Users map?
Posted 24/01/2014 - 10:33
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Good idea I'd say
Posted 24/01/2014 - 10:44
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Yes it would be great to have such a feature - one was introduced for a canoeing forum I belonged to and was incredibly useful for building up local groups.
There are two difficulties though - firstly someone has to go to quite a lot of trouble to build (and maintain) such a thing on the servers and secondly it is potentially a bit of a thieves charter advertising the location of expensive camera gear! Using approximate locations would get round that of course.
There are two difficulties though - firstly someone has to go to quite a lot of trouble to build (and maintain) such a thing on the servers and secondly it is potentially a bit of a thieves charter advertising the location of expensive camera gear! Using approximate locations would get round that of course.
Posted 24/01/2014 - 11:06
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Would not work, as people do not put their location below their avatar.
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Posted 24/01/2014 - 11:22
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Would certainly help Billy the Burglar!
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Posted 24/01/2014 - 11:58
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walkeja wrote:
Would not work, as people do not put their location below their avatar.
Perhaps "Users Map" feature would encourage folks? It would still be voluntary
Would not work, as people do not put their location below their avatar.
Posted 24/01/2014 - 13:30 - Helpful Comment
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As a sort of "side issue", this idea might work slightly better if it was incorporated into some sort of "Flickr map" where, not only do you have the general location (town name should suffice, or in cases where users live in large cities, something along the lines of Glasgow West / Manchester South, etc), but any photos posted here could perhaps use a geo-location metatag so that if any user perhaps fancied photographing a location they'd never previously visited, the image(s) would pinpoint where to go to shoot similar photos.
Posted 24/01/2014 - 21:14
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I used to be on Blipfoto and they have a map, I think it is linked to google - where, if you want to, you can put you location and also tag the location you took a photo from - it was interesting especially as members were across the globe! - would be great if Pentax user could do something similar!
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Posted 24/01/2014 - 22:39
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Another forum I am on has a Google map you can pin your location to.
I hardly ever post photos here, but they are all geo tagged unless they were taken at someones home.
I hardly ever post photos here, but they are all geo tagged unless they were taken at someones home.
Posted 25/01/2014 - 14:40
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The other forum is US based and I could pin my location on that because it used Google maps.
I don't know how they did it, or if it would be possible on this forum.
Personally I'd be happy if people just filled in their location, even if it is just the county (for the UK) /country (for non UK) they live in.
I don't know how they did it, or if it would be possible on this forum.
Personally I'd be happy if people just filled in their location, even if it is just the county (for the UK) /country (for non UK) they live in.
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