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 Dek@y
Location: Lower Purgatory, above Hell, right next to the Taco Bell.
Gender: Male
Naughty by Nature
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< on 6/18/2004 3:57 PM >
|  | | | Greetings Av.
This would be a massive undertaking - but have you ever concidered a DB Mapping feature? I'm not saying exact maps for each location, just more of a prov/ town mapping. So if someone wanted to go to an area but didn't know every tiny town name (with locations) that might be in the DB, they could see them on a rough map.
Make sense?
Then again, I might be lazy AND an idiot.
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to
account for the curious attractiveness of others.
----Oscar Wilde---- "So there I was, one man gazing into six blinking eyes and three pairs of pouty lips. I was so hot my hoagie fell into a plate of their special sauce." ....................................... |
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Avatar-X
       
Alpha Husky
Location: West Coast
Gender: Male
yay!
| |  | Re: Mapping Feature
<Reply # 1 on 6/18/2004 4:20 PM >
| | | | It's difficult to do, because I don't have access to any kind of map software. It's very expensive to obtain this sort of thing.
huskies - such fluff. |
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Servo
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<Reply # 2 on 6/18/2004 4:22 PM >
| | | | Posted by Avatar-X
map software
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Ring ring ring ring BANANA PHONE...
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Anyway, yes, this would be very cool but fairly difficult to do. Maybe someone with lots of time on their hands could make a static map with dots on it for locations or something? Just for shits and giggles... 
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MacGyver
Location: St Paul, Minnesota
Gender: Male
"Someone go find me a paperclip, a D-cell battery, and a cheese grater"
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<Reply # 3 on 6/18/2004 4:32 PM >
| | | | I personally think that being able to find a place is slightly requisite. If you hand all the information about a place to someone on a silver platter, they are no longer "exploring". It is then better described as "urban tourism". A lot of the fun comes from finding a place and figuring out how to get in and what the security is like, what equipment you'll bring, etc.
A map applet would be kind of neat, but I guess it's not neccessary and would further add to the too-much-info-in-the-LDB issue.
Like a fiend with his dope / a drunkard his wine / a man will have lust for the lure of the mine
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Conundrum
 
Criticón
Location: GTA
Gender: Male
Now Entering The Bling Chamber
| | Re: Mapping Feature
<Reply # 4 on 6/18/2004 4:50 PM >
| | | | I believe that If you need a map to get to it, you shouldn't be exploring (with some exceptions). On another note, you could use MapQuest, and have the db generate a link using the mapquest link format, and just insert the info, or have the user do it themselves when they add a location
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Carpe Noctem
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MacGyver
Location: St Paul, Minnesota
Gender: Male
"Someone go find me a paperclip, a D-cell battery, and a cheese grater"
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<Reply # 5 on 6/18/2004 4:55 PM >
| | | | can we add a link to automatically book a rental car and point you to the nearest retailer of flashlight batteries too?
Like a fiend with his dope / a drunkard his wine / a man will have lust for the lure of the mine
"If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent." |
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Dek@y
Location: Lower Purgatory, above Hell, right next to the Taco Bell.
Gender: Male
Naughty by Nature
| | Re: Mapping Feature
<Reply # 6 on 6/18/2004 5:05 PM >
| | | | Hardy Har Har people.
I was only looking to map the towns, not the locations.
Goes to show you....
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to
account for the curious attractiveness of others.
----Oscar Wilde---- "So there I was, one man gazing into six blinking eyes and three pairs of pouty lips. I was so hot my hoagie fell into a plate of their special sauce." ....................................... |
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Servo
| | Re: Mapping Feature
<Reply # 7 on 6/18/2004 5:35 PM >
| | | | Posted by Dek@y
I was only looking to map the towns, not the locations.
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Yeah, that's what I thought you meant... then you guys jumped all over him. 
Sure, a map to the EXACT SPOT is not necessary, but a big map of the US and Canada with any town that's represented having a colored dot on it or something, different colors for more locations... it'd at least give you an idea of the concentration of urban explorers around the continent.
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Dek@y
Location: Lower Purgatory, above Hell, right next to the Taco Bell.
Gender: Male
Naughty by Nature
| | Re: Mapping Feature
<Reply # 8 on 6/18/2004 5:38 PM >
| | | | Posted by Servo
... it'd at least give you an idea of the concentration of urban explorers around the continent.
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Ya - an UEer map would be great too...
Like Sam's here
http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/
go to his guestmap link.
Cool photoblog site too!
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to
account for the curious attractiveness of others.
----Oscar Wilde---- "So there I was, one man gazing into six blinking eyes and three pairs of pouty lips. I was so hot my hoagie fell into a plate of their special sauce." ....................................... |
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kowalski
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<Reply # 9 on 6/18/2004 6:29 PM >
|  | | | Posted by Dek@y
I was only looking to map the towns, not the locations.
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It's called google, and actually doing some measure of research, not just cherrypicking.
And if you were going somewhere and actually intended to do some exploring, wouldn't you buy a map of the area regardless?
[last edit 6/18/2004 6:30 PM by kowalski - edited 1 times]
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Dek@y
Location: Lower Purgatory, above Hell, right next to the Taco Bell.
Gender: Male
Naughty by Nature
| | Re: Mapping Feature
<Reply # 10 on 6/18/2004 6:37 PM >
| | | | You know what - forget I even said anything.
As for research, I know what I'm doing,in fact I do it for a living. (Industrial Stat Research for over 10 years now, that is) I just thought it would be a neat feature, since we ALL seem to know what we're doing anyways, right?
What a group.
Still a great site Av, reguardless. Keep up the good work.
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to
account for the curious attractiveness of others.
----Oscar Wilde---- "So there I was, one man gazing into six blinking eyes and three pairs of pouty lips. I was so hot my hoagie fell into a plate of their special sauce." ....................................... |
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MacGyver
Location: St Paul, Minnesota
Gender: Male
"Someone go find me a paperclip, a D-cell battery, and a cheese grater"
| | Re: Mapping Feature
<Reply # 11 on 6/18/2004 7:16 PM >
| | | | I'm sorry if it seems everyone is jumping on you and I hope you don't take it too personally. It's mainly because there have been some pretty heated debates in the past about how much information was too much in the LDB. A map of cities with LDB entries would be neat, and it's just stirring up some emotions and provoking a few opinions.
Guys, let's try to attack the issue at hand rather than the messenger. It's not very welcoming when you propose an idea only to be run out of the village...
By the way; welcome to the forums, Dek@y. I do hope you enjoy your stay here.
Like a fiend with his dope / a drunkard his wine / a man will have lust for the lure of the mine
"If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent." |
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Krenta
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Nope, wasn't me.
| | Re: Mapping Feature
<Reply # 12 on 6/18/2004 7:38 PM >
|  | | | Posted by MacGyver
Guys, let's try to attack the issue at hand rather than the messenger. It's not very welcoming when you propose an idea only to be run out of the village...
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Issue at hand: Should Av spend his copious free time reinventing MapQuest, topozone, and terraserver, or integrating the LDB with such a portal?
Attack on issue at hand: Duh! Hell no.
Non-attack on the messenger: Bad idea, but well and clearly articulated, with a commendable demonstration of spelling and grammar. You get a gold star for starting a thread in "forum issues" that's not pissing, whining, or calling Av and the mods Nazis. Keep up the good work!
Have Speed Graphic, Will Travel. |
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Dek@y
Location: Lower Purgatory, above Hell, right next to the Taco Bell.
Gender: Male
Naughty by Nature
| | Re: Mapping Feature
<Reply # 13 on 6/18/2004 7:46 PM >
| | | | Posted by Krenta
Non-attack on the messenger: Bad idea, but well and clearly articulated, with a commendable demonstration of spelling and grammar. You get a gold star for starting a thread in "forum issues" that's not pissing, whining, or calling Av and the mods Nazis. Keep up the good work!
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LOL "Mod Nazis"!
What kind of riff-raff have been posting?!? Nevermind - I can guess.
Someone lock this thing if people are just going to uproar about it.
Lesson to those with so-called "ideas" - The first step to failure is trying!
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to
account for the curious attractiveness of others.
----Oscar Wilde---- "So there I was, one man gazing into six blinking eyes and three pairs of pouty lips. I was so hot my hoagie fell into a plate of their special sauce." ....................................... |
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Avatar-X
Alpha Husky
Location: West Coast
Gender: Male
yay!
| | | Re: Mapping Feature
<Reply # 14 on 6/18/2004 9:21 PM >
| | | | Actually, in dek@y's defense, the LDB was originally supposed to have some sort of a map feature. it's just technically too difficult.
huskies - such fluff. |
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LongHorn
Location: Alabama
Gender: Male
"Clever got me this far, and tricky got me in."
| |  | Re: Mapping Feature
<Reply # 15 on 6/18/2004 10:12 PM >
| | | | Posted by Dek@y
- The first step to failure is trying!
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completely off topic (please dont rip me a new one) but just made me think of a misfortune cookie i saw once: "If at first you don't succeed, no one will be surprised." oh and i love the quote Dek@y, great movie EDIT: changed ellipsis (...) to a comma because the @ in Dek@y's name and the dots made it a shortcut to send an email.
[last edit 6/18/2004 10:14 PM by LongHorn - edited 1 times]
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Dek@y
Location: Lower Purgatory, above Hell, right next to the Taco Bell.
Gender: Male
Naughty by Nature
| | Re: Mapping Feature
<Reply # 16 on 6/21/2004 12:05 PM >
| | | | Posted by Avatar-X
Actually, in dek@y's defense, the LDB was originally supposed to have some sort of a map feature. it's just technically too difficult.
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Ha! In your collective faces!
Ok, enough gloating. I figured SOMEONE would of thought of it before, Av.
Thanks LongHorn, although it's not the exact quote.
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to
account for the curious attractiveness of others.
----Oscar Wilde---- "So there I was, one man gazing into six blinking eyes and three pairs of pouty lips. I was so hot my hoagie fell into a plate of their special sauce." ....................................... |
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LongHorn
Location: Alabama
Gender: Male
"Clever got me this far, and tricky got me in."
| | | Re: Mapping Feature
<Reply # 17 on 6/21/2004 6:16 PM >
| | | | Posted by Dek@y
Thanks LongHorn, although it's not the exact quote.
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haha i meant the "do you see the bats? you will soon enough--poor bastard." quote. after i looked at that today having written it a few days ago i realized i didnt even know which quote i was talking about
"Mass genocide is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, next to soccer." |
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