patmoore Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Just discovered this cool site: http://www.frappr.com/hardbooters Just put in your zip code (I'm pretty sure it works for non-US postal codes) and upload a comment and photo if you like. It's based on Google Maps and gives you zoom in and satellite capabilities. Check it out! Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffV Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 This is great Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Cool stuff ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted October 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 I wonder if it's possible to assign "sticky" status (or whatever it's called) to this topic. I suspect it could be a handy resource for riders looking for someone to hook up with. If that can't be done, be sure to save this in Favorites/Bookmarks. Pat p.s. I have Admin capability so let me know if anything needs changing. And GeoffV - since you were the first to post a photo, you get to be first to have your photo posted at the map page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ-PS Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Agreed lets sticky it. Fin/Jack you want to make a moderator decision here? Or even a link to it from the front page under Bomber Resources. Great resource, thanks Pat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgang Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 What a great tool. make it a sticky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 It might be great for finding people, but you have no way of contacting them through it. What if everyone left their e-mail or phone number on the comments section? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemcse Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Good find. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMU Alpine Boarder Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Great Idea.... Maybe post this when the Ride Board gets finished? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy D Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Cool! Seeing where some people are located is amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted October 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Wow! In the first 18 hours of existence http://www.frappr.com/hardbooters has generated 52 entries! A few folks have had difficulty because Frappr didn't recognize their zipcode. I'll look into the problem but, in the interim, you might want to select the closest larger community and we can edit the entry later if we figure out a solution. Any chance we can get a link to this page somewhere in the Bomber site? Or create a sticky? Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted October 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 It might be great for finding people, but you have no way of contacting them through it. What if everyone left their e-mail or phone number on the comments section? I figured out a way to do it. If you've already registered, click on your "pushpin" and scroll to the bottom of the page. In the blank where it says Shoutout, copy and paste the following: a href="mailto:yourname@youremail.com?subject=Hardbooters Worldwide Map">e-mail</a but be sure to put a < and a > at the very beginning and end of the script or it won't work. I had to delete them here because it would have automatically generated the desired result: <a href="mailto:yourname@youremail.com?subject=Hardbooters Worldwide Map">e-mail</a> and you wouldn't have the code. Obviously, you'll need to substitute your own e-mail address. BTW, inserting this won't replace the comments you've already posted. It appears in addition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartron Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 I figured out a way to do it. ... Worked for me. Thanks Pat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Randy S. Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Very cool. Doesn't work in Safari, but does work in Firefox on Mac. I'm in there now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted October 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 I found the code to create a pushbutton link in case it's possible to position this somewhere in Bomber <a href="http://www.frappr.com/hardbooters"><img src="http://www.frappr.com/i/frapper_sticker.gif" border="0" alt="Check out our Frappr!" title="Check out our Frappr!"></a> Every time I tried to post the code (even without the carets) the graphic appeared. Sorry to do it as a graphic but it's the only way I could figure out how to do it: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Ha, who put Fidel Castro in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar(angel Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 This is a cool way to see who's where in the Alpine World! Have fun, Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dudleydudley Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Oops. I accidentally posted twice on there... please feel free to remove one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted October 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Oops. I accidentally posted twice on there... please feel free to remove one of them. I took care of it. ____________________ Wow! We're up to 87 folks in just two days. It's interesting seeing our geographic distribution. I had no idea there was such a concentration of hardbooters in Finland. If you haven't already done so, click on the "Satellite" button in the upper right of the map and zoom in to your hometown with the slide controls on the left (it won't work on the example above - that's just a graphic). Depending on where you live, the resolution will vary. As a general rule, green is low resoution and gray is very high. In some locales, you'll be able to make out detail as small as cars. In either view, you can navigate by clicking on the map/photo and dragging the mouse. Occasionally this will result in false pushpins so you mignt want to refresh. Remember this is still in Beta status. There are a few hiccups. I noted that you can add items to your shoutout but not edit previous ones (hence the 2 e-mail links in my own entry). I can always delete an entry totally so you can re-register if anyone requests. _____________________ Unrelated note: Okemo got 12-18 inches a couple of days ago and plans on opening November 5th! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokkis Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 I'm not suprised of that number of hard booters in Finland. We have 250 registered members in our hard booting forum here, that is not bad for country with 5 milion people. So with these numbers you can count reference number of your contry if you know your population figures :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Gotta love the one from Fidel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest veijari Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 :o Ooops, I also posted my shoutout twice... Please take whatever actions needed to remove whatever. Or... whatever... :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnfusion Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 I entered my zip but it put me somewhere where I don't actually live. Anyone else have this problem or is it just me? Anyone know how to correct this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted October 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 I entered my zip but it put me somewhere where I don't actually live. Anyone else have this problem or is it just me? Anyone know how to correct this problem? That problem has popped up before. Remember this site is still in development. You might want to try a nearby larger town. Hey - we passed 100 participants today! I switched the initial view to Global since we have so many carvers scattered around the world. For some reason, the "pushpins" in Australia don't appear until you click and drag the continent to the center of the map. Any chance we can assign this topic "sticky" status? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vahur Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 It seems to me, that these pushpins are upside down for southern hemisphere??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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