An idea for knowing were everyone is from.

[Keverzwijn]

Ok, I know you can see the location of the members in their box but there are to many members so I got the idea of making a sort of map woth all the continents (except antartica), fairly big maps showing only one continent at the same time. On this map we should nicely see all the countries and states. Every member will be shown on this map with a symbol( a dot or a letter or something else) in his land or state. You should ofcourse be able to click it and see who it is. The general idea is that you can just go to the worldmap and find out who lives in your country or state without losing to much time and then send PM and stuff. There could be more interaction between the members this way. If Fatty or someone else can arrange the interactive maps, then I will make sure the location of every member is available sorted per country or state in a nice file I'll make at home. The problem ofcourse is that certain people fill in Rivendell as a location or nothing. It isn't to late to change that or they can just PM me their location so I can put them in my file.

Ok guys what do you think. Say something if you agree.

[Blind-Guard]

That could be fun. I think. Just to see where we all live on this cold planet. Keverzwijn, hoe kom je toch op dat idee?!

[Keverzwijn]

Eigenlijk door jou, ik vond het leuk om te weten dat er iemand in de buurt woonde. Nu nog wachten op iemand uit België. Thx for the support.

[Frodo's Love]

Leuk idee hoor! Ben benieuwd of het lukt!!
Groetjes :) ...en prettige kerstdagen natuurlijk ;)

[Keverzwijn]

OMg, het loopt hier gewoon vol met nederlandstaligen. Van waar ben je oorspronkelijk?

UPDATE: it would also be nice if you could click on the country or state so it would appear in a new window as a big map so you can see who lives there.

[Blind-Guard]

Het word nog druk hier! :) Breng ik nog s iemand op een idee! Das leuk!

Like this: click on a country and then see the different city's right? Sounds like fun to me!

[Blind-Guard]

Keverzwijn en Frodo's love: Merry Christmass/ Prettige kerst!

[Keverzwijn]

Ok, this is fun to chat with the dutch speaking community but we should keep to our subject. Get the word out about this thread, let us hear what you feel.

I think it would be a little to complicated to show where everyone lives on the map per city but you could send a PM or you might find it at their personal info.

[Blind-Guard]

Oh....eh...sorry for that! Yeah sure great man! eh..... right:)

[Frodo's Love]

Originally posted by Keverzwijn
OMg, het loopt hier gewoon vol met nederlandstaligen. Van waar ben je oorspronkelijk?


Ik kom uit Duitsland, maar heb een tijdje in Nederland gewoond :)

Merry Christmas to you too, Blind Guard- and for everyone else! :grin:

[Blind-Guard]

Why, thank you very much indeed, Frodo's love!

Is everyone asleep here? This idea is not getting much responce! Or am I just mistakin?

[Keverzwijn]

No you're not mistaking but this isn't a popular forum. I told Illu about it yesterday.

[Illuvatar]

And Illu hasd taken council with Fatty on this matter.

Please be patient, good things come to those who wait;)

We have some investigating to do, as to how to pull this off and do it justice, or if it's functionally do-able in the first place.

I will update you as soon as I can......promise.

[Keverzwijn]

OK, thanks. But remember, I'll do all the work I can do for it but I don't know anything about programming.

[Blind-Guard]

Oke thanks. I'll be waitin.

[Bonos-Girl]

wow...it will be so cool.....i only just found this thresd cos i haven't been able to get on the net over christmas....

[Blind-Guard]

HEY!!!, finally a reply. Thnx Bonos-girl!

[Bonos-Girl]

lol...thats ok....but i wasn't exactly the first to reply!!! lol lol

[Blind-Guard]

Oh... yeah right..... :) forgot about that! But, Thanx anyway :)

[Ithielnor]

here's another reply........
it would be interesting to have that sorta thing around. Hope it is possible. Good luck.

[Fatty]

Ok well Illuvatar pointed this out to me. I will look into it. Do you forsee it being one person to update the map or everyone being able to. Maybe we could schedule updates with you doing the compiling of new locations from new members etc.

I will have a look this week and see what I can coem up with.

A great idea by the way!

Fatty

[Keverzwijn]

Yes, it might be easier that members could put in their own location. It's in their own advantage so they probaly won't fill in a different location in the map. You can fill in 'Rivendell' in your personal info but I don't think people do that on the map. We could make a few announcements and a few sticky's on the forums and the site so that everyone knows about it. This way only the active members will be on the map wich is also an advantage. The other option is that I collect all the data and people who fill in 'Rivendell' or no loaction at all, can PM me or I PM them if this doesn't work. There are several new members everyday so we could make them contribute their location to the map when they register. I was thinking about just clicking the map instead of typing it in somewhere. This will be easier cuz maybe not everyone is sure what's the name of their country in English. We could also make it more specific by letting them place a dot on on the 'precise' place they live in their counrty. Ofcourse they could also PM each other to know the precise location. I've got the whole thing figured out, if it's possible in a program.

[Bonos-Girl]

...that sounds so cool....i really hope it can happen!!!

[Iarfirithwen]

Hey that could be really interesting ....

Could it be a combination of a Macarthers Universal Corrective Map of the world (http://www.flourish.org/upsidedownmap/mcarthur-large.jpg) and a Peter's Projection (http://www.webcom.com/~bright/petermap.html)? roflmao

Seriously the idea is great. You can ignore the second bit I said (I just adore those maps ;) ).

[Bonos-Girl]

erm....is this a stoopid question.....but...why is the Macarthers Universal Corrective Map of the world upsidedown?

[Lady Arien]

I think your idea is a great one, but there are some people who don't put their home city and/or state in the profile for personal/privacy reasons....myself included, and there is no way we can "make" new members contribute that information if they don't want to...but for those who do want to participate, it would be quite an interesting project....provided we have the resources to do so.

[Keverzwijn]

Yeah sure, if you don't want to contribute to the map. I can't see why, but OK. And if you haven't filled in the location, you can still do that in a minute. With a few announcements and sticky's we could ask people to fill it in. Or, they could point out their locotion themselves on the map if we make it 'interactive'.

[Steve the Great]

Here (http://pub5.bravenet.com/guestmap/view.php?usernum=393778646) is a working example for this feature. I find it a very good idea, either.

[Cuiel Rilwen]

...isn't this gonna happen? Looks cool to me...anybody wanna enlighten my dumb old brain on why they wouldn't contribute to it? Only your friends know your real name, there won't be an addy on the map...what's could possibly happen?:huh:

[Ereinion]

I think it's the coolest idea! :cool:

[Aranethiel]

Hi, I am new here. But I think it is a great idea. I went and added myself right on. About the security issue... are there really psychotic LOTR fans out there hunting people down?

[Hobbit]

The idea sounds like great fun! Please add me aswell. I hope I can help if needed (sorry I missed the Dutchspeaking party. Leuk om te zien dat er flink wat landgenoten en buren op de site zijn)

[Illuvatar]

Okay...okay.......you win.......hehe

I could see where this could be an interesting idea and will research to see what type of "Member Map" hacks are available for VBulletin forums.

I've got a wee bit on my plate at the moment, so please bear with me and give me some time to research this one as well.

I'll report back here with my findings.

Illu

[Cuiel Rilwen]

...did you notice the links to workable maps further up i this thread...ofcourse you did you're the Creator!lol

[Illuvatar]

Ohhh yes.....I saw those....however they are linked to someone else's board.

We'd want something for just WotR correct?

[Steve the Great]

I found a UserMap hack for vBullettin, but it uses Flash. I don't know, whether this fact is a disadvantage to use this solution?

[Illuvatar]

Thanks STG, I'll probably be trolling the hack board this evening and see as well. I don't think flash would be that big of a deal, just gotta see the layout, etc.

[Lasgalen]

Knowing where everyone is from would be really helpful for the "In Expectation of RoTK " thread. It would help those who want to plan a line party to do so.

[Keverzwijn]

Hey, I totally forgot about this thread, I thought noone cared about it. Great to see that people still like the idea. I'm still willing to do what I can to make this work. It's very good to see that the idea worked on an other site. Very hopefull :) . When Fatty or Illu give us the green light, this will work for us. There will be a new thread in the musicforum based on another marvellous idea by me and Ronin. It will be up in a few days. Go check it out. :)

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Originally posted by Illuvatar
Ohhh yes.....I saw those....however they are linked to someone else's board.

We'd want something for just WotR correct?

...duh...I just wondered if those links would help you find what we want, not that we should link to other sites:p lol

[Pil]

I think that a member map would be a fantastic idea...i agree with whoever said it would make gatherings much easier to organise. :thumbs:

[Aranethiel]

The whole map idea would be great for planning gatherings of local LOTR fans. I thought I was all alone around here until I got this really strange message on my answering machine. I had written a letter to the Official LOTR Fan Club and they actually published just about all of it (go me! :) ) then they printed my name and home town. Another local LOTR fan read it and then called everyone in the phone book with the same last name looking for me. (Luckily I live in a very small village.) She turned out to be a wonderful girl and I am so glad to have found a new friend. But what a tough way of having to find a fellow LOTR lover. roflmao

[Bonos-Girl]

wow! thats a really tough way to find another LOTR freak!! i can;t believe she phoned everyone in the phone book with your name....

[Lasgalen]

How great that you found a new friend and fellow LotR lover. I live in a big city, but never seem to find others from my area. Only at one other board did I find a couple of fellow Arizonans.

[Periantari Andruil]

oh yes, i need to know where the fellow tri-state LOTR lovers are located... i must go insane if i didn't have WOTR to vent out my love for LOTR lol
and all those LOTR meet-ups i can't go to for one reason or another... if only i can convert my friends....... ;)

a map would be great =)

[Kenzie]

this is a reall good idea... i totaly support it!

[Steve the Great]

Wow.. this User-map looks great :thumbs:
Thanks, I hope we can use it for a long time... ;)

[Fatty]

Well,glad you like it Steve. It is limited to 1000 entries, thats why I have not mentioned it on the main page of the site. I am trying to see if we can alter that, should do for now though :)

[Steve the Great]

Hmm... It doesn't works for me... :(
I could add myself to this map, but after that I wanted to change some data. Beacuse I didn't find any editing option, so I deleted my record but from that time I was unable to add myself again... :huh:

EDIT (by me... ;) )

Hmm.. it's working now... quite interesting...

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Yes...works wonderfully...great stuff! Now only have to wait for everyone to post their whereabouts!:grin:

[Keverzwijn]

I am very happy to see that my idea has come to life altho I think it could be better. It'"s quite good for what we want right now.

[Miruvor]

It didn't work for me. Do you have to be a paying member? It did say members AND guests. Are there rules?

[Illuvatar]

Nope ..there are no restrictions other than a 1,000 member limit which we may try to address.

We pay monthy for this software, so unless you've got a really old browser it should work just fine.

Can you tell us exactly what type of an error you received?

[Adunauriel]

I added myself, now there are three in California..;)

Cool Idea BTW, loved your alien, Illu.. Very cute...lol

[Steve the Great]

Miruvor: This error occured also for me some times (as I wrote above)... So I had to submit my 'registration' several times... :huh:

[Steve the Great]

Umm... Why I am unable to delete my record from the UserMap? :huh:

[Illuvatar]

I dunno......I tried to delete mine so I could re-enter and put me and Lady Arien on the same one, but could not.

I'll check into it.

[Bonos-Girl]

I had to try three times i think til it worked...still trying to get Pil on there cos she was round my house last night and its bugging me that it didnt work! lol

[Arninquelote]

As the uk part is so overcrowded, how about adding a separate uk guest map so we can space ourselves out a bit? There is one available from the same site you got that one from, i think. :grin:

[Lady Ashley]

Oh, I like the map! But I can't seem to be added to it. I try hitting "Post" but can't. Does that mean there's already 1000 ppl on it?

[Keverzwijn]

Hum, Europa is turning into a rainbow of figures. Not easy to see who is located where.

[Nessa the Dancer]

You can zoom in on places, that makes it easier to see who's where, and you can also make em into dots, that makes it easier too, they are not overlapping then.

[Frodo's Love]

Compliments on this great map!
And I never thought that there is another poster (The Silmarillion :wave: ) who lives in the very town I live in! :grin:

[Lasgalen]

Great map. I will try to add myself later. I filled out all the boxes, but my entry doesn't appear on map. Maybe if I log out and come back later, it will work.

[Bonos-Girl]

just keep trying las.....it took about 3 attempts for it to accept me...lol

[Fatty]

Well you have to actually click on the map as well as fill in the boxes...mess about and see what happens :-) We can always delete an incorrect entry.

[Steve the Great]

OK, then please delete my record (I'd like to place it more accurately).... :)

[Lasgalen]

OK. I am now on the map.

[Arninquelote]

Can someone give me step by step in words of one syllable idiot proof instructions on how to add yourself to it? I've tried everything, but nothing happens.

[Steve the Great]

OK... ;)
1. Zoom the map to see where you put your sign to
2. Press 'Post' button
3. Point and click to the place where you'd like to see yourself
4. Fill the form
5. Press 'OK'
6. If nothing happens, go to Step 1 and repeat the process till night falls (or sun rises) :grin:

Good luck... lol

[Illuvatar]

Okay......

click "Where are you from" at top of page
click "Hide welcome message" when it displays.
click "Zoom +" to enlarge map
click button marked "Post"
click "OK"
Stick the push pin where you live
Fill in blanks...name...email....comment, etc....pick an icon and a flag.
click "submit" and you're done.

Hope this helps! :p

**Edit...well StG beat me to it, but mine is more detailed....so neyah.......hehe...but same process....should work!

[Steve the Great]

Yeah, yours is a bit more optimistic than mine ;)

[Arninquelote]

Why thankyou my lovelies. :grin:
So I did the first few steps of that list, but when I clicked post no OK box came up, just an error on page message. Must be my pooter, eh?

[Steve the Great]

Did you get any specific error message? :huh:
Umm... did you permit JavaScript to run?

[Arninquelote]

Nothing at all happens when I click post, then a yellow triangle and 'error message' come up on the left hand side of the taskbar at the bottom of the page. I have not the slightest idea whether I have permitted java script to run or not. :blush:

[Steve the Great]

OK, let's try some distant support... :grin:
Do you use Internet Explorer?
If the answer yes, choose Tools menu and then Internet Preferences (I think that it is its Englsih name, actually it's the last option from this menu)
You'll see a dialog box with more tabs: you should choose 'Security'. There you can see the actual Security Level. If it says that security level is high, it's quite sure that something (JS) is blocked that is needed to UserMap... (I think)
Huhh... lol

[Illuvatar]

Yes....I believe that StG is on the right path...

Also......you should be able to double click on that yellow triangle and tell us what type of error you are getting.

[Arninquelote]

This is the error message:

Line: 69
Char: 13
Error: Could not get the cursor property. Invalid argument.
Code: 0
URL: http://pub1.bravenet.com/guestmap/show.php?usernum=85893111&password=&zoom=2&movetox=360&movetoy=210


The javascript permission thingy is set on high safety. I changed it to medium to see if that made a difference and it didn't - still not able to post my location.

[Steve the Great]

Distant support part 2 lol
I think you should try to adjust Scripting options (Press 'Custom level' button in this (http://members.lycos.co.uk/stg09/pics/screenshot01.png) panel, then check whether scripting settings (http://members.lycos.co.uk/stg09/pics/screenshot02.png) are turned to 'enable')

btw. you can change security settings in certain sites independently if you add them to Trusted Zone, as you can see in Screenshot01 above - through the 'Sites' button. (So you don't need to use lower security level regarding the whole internet)

I hope this may help... :grin:

[Arninquelote]

Ta muchley. Here's the bad news....I followed your instructions to the letter, and still no success. It keeps coming up with the error message I posted above. The good news is that with all your expert advice I'm getting the hang of this technology lark and have discovered bits of my computer I didn't know existed....:grin:

[Bonos-Girl]

lol...well done Arn! i love spending ages looking through random menus tryingto figure out what on earth half of it actually does...actually...no wonder my dad doesn;t want me installing stuff on this computer...lol

[Illuvatar]

Hey ya.....

I've finally gotten the hang of the admin panel for the map! lol

I've updated it so that the icons are smaller and that everybody is on one page.

If you've found that your post went into the wrong spot and you would like me to delete it so that you can repost it, then just email me at Illuvatar@warofthering.net

Oh...I added a little graphic to claim that world in the name of WotR... :p

[Tar-Vanimelde]

I haven't read through the back pages here, so maybe my question has been answered...

Is there a way to have the list of people on the map aranged in alphabetical order instead of by post date? It would make it easier to find people that way

#Vani

[Illuvatar]

Hmmmm.....

Well....I checked into it and whilst it's a decent idea.....there is not away for me to change how the user list is displayed. pfbbt

Seems like just about everything else is though! :p

Soz.............

[Tar-Vanimelde]

I see. Ah well, it's nice to have the map in any form, so I can't complain ;)

#Vani