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Re: [LUG] Location of lug members (inspired by cornish intrest)

 

On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 10:17 +0100, Robin Cornelius wrote:
> The response to the cornish intrest thread got me thinking that i
> might me nice to have an idea of where other lug members are on a map
> and so .....I will probably regret this but ....
> 
> I have chucked together a simple google maps system where you can
> enter your name and postcode and it places a dot on the map to show
> you where you are.
> 
> I decided postcodes were a bit to exact, so i randomise the position
> by +/-0.0054 degrees of latitude and +/-0.01173 degrees of longditude.
> This is randomised before it is saved to my database.
> 
> If you want some fun and to break my server enter your name and post
> code at http://www.byteme.org.uk/geocode.html
> 
> and see results at http://www.byteme.org.uk/lug.php
> 
> Have fun!
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> -- 
> Robin Cornelius
> http://www.byteme.org.uk

Very good, I was thinking of doing something similar, but was sure it
would get greeted with a hail of abuse.

How do you do your postcode to position mapping? When I last looked at
google maps there didn't seen to be a way to do that...

Mark


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