See Where Users Are In Realtime

**digitalpoint** · #1 Nov 2nd 2005, 2:19 am

I was bored, so I made something that shows where the online users in this forum are at...

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/usermap.php

yfs1 · #2 Nov 2nd 2005, 2:21 am

THe map comes up for me in IE for a split second then I get "Internet Explorer cannot open the site http://forums.digitalpoint.com/usermap.php : Operation Aborted"

It looks to be a really cool feature though

dct · #3 Nov 2nd 2005, 2:22 am

Not sure how useful it is but that is really cool.

**digitalpoint** · #4 Nov 2nd 2005, 2:23 am

Yeah, I noticed that about IE too. Not sure yet what the deal with it is.

Of course it's not *useful*...

SEbasic · #5 Nov 2nd 2005, 2:28 am

So how accurate is this?

I *think* I can see me, but it's a few miles out.

Very cool stuff though.

**digitalpoint** · #6 Nov 2nd 2005, 2:31 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by SEbasic

So how accurate is this?

I *think* I can see me, but it's a few miles out.

Very cool stuff though.

Well, it's not like you all have a GPS attached to you.

You can see where my servers *think* you are over here if you want:

http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/website-country/

elkiwi · #7 Nov 2nd 2005, 2:35 am

Wow a lot more people in europe than I expected...doh...what time is it?

Lever · #8 Nov 2nd 2005, 2:37 am

Ha, that's really cool

What if you could do that with Google Earth too? (I can see my cars on the drive it's that good)

Next time your bored, Shawn, could you just knock up a typically genius CMS for me please, I'll be your friend

LOL

SEbasic · #9 Nov 2nd 2005, 2:38 am

Blimey, Lever's back...

Where are you on the map at the moment?

elkiwi · #10 Nov 2nd 2005, 2:39 am

Quote:

Well, it's not like you all have a GPS attached to you.

You do if you have a mobile phone....someone's using that info for sure.

yfs1 · #11 Nov 2nd 2005, 2:40 am

Any way to have the user name appear on a mouseover?

PS. I think Nintendo has this same thing on his wall in paper form to help with his "stalking" hobby

Which member lives in the Isle of Man?

vprp · #12 Nov 2nd 2005, 2:41 am

I'm in South Korea right now so I assume I'm the sole user there? If so, this is really cool.

**digitalpoint** · #13 Nov 2nd 2005, 2:46 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lever

What if you could do that with Google Earth too?

You could actually... I could make it so if you click one of the pins, it takes you there in Google Earth. For example see this:

http://www.digitalpoint.com/~shawn/2...kmz-files.html

Quote:

Originally Posted by yfs1

Any way to have the user name appear on a mouseover?

Yeah, I had thought of it actually, but then it becomes a bit of a privacy issue I think.

Quote:

Originally Posted by yfs1

Which member lives in the Isle of Man?

No clue...

yfs1 · #14 Nov 2nd 2005, 2:52 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by digitalpoint

Yeah, I had thought of it actually, but then it becomes a bit of a privacy issue I think.

An opt in system would be pretty cool (If you get bored again)

If only that thing could tell sex, we would have been spared all the Cute_Lara threads

Lever · #15 Nov 2nd 2005, 2:54 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by SEbasic

Blimey, Lever's back...

Where are you on the map at the moment?

Hey dude *waves* how you doing? I can't see me... should be on the M3 just NE of Basingstoke, but the sever would be Guildford I guess...

Quote:

Originally Posted by digitalpoint

You could actually... I could make it so if you click one of the pins, it takes you there in Google Earth. For example see this:

http://www.digitalpoint.com/~shawn/2005/07/google-earth-kmz-files.html

Ah, OK, cheers Shawn, I'll have a tinker with that later )

elkiwi · #16 Nov 2nd 2005, 2:55 am

It's quite acurate but I'm on the wrong Island

...at least I still live in the Med though....

SERPalert · #17 Nov 2nd 2005, 2:57 am

$10 says you're not releasing this. But I'd love a copy for my forum if ever you do....

**digitalpoint** · #18 Nov 2nd 2005, 2:59 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by TFMG

$10 says you're not releasing this. But I'd love a copy for my forum if ever you do....

Couldn't even if I wanted to... The "guts" of the system is a 2.5M record (300MB) geotargetting database that's not shareware (not mine to give away).

SEbasic · #19 Nov 2nd 2005, 3:05 am

Quote:

Hey dude *waves* how you doing?

Yeah good man - long time no see, we have to meet up again soon... Been too long

Quote:

I can't see me... should be on the M3 just NE of Basingstoke, but the sever would be Guildford I guess...

I wasn't sure if you were still state-side or not...

Quote:

Yeah, I had thought of it actually, but then it becomes a bit of a privacy issue I think.

I'd opt-in for that...

So in terms of where the pins appear, is is some big internet junction type thing then, because I'm sure there are more people from london on the forum, but the only pin I can see is just down the road from me (Like I say a couple of miles)...

l234244 · #20 Nov 2nd 2005, 3:08 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by digitalpoint

Couldn't even if I wanted to... The "guts" of the system is a 2.5M record (300MB) geotargetting database that's not shareware (not mine to give away).

Any pointers as to where we can get/purchase the database from

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