Traceur Map

[Stevem156]

I think it would be helpful if members of this website could input their location on a map so we could more easily find other traceurs close to us for training buddies and whatnot.

Yes? No?

[greg@bc_parkour]

i believe there was something like this on the last website... but yes i agree would be a nice resource

[ian]

it seems like a good idea but kinda sketchy with the whole everyone knowing where you live thing

[greg@bc_parkour]

u already give this info in ur profile... ur ian and ur from middleboro, MA and thats the same info that would be on the map

[Positive Zero]

Not to mention that if you don't to be part of it, it's as simple as not putting your info on the map.

[The Greginator]

can we get an actual picture of a map? o.O

[Bionicgrape]

I can put it together on a map, and it would just be general locations, not actual addresses so much less sketchy!

[tim]

we could all add our locations on google map under 'nepk', so whenever someone searched nepk on google map, our locations would just come up

just a thought =)

[Bionicgrape]

Hah! that would work

[kaos]

Currently we just have a map of training grounds which can be found on the resources page

http://neparkour.ning.com/page/2257390:Page:195

I can add people's locations to that if they are willing. Or someone else can make a new map and I'll link it on the resources page as well.

[James]

I finally got around to doing this. The only really annoying bit was that I forgot how to do geocoding, and that haxe.Http doesn't auto-convert spaces into %20, thus giving me 400 errors. Anyway, there you go. All 548 members that I pulled from the member page, sent through a parser, imported into a database, looked up lat/long, and put into a kml.

Someone else can put it on a nice looking map. Otherwise, just open it with googleearth.

[AngelinaC]

This is awesome! I'm finding a lot more people in my area than I thought there actually were, which is so cool. Great resource, and thank you for doing this!

Now, please just ignore my raining on your parade, because I really do love the idea of the map and the fact that you actually put one together.

The only problem I can see with a resource like this is that it's a static file, and people are joining nepk all the time. I know it'd be a pain to repeat the whole process with everyone who joins, or to do even an annual update and have to separate who's already in the database and who's not. But people phase in and out of activity, move, forget about accounts, etc. all the time, and of course there are the new members too. It's a wonderful starting point, but by the time you posted it, it's probably already outdated information (some of it, clearly not all of it). Such is the way of things in the Information Age that we're in, and I'm not trying to rag on your accomplishments at all. I'm just looking to the future usability of this resource.

Now, I don't know how to code or do anything fancy on computers, so I've got no idea how one would even begin to go about making something that does live updating to the map or does something to keep the database of members' locations current. It's just a thought.

Like I said, I love the map idea and I don't want you to think I'm being negative. I'll be the first one to say that this is a great and wonderful map you've put together for everyone on the forum, but I'm just trying to be constructive.

[James]

If I had access to the member database (and the latest-activity part), then it would be pretty easy.

I don't.

(Most of the effort put in was to make my own member database)

Note that it may also be impossible to allow access to that as well, since this site isn't built from the ground up (It's built on ning, and so nobody other than global admins might have DB access)