you can now use some code to display the map within your own pages. No idea if that is of any interest but I thought I'd point it out :)
Kettles on :)
alrighty than! Give me a few, I could be a while. :suspect1: :D
Jewel
Ignore me..........Posted in wrong thread
feenster
04-01-2006, 22:59
Well, I appeared to have added myself onto there at some point - can remember when I did it! Quite a few people near me in sunny (!) West Yorkshire it seems.
Matt
So now I know where you all live. Who can I visit first?? :p LOL
There's always haggis, neeps and tatties, cluty dumpling and a wee dram on the table here, if you're ever passing.
There's always haggis, neeps and tatties, cluty dumpling and a wee dram on the table here, if you're ever passing.
LOL I have no clue as to what you just said there Bachs but thank you, it all sounds great! I'll keep that in mind if I'm passing through. ;)
..off to find what haggis, neeps and tatties are! :confused:
He said he will provide lunch consisting of Haggis (meat and vegetables cooked inside a sheep's stomach), Turnip and Potatoes (its a Scottish thing - honest!). Don't know what 'cluty dumpling' is, but apparently he is also providing Scotch Whiskey. :)
Added myself to the map, only my town was not on the list (Trujillo) about 45k east of where i posted and a slightly more detailed satelite pic of my town than the local city that is if you can be bothered to track across the map.
The map site has changed more than a bit since I set it up.... it was described as beta so thats not surprising.
What was a simple place to mark a map now has tabs you can click for forum discussions.... share pictures etc. The posts so far are mostly what was the comments section previously.
Not sure I like the way it is going - was better when it was simpler. Suppose its Ok if you don't navigate away from the front page.
Forgot to move myself when I moved... can someone delete me so I can relocate my point (Thanks RobertP ;)).
CarlOgden
18-03-2006, 10:40
So we all seem to trawl the same forums then?????
Carl.
He said he will provide lunch consisting of Haggis (meat and vegetables cooked inside a sheep's stomach), Turnip and Potatoes (its a Scottish thing - honest!). Don't know what 'cluty dumpling' is, but apparently he is also providing Scotch Whiskey. :)
Sorry!
Neeps are Turnips, Tatties are Potatoes. Haggis Neeps and Tatties are traditional fayre on Burns night.
A wee dram is well...a wee dram (of whiskey) and a cluty dumpling is a sweet spicy traditional pudding, usually with a sixpence in it!
I didn't have a clue myself when I moved up here being a Sasenach and all.
You'll have to google Sasenach yourself as the profanity filter may stop me posting the meaning, but it loosely refers to English in a derogatory manner :p
barrymoir
18-03-2006, 11:07
In the beginning, the lord god almighty, sitting on his throne on high, turned to his mate, the Archangel Gabriel, and said "Gabby, today I'm going to create Scotland.
I will make it a country of dark beautiful mountains, purple glens and rich green forests. I will give it clear, swift flowing rivers and I will fill them with salmon. The land shall be lush and fertile, on which the people shall grow barley to brew into an amber nectar that will be much sought after the world over. Underneath the land I shall lay rich seams of coal.
In the waters around the shores there will be an abundance of fish and beneath the sea bed there will be cast deposits of oil and gas."
"Excuse me Sire", interrupted the Archangel Gabriel, "Don't you think you are being a bit too generous to these Scots"?
"Jeez no", replied the Lord, "wait till you see the neighbours I'm giving them"!!!
:D :D :D :D :D
mfwild13
18-03-2006, 11:32
A wee dram is well...a wee dram (of whiskey)
I didn't have a clue myself when I moved up here being a Sasenach and all.
Still dont it seems. I prefer whisky myself :D
A wee dram is well...a wee dram (of whiskey)
I don't think the Scots would be drinking the Irish variety.
Their more likely to have a sip of Scotch whisky.;)
Me too ... just hope Im not floating somewhere in the Atlantic!
Ah, mistery solved...I'm on there, but only after you hit "Show rest of markers".
Oo-er, the only Southern Hempispherian (?) too!
Swiftwind
22-03-2006, 06:52
Oo-er, the only Southern Hempispherian (?) too!
Not any more! :D I just added myself to the map.
Did you know that you use an old teatowel or cloth to cook a Cloutie Dumpling. This is how my auntie Mina in Tillicoultry makes it, she's also won a few awards for it.
The map site has evolved some more and allows some customising - so I've had a play.
Someone I'd never heard of had flooded the photos section of the map pages - so I have removed him and his pictures :)
There is also a box for custom html... so straining my coding to its limit I've put a clickable link back to here. If anyone admin would prefer different wording just say...
Link again to save going back looking for it. (http://www.frappr.com/TalkPhotographyforums)
Did you know that you use an old teatowel or cloth to cook a Cloutie Dumpling. This is how my auntie Mina in Tillicoultry makes it, she's also won a few awards for it.
My mother always uses a nice fresh linen pillow case , think it adds to the flavour :)
The maps getting quite busy now. We have a nice spead now accross most of the UK with a few of us scatterd a little further away ;)
Bump
Now with a new URL :)
links revised
http://www.frappr.com/TalkPhotography
The maps getting quite busy now. We have a nice spead now accross most of the UK with a few of us scatterd a little further away ;)
Not scattered far enough IMHO...:razz:
Thanks for updating that Robert. Those of you with links to us in your webpages, dont forget to update those!
whitewash
27-04-2006, 18:16
why is everyone claiming to be girls?
why is everyone claiming to be girls?
LOL, I think most of us added ourselves way back when that option wasn't there. It just planted a red balloon for you,lol.
Jewel
whitewash
27-04-2006, 18:30
maybe they're all ladyboys eh?:nono:
why is everyone claiming to be girls?
who said we're not :naughty:
Just a little not, the URL has now changed ever so slightly
(I've updated most posts on teh forums to reflect this).
Feel free to add yourselves!
http://www.frappr.com/talkphotography
Digital SPG
24-09-2006, 15:04
Just added myself. I see there a couple of us down in the southern hemisphere.
am i allowed to put mine in again, i've just arrived in the himalaya :D :p
ps. motorcyclists, the riding here is nothing short of breathtaking!
Just added myself. Seems like the eastern counties could do with a few more like us!!!:woot: :wave:
Keltic Ice Man
11-03-2007, 17:14
Thought I'd bump this as there are so many new folks on the site
http://www.frappr.com/talkphotography
Venomator
11-03-2007, 17:16
Good idea that KIM ... :thumbs:
:p
It has changed so much I don't recognise it now! Glad I handed admin to Marcel :)
AdWright
12-03-2007, 10:42
I've added myself! Not as many in London as I thought
Neat idea. Had to update the flash plugin on my linux box before it ran, but now a runner.
I likey :thumbs:
... oh and I've added myself
Great idea. I'm on :Thumbs:
Chickenhawk
13-03-2007, 12:13
Added my house in Spain
Dan Leach
13-03-2007, 12:34
Just added meself, up in sunny Lancaster :)
Plonked my pin in there too! :eek:
Keltic Ice Man
28-12-2007, 19:19
Its an old one... but a good one.
Thought I'd give it a good old bump with so many new folks about :)
cjnicolai
28-12-2007, 19:23
Cool. I'm there now.
hadnt seen this before....added myself now :)
dellipher
28-12-2007, 20:16
Ive added myself..but cant zoom in! :thinking: what am I doing wrong?
Wile E. coyote
28-12-2007, 20:25
Missed it first time round, added it now :).
Done; but I seem to be a couple of miles to the west of where I live :lol:
dellipher
28-12-2007, 21:35
Done; but I seem to be a couple of miles to the west of where I live :lol:
how did u zoom in to see? it wont let me!!!!!!
Bottom right, there's a '+' symbol, click on that. And left click, hold down, and you can move the map around.
I think
dellipher
28-12-2007, 21:43
Ah found it. Who put that there? I'm sure it werent there before :lol:
Mr thx whos that? Lol he lives near me apparently.
I also live in a field...according to that.
The nearest people to me are Mr thx, Feenster, brian.pulleyn, yoda [halifax], braeden.
I know loads of people around me...Where are you all?!
We have a similar thing on Pistonheads, great for sorting out meets ;)
I'm all alone in chestershire by the looks of things :(
Hey there just down the way from me.
Messiah Khan
29-12-2007, 19:30
Ive added myself :)
King of Groove
29-12-2007, 19:40
I'm on another planet!
dellipher
29-12-2007, 19:54
I'm on another planet!
Surely you didnt have to sign up to this to know that clive?
King of Groove
29-12-2007, 19:58
Surely you didnt have to sign up to this to know that clive?
Only kidding! :naughty:
Dark Star
29-12-2007, 21:00
Added myself but can't seem to move me :(
trying to remember my password for it lol, but il be the only one in yeovil again :(
I'm there as well now.
I wonder if you can find me ;)
It should be rather easy.
Dark Star
29-12-2007, 23:45
Well I seem to have placed myself in the middle of the States ! If anyone can shift me to London please do! I'm damned if I can see how to do it!
digitalfailure
29-12-2007, 23:54
Hey there just down the way from me.
You must be a mighty fine person then :D
Can't see you on the map though?
For some reason that map thinks I live about 4 miles away from the house I pay the mortgage on :thinking:
Canon Bob
30-12-2007, 03:30
For some reason that map thinks I live about 4 miles away from the house I pay the mortgage on :thinking:
That's down to the software doing some "social stereotyping". There are probably 4-5 million divorced men in that exact position.
Bob
digitalfailure
30-12-2007, 16:10
That's down to the software doing some "social stereotyping". There are probably 4-5 million divorced men in that exact position.
Bob
hope not, I'm not divorced!!!
I can't afford a new lens never mind a divorce :eek:
You must be a mighty fine person then :D
Can't see you on the map though?
For some reason that map thinks I live about 4 miles away from the house I pay the mortgage on :thinking:
I am there, well I was unless I've been washed away by a high tide!!!!! OMG the bikes will get rusty all that salty sea.
digitalfailure
01-01-2008, 17:53
my map must be telling porkies.....i don't see you :shrug:
my map must be telling porkies.....i don't see you :shrug:
Oops, sorry, wrong tag on the map, must remember to activate the brain cell. I have now changed the tag so it shows as Briddo. :bonk:
ive added myself atlast :D its a bit lonely down here though :lol:
birdy961
02-01-2008, 08:53
I'm in:thumbs:
Chuckurbarla
02-01-2008, 09:11
Looks like I'm the only one in Turkey so far. Never been first anywhere before :lol: Actually I'm in Çukurbağ just north of Kas but the system doesn't seem to accept that name.
Added, although site seems a bit flakey this morning
StewartR
02-01-2008, 11:07
Miaow.
I thought there were more TP members from my area, but apparently I'm the first one to find this.
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