How about a world map of forum members?

Spydersense · #1

I was thinking that it might be cool if we had a map on the main page illustrating the locations of all forum members around the world. I have seen this on other websites and I think it's neat to see just how well membership spans the globe. Thoughts?

Steffen · #2

that would be sweet!
i had the honor of being the northern-most member on edcforums, of those who submitted their location in a certain thread.

The Deacon · #3

A map like that was done a couple years back, but I don't think it was ever actively linked to the forum.

Stuart Ackerman · #4

http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthre ... -world-map

Spydersense · #5

I see it was tried before, it looks like there aren't too many folks that got on board with it. I was thinking more of something embedded in the website that updated automatically when someone joined. Oh, well.

The Deacon · #6

Spydersense wrote:I see it was tried before, it looks like there aren't too many folks that got on board with it. I was thinking more of something embedded in the website that updated automatically when someone joined. Oh, well.

Although this thread might make you think otherwise, the problem with that idea is that only 50% or so of the folks who join enter a location.

Holland · #7

Very cool idea, would love to see this done

glbpro · #8

Would it not be possible to simply update the existing map?

chuckd · #9

I know they did that for a sweepstakes last year or something and it was very cool to see the mapped entires.