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MyGuestmap: Yet another cool Google Maps Hack
by Jordan Running Aug 12th 2005 at 8:57PM
A guestmap is like a guestbook, except it shows you where in the world the signers are concentrated. MyGuestmap is the first guestmap service I've seen that uses the Google Maps API, and also happens to be one of the first Google Maps hacks I've seen that deserves more than ten seconds' worth of Ooh and Ahh. MyGuestmap comes from the "the
simplest thing that could possibly work" school of design, so it's pretty no-frills, but it's easy to create your own guestmap and there are even four sets of cute icons (which visitors use to mark their location) to choose from. If you want to give it a spin, leave your mark at the newly-created (un)official Download Squad Guestmap.
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ajp2116 said 1:20AM on 8-13-2005
Wow, I would really like to use something like this on my website simply because it is very interesting. I like how something like this allows you to actually see on a map where someone is instead of trying to visualize it. I don't know how it would work for me though, are you able to zoom into the map and acutally see smaller cities and everything? I would like to know that because, I don't get too many people signing my guest book from out of state. Hey, check out my site for your self, just click on my name and go there. Tell me what you think in my new forums. Thanks!
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~J~ said 11:24AM on 8-13-2005
ajp2116;
Yep, you can zoom into "cities and everything" as it uses the googlemaps API which is pretty damn good. Put it this way, I've placed my own pin on the marker (a little village called Grovesend near Swansea in Wales) and there's a population of about 800 there so if it can show that (with all the roads and country lanes) I'm sure it will be ok for you.
Speaking of which, I can't believe there's only MattJ and myself from the UK who look at DownloadSquad! Come on the rest of you Brits, get pinning!! :)
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DAngel said 12:30AM on 8-16-2005
Hey I came across this from Hack-a-Day, and I think it is cool. But it should work by the location being AUTOMATIC getting it from their IP. And then just let people post a comment, place in their location auto :D
This was you will definatly see where your users are coming from and not just a place they have put down :D
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