Map idea

[Jee]

Hi,

Idea 1: I just thought, that DeeperBlue could have a Map (of the world, perhaps zoomable on some regions), on which the members could put on their actual place, where they are.

This could be the graphical interpretation of the Location field, which is present at the User data.
Every user could put a mark of her/his locaion on the map.

Idea 2: also - if we have a map - anyone could put marks on diving spots, perhaps with some notes describing the place (the lake, the beach, ..).

I think both ideas (on one or two map) would be cool.

what do you think about it?
Jee

[DeepThought]

I think it is a nice feature to have but may require some work...
On the other hand, 1 DB member has already made such a site:
http://freedivingspots.net/

[Jee]

Originally Posted by DeepThought

I think it is a nice feature to have but may require some work...

Sure.

Originally Posted by DeepThought

On the other hand, 1 DB member has already made such a site:
http://freedivingspots.net/

Yeah, I remembered that site, which is nice, but doesn't show the spots on a map and ths freedivers there are only bound to a country, not to a place, and so they are not shown on the map also.
And one more thing: they are not the DB members, whom you more or less know.

Actually, you are right, if that site would be extended wit hthose functions (spots on a map, freedivers on the map, DB memberids shown for the freedivers [I don't know if the owner of the page wants that or not], and a direct link to the page fro DB), than it would be something I imagined.

Jee

[DeepThought]

Spots are on the map, just not google-earth kinda accurate.
And I think there is a "who dives in that sport" field somewhere.

[Jee]

Ok, now I could see that, but still, no DB ids. and that would be the point.

So Idea 2 is done nicely, but idea 1 would be cool to implement.

[Poida]

Probably an easier method would be to have a list of countries with the DB members that want to be listed under the country that they live. These members would then have their own web sites showing their location and pics of dive sites, accomodation, local dive shops or in fact anything relating to diving.

Of course there would have to be a link from the DB website to the members website.

A code next to the members name ie FD freediver SF spearfishing.

This could help anyone planning a diving holiday or just for interest.

[Jee]

Zeah, then it would be the task of the users to show their country, to create the webpage.

[Jee]

Zeah <- Yeah.

[Morg]

Google has a nice thing like that for a group of people... I will look into it. Some car forums I have seen have this and its pretty neat. It pin points your exact location exactly like what you wanted.

I'll look into it

[Huan]

How bout this?
http://www.frappr.com/deeperbluepeople

[Stephan Whelan]

I have the code to implement Google Maps like the following: http://www.xboxusersgroup.com/forums...hp?do=showmain

I don't have a huge amount of time to do this at present but we may be able to implement something pretty soon.

[Morg]

Originally Posted by Stephan Whelan

I have the code to implement Google Maps like the following: http://www.xboxusersgroup.com/forums...hp?do=showmain

I don't have a huge amount of time to do this at present but we may be able to implement something pretty soon.

The link posted by Huan works great. Its that same idea where it adds like a pin to where you are located. Its already running you just need to add your name to it.

I'm going to addmyself to it now.

[Stephan Whelan]

Yup - but i'm going to implement the code right here onto DeeperBlue so you don't need to leave the site to use it

[Huan]

Trap em Steve!