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The irony is that I can't actually see the map, because of the restrictions my work has in place. I was able to create it, and was able to put in an entry for myself, but I can't see it at all. Oh well, it'll be there when I get home.
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Okay, I've added myself again, but I'm still flying blind, so I have no idea if it actually "took".
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Wow. I'm glad you can zoom in, because with the size of the pins they kind of block everything on the initial view.
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Hmm. You can zoom in to a very detailed street view, but I wonder how it decides where to put the pin? It looks like it's pin-pointing an exact addess, but ours is miles from where we actually live. It put us in one of the new housing developments on the far side of I-80.
Edit: Whoah. If you switch to satelite view it points to a specific house. Not ours, though.
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It looks like it picks a center point of your zipcode. At least that's how it looks on mine. Noemon, what's the admin password? Somehow it duplicated my shoutout. I'd like to fix it, or you can if you will. Thanks!
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I'd like to point out that Toronto isn't even marked on the large scale map (I mean, with only significant cities). And it's not exactly insignificant. And Vaughn's marked.
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quote:ZIP Codes are numbered with the first digit representing a certain group of U.S. states, the second and third digits together representing a region in that group (or perhaps a large city), and the fourth and fifth digits representing more specific areas, such as small towns or regions of that city. The main town in a region (if applicable) often gets the first ZIP Codes for that region; afterwards, the numerical order often follows the alphabetical order.
If you live in a rural area, the center of your zip is most likely not as close to your physical location. If you live in a large apartment complex or urban area it's probably pretty close.
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Hehehe. Jon Boy and I put the same zip code but ended up in slightly different locations, neither of which is all that close to where we really live.
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If you click on "My profile" on the page with all the links to the left, you can move your marker. I moved mine and Niki's to point right at our living room (using the satellite feature).
This is such better software than the previous ones we have tried .
Edit: It doesn't appear that my change has been reflected on the main page yet, I wonder how long it takes to refresh it.
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I live smack downtown, and the marker is way the heck out in the barely developed area. The only way that could be the center of the zip code is if they included a lot of unincorporated land on the theory that it might be part of the city some day.
I'm not really complaining, though, because I'm not sure I'd want to have it pointing to our actual house. I just hope that the poor souls who live in the house it is pointing to don't get dog poo on their porch the next time I tick someone off online. Posts: 9866 | Registered: Apr 2002
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Jake - this is such a huge change for you -- from your months of hiding and not letting anyone even know which STATE you were from, to now create a map that pinpoints you! Does this mean Hatrack has successfully broken through any paranoia? Posts: 9538 | Registered: Aug 2003
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Ooh I love the pinpoint on satelite where it shows megan lives, though I'm pretty sure that's not quite accurate.
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there's no sense adding myself right now, is there? or maybe I'll just say i'm in Lux already.
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But it puts me really (like five miles across two major highways) far from where i live, and I have no clue how to fix it.
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I'm not sure how you can, lucy. I don't see the link that Xavier was referring to to move the pin.
I didn't use my real address, but the zip code of the town nearest to me, because it is actually closer to me that the town of my address. And being out in the country, there is no way to get more specific, even though zoomed in I can see my road...
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It more or less has me in the middle of a wetlands that can't be developed for medical space, on the other side of the "main" highway in town, I'm pretty sure the zipcode isn't even the same over there.
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If you created a Frappr account, then click on your name up at the top left corner of the page. Then click on "My Profile" in the list on the left. On the right of the page there is a zoomed in map where you can change the location of the pointer. Then click on "Save Marker Position" and it's done.
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Oh -- I didn't create a Flapper account. That's the thing. I unchecked that option because I just wanted to be on the map, but not create an account.
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I'm really surprised -- there is not yet a single California entry. Where are all our west coast people?
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It put me on a freeway. So I moved it to my exact house... I guess I'll have to swallow my paranoia...
Nobody here would do anything like egg my house, right? Or worse yet, go through my garbage and steal my discarded credit card applications? Well, I got a shredder, so you don't even need to try! So there. Paranoia solved.
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