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Brian Orlando
08-29-2018, 1:38 PM
Is there a place on this site to find members via a map? I see in the Community tab you can find members by name though it would be nice to find them on a map. Kind of like how the yellow and blue cnc manufactures do. In my case I would like to find local cnc guys.
Matt Schrum
08-29-2018, 1:52 PM
I'm not aware of one, though if you add your location to your profile, it will display in your post header. It's not as handy as a map, but if everyone added their location, it'd be a bit easier to browse and see who is where.
Jim Koepke
08-29-2018, 3:22 PM
Is there a place on this site to find members via a map?

How would the site software know how to place a member on a map if the member doesn't list their location?

You could be a half mile from me and we would never know.

jtk
Bruce Volden
08-29-2018, 4:24 PM
I bet an IP address would come close?
But then there is that!

Bruce
Peter Kelly
08-31-2018, 11:06 AM
392578

Right behind my house apparently!
Bill Jobe
08-31-2018, 12:00 PM
Google places me 180 miles away near Chicago.
"Do not track me" is a joke. The phony location masks a poorly contrived attempt to deny the fact that they track you either way.
Pat Barry
08-31-2018, 12:39 PM
Google places me 180 miles away near Chicago.
"Do not track me" is a joke. The phony location masks a poorly contrived attempt to deny the fact that they track you either way.

180 miles? Google must be out to lunch.
Peter Christensen
08-31-2018, 2:43 PM
A pen turning forum displays just like that but in the profile you have to enable it and fill in the postal code. It is a vBulletin software site too.
Tom M King
08-31-2018, 2:51 PM
Here's where our place is:
http://starbornhavanese.com/images/GoogleEarth_Image_5_.jpg
Malcolm Schweizer
08-31-2018, 3:52 PM
I bet an IP address would come close?
But then there is that!

Bruce

Not if you log in through a VPN client server, which would show the host IP. Most of the time I show up in Tennessee or Florida, and it's annoying because I'm always getting advertising suggestions for those locatons on websites that track your IP.
Ken Fitzgerald
08-31-2018, 5:27 PM
Having a map with members locations on it has been discussed several times and in the end, a lot of people didn't want that information public so the idea was discarded.
Peter Christensen
08-31-2018, 5:42 PM
Having a map with members locations on it has been discussed several times and in the end, a lot of people didn't want that information public so the idea was discarded.

On the site I mentioned earlier it is your option to put your postal code in it. Don't put it in and you don't show on the map. Only logged in members can see the map.
Ken Fitzgerald
08-31-2018, 5:51 PM
Peter, I am neither for it nor against it but take a look at the first 12 posts of this thread. 25% of the posts, the poster doesn't have their location as part of their profile, even the OP.
Wayne Lomman
08-31-2018, 6:34 PM
How big will this map be...? Nominating ones location is enough. If you want to contact someone who is in your area, just ask. It's done regularly to my recollection. I am personally opposed to the concept of a map. It is feeding more free data to the Google's etc. I am under no illusions as to what is known about me. Its just that my data as with everyone else's is aparrently valuable otherwise no one would be interested in it. I just try to avoid giving it away for free if there is an alternative. Cheers
Wayne Lomman
08-31-2018, 6:37 PM
Not that google has managed to figure out where I live anyway. Navigate to my place using any form of sat navigation at your peril. They all lead you through a farm gate into a paddock at a specific location. None of the locals feel inclined to see about correcting the issue. Cheers
Curt Harms
09-01-2018, 6:50 AM
Not if you log in through a VPN client server, which would show the host IP. Most of the time I show up in Tennessee or Florida, and it's annoying because I'm always getting advertising suggestions for those locatons on websites that track your IP.

I don't even need a VPN. Most retailers web sites have me about 30 miles from what I actually am.
John K Jordan
09-01-2018, 9:49 AM
How big will this map be...? Nominating ones location is enough. If you want to contact someone who is in your area, just ask. It's done regularly to my recollection. I am personally opposed to the concept of a map. It is feeding more free data to the Google's etc. I am under no illusions as to what is known about me. Its just that my data as with everyone else's is aparrently valuable otherwise no one would be interested in it. I just try to avoid giving it away for free if there is an alternative. Cheers

A location map is fun, even without contact details.

The AAW has one for member woodturning chapters. It's interesting to see the distribution.
https://www.woodturner.org/page/AAWConnectsMap

This one shows morel mushroom sightings.
https://www.thegreatmorel.com/morel-sightings/