New INTPCentral world map

[garak]

Using google maps, as discussed in the other map thread. It's up in the menu ("World Map") or click here (http://intpcentral.com/?mode=map).

Go here http://www.heavens-above.com/countries.asp to find your city's latitude and longitude, and then go into your profile and enter it there. You should then show up on the map. Make sure not to accidentally get lat/long backwards! (I did that at one point)

[Zero Angel]

It doesn't work for me in konqueror (the map doesnt show up)

And in IE: I get one of two messages.

http://www.intpcentral.com/?mode=map -- (Popup) This site doesnt match with the one registered on google.

http://intpcentral.com/?mode=map -- (Popup) Operation Aborted

[garak]

Hm, the first thing is related to which domain the key is registered to. Not sure what the best way to take care of that is.

Operation aborted thing is quite strange. IE is a fucking nightmare with javascript, and I don't even have it at home (no windows).

Does maps.google.com work in konqueror for you?

[Zero Angel]

Nope, but it works in Mozilla/FF.

[garak]

If maps.google.com doesn't work in a browser, then neither will this. It's the same thing.

[file cabinet]

fixed error issue and compatibility of stuff is now listed on the bottom-- "currently supports recent versions of Firefox/Mozilla, IE 5.5+, Safari 1.2+, and sort of supports Opera."

[shaytana]

So Google is anti IE now eh ... hmm this means a Google Browser should be coming out soon....

BTW love the map.

[file cabinet]

So Google is anti IE now eh ... hmm this means a Google Browser should be coming out soon....

BTW love the map.

it has IE support unless IE is <= 5.0

[garak]

Come on slackers, add yourselves

[PenguinHunter]

nice work on the map, it looks good.

[Ka.avik]

It won't accept my input. What is the expected input form? W_xx doesn't work, xx_W and xxW as well Wxx also are either refused, or not added. How do I specify that I'm in north america?http://forums.intpcentral.com/images/smilies/huh.gif

[garak]

The expected format is the one given by the site that was linked to. Simple copy and paste.

http://www.heavens-above.com/selecttown.asp?CountryID=US&lat=0&lng=0&alt=0&loc=Unspecified&TZ=CET

[Ka.avik]

vBulletin Message

You did not enter the correct format for the Latitude field. Please read the field description for the expected format.


Sorry, garak -- no go, as I said above.

[garak]

What are you trying to enter?

[Ka.avik]

46.1470N
122.9070W

as per the page you linked to. And it's right, too. Human readable, it's just the script that doesn't like it. :P

[garak]

Strange, I get them in this format:

41.524
-90.578

(and this is the format we use -- just numbers, positive/negative, no letters or anything)

I'm guessing yours should be:

46.1470
-122.9070

[Ka.avik]

OK, figured it out; you're copying from the columns from your towns row, of multiple rows indicating the possible town-name matches. I didn't even see Lat/Lon numbers there, and was clicking through to the town in which I live, and copying from that screen, which indicates N/S (hey! familiar letters! but...they seem to mean something different here...) and E/W (W? Wicked? Wise?)

[Claverhouse]

Entered the data yesterday in K-Meleon ( Mozilla ), where the map didn't come up after restart; but looked at it in Firefox 1.04, and the information had taken.

Thanks.



Claverhouse :ph34r:

[cloakable]

Added self.

[franzgold]

I just noticed this, nice work. Now we need more of you to add yourselves so you can be stalked properly.

[PenguinHunter]

I was just looking at our wonderful map and found it still pretty weak in attendance... It still only works for me when I use firefox so I was wondering if that could be holding people back.

[Aqueous]

Must be some problem here: Can't enter:
Lat 59.333
Lon 18.050
...which should work.

[seba]

Must be some problem here: Can't enter:
Lat 59.333
Lon 18.050
...which should work.

what's the error?

[file cabinet]

Must be some problem here: Can't enter:
Lat 59.333
Lon 18.050
...which should work.

yes, that should work... I just changed my lat/lon to that and it worked (for the curious, the regex is /^-?\d+(\.\d+)?$/)[although maybe someone else can try too]... so you just want the numbers and decimals in the fields, no additional spaces.

[Hamro]

WORLD map? it could only find 5 stockholm in america :rant:

[file cabinet]

WORLD map? it could only find 5 stockholm in america :rant:

Stockholm, Sweden is 59.20 and 18.03.. the way to find the latitude/longitude is limiting, so until someone finds a site that is better for finding latitude/longtiude then the link will remain the same, I found the stockholm coordinate here:
http://www.mapsofworld.com/utilities/world-latitude-longitude.htm
so, in short, it's nothing personal...
and, did you look here:
http://www.heavens-above.com/selecttownquery.asp?lat=0&lng=0&alt=0&loc=Unspecified&TZ=CET ?

[mmortal03]

There are a bunch of Antarticans and Articans. :) The entire map is actually much more sparse than I would have thought, though.

[Lethal Sage]

Tip: Don't try to calibrate this yourself unless you find it strangely rewarding.