Member Map goes Beta

[mojo]

For those of you who have longed to appear as a little red dot somewhere in the world - here it is. I've finished the member map.

It still needs some work and I'll try and get higher resolution maps to be able to zoom in to your state/country. But I'm still waiting for NASA's Visible Earth site to come back online so I can download the hi res images.

If you have any suggestions, let me know and i'll see what I can do.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/plot/

It's fairly accurate. So if you happen to appear in the ocean, don't abuse me - i'm just plotting you where you told me to :)

have fun.

[iceman]

That is awesome mojo, most excellent work! You're a genius! (there, I said it :))

Can't wait to have the zoom in feature.. top stuff! :thumbsup:

[Robby]

That's soooo cool..:cool: Well done. Good to see I'm the only Kiwi. Come on Gary, sort your sh*t out.
gaa_ian must have good sark skies right out there in the middle of the ocean. :lol:

[ving]

good one! :)
tho I think that unless rajah lives on some litle island he seems to be in the sea...
zoom'll be mintox
:D

[Orion]

Great job mojo! :thumbsup:
It seems that I might be in the water as well. :confuse3:

[silvinator]

Hmm, there are a few mermen lurking out there :D
Looks great mojo! Fantastic job you've done there.
Everyone, we need more dots!

[Mick]

Brilliant mojo, thanks.:D

[Striker]

Great stuff Mojo.....

BTW....can I have a crown or something around my dot.......no reason...lol

[[1ponders]]

Most Excellent work Mojo. :clap::clap::clap:

Technical question:- Hey how do you guys in boats keep your scope steady? :P

[Starkler]

The company I work for are becomming agents for a GPS vehicle tracking system.

Can my dot be updated in real time ? :rofl:

[ving]

sure you dont want a tiara?

[mojo]

Thanks guys. My pleasure... of sorts.

Ya know what Paul? Mike and I were wondering earlier this week how you kept the scope steady in the middle of the pacific :)

[RAJAH235]

Help, Help, I can't swim!! Anyone got a life raft?
Good job Mojo.

[gbeal]

Rob,
I actually thought I had my s#$t sorted, but no dot. Maybe in stealth mode.
Not sure. I do like being anonymous anyway.
Gary

[Robby]

Gary,
I think you need to change the format for your Lat & Lon to xx.xxx
Like -40.350 & 175.617 for me.

PS.. You've got me hot on the next version of Star-Mate... It's gonna have an integrated USB hub, and integrated USB-Serial-LX200 control..

Cheers

[jjjnettie]

Great job on the map.
Geez, I feel old compared to some of you guys. Don't think I'll post my pic now. LOL
Jeanette

[ballaratdragons]

Awesome job Mojo, Thanks. :cool2:

Hey Ian (gaa_ian) can you pick us up some accessories at the GS factory while you are close to Taiwan!

:P :lol2:

[RAJAH235]

Now, now, Jeanette. Don't be shy. Give us old guys a thrill, PLEASE! :evil:

[gbeal]

OK, done it. And in decimal as per the Heaven Above page.
Don't blame me for the next version of this monster you have created, I am happy with the earlier version. It sounds like a winner.
Gary
P.S. can I have a dot now?? Please.

[parsec]

Now we need to overlay the light polution pic onto this one. top work guys.

[iceman]

Good idea parsec! I'll get mojo onto it :P He loves something to do :D :poke:

[Starkler]

Haha

I think those that suffer light polution already know about it.....or are you wondering who to be jealous of ?

[rumples riot]

Well, don't know what happened but I don't have a dot. I did exact what I was told to do and I'm not there. Mojo did you forget me?

[gbeal]

Me too!!!!!!!

[rumples riot]

I'm not even on the list Gary. So at least you are on that.

[iceman]

Make sure you refresh (F5), maybe it's showing a cached version. I can see both Paul and Gary's little red dot.

[mojo]

i get the impression that you think i sit there with a red pen and draw your dot it :)
when you update your profile, refresh the map and you should appear on it. if you appear of the error list then you did something wrong.
And in your case rumples, you are there. it's just that you're under someone else so you can't see your dot.

with everybody starting to enter their coordinates, the capital cities are getting cluttered. who would have thought most people live there hey? :) still waiting for a high resolution image from nasa so that i can create some state images.

Parsec, if you point me to a light pollution image, i'll use it.
Mike, if you point me to a baseball bat, i'll use it :D

[RAJAH235]

Mojo means reload, for us Firefox users.
Hey, I changed my nearest ref. point/town and I can see the coast now! Dog paddle a bit more. Puff and pant. :thumbsup:

[mojo]

heh. i use firefox. i say refresh because most people use windows and internet exploder.

swim rajah, swim!

[Striker]

Hahaha....rumples is under another member......poor bloke.....if it was me...change your position ever so slightly.....

[mojo]

ha! it's ok. when the state maps are done, he wont appear to be under anyone....unless of course there's something about rumples we don't know :P

[rumples riot]

Sorry, found it.

[RAJAH235]

I'm staying right away from IE, Mojo. It go....... BOOOOM! :bashcomp:

[Starkler]

In this thread (http://www.iceinspace.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=555)

Dont know how practical it will be.

[gbeal]

Yehaa, thank you, I have a "presence" at last.

[gaa_ian]

Hmmmm ... I think that should be 12.5deg SOUTH !!!
Now that I have picked up my custom made 24" truss dob from the GSO factory, I had better have my Red Dot, back where it belongs :P (help Mojo :confuse2: )

[mojo]

just change your latitude to 12.23S in your profile. where's the confusion?

[mojo]

ooh nice. thanks, i didn't see that thread. i'll see what i can do.

[RAJAH235]

Guess what I found, Mojo?Been using it to keep the GW's away.
More puffing and panting. Getting closer now,I can hear the surf.

[mojo]

gruesome :)

[ving]

paddle ian! :D

[ballaratdragons]

How did Silvie end up in the Blue Mountains?


Mojo and Mike,

Will there be a link to the maps on the Home page or will we always have to come into this thread to find it?

[mojo]

Mike was supposed to find a place for it yesterday, now that you mention it.

It'll eventually be replaced with version 2 of the map which will be zoomable among other things.

And a note to Ian: You're south of the equator! South! How can you be an astronomer and not know where you are on the planet? :)

[ballaratdragons]

It's O.K. He's just picking up some goodies at the Guan Sheng factory. :whistle:

[iceman]

ah yes, there will be a link from the homepage.. adding it to my todo list now! :computer:

[silvinator]

Ken I'm pretty sure I'm in the right spot. I'm only about a 35 to 40 minute drive east from the Blue Mountains (well, with the way Le drives, take the lesser value :P)
Did I mention that the map just looks way cool? Great job mojo and Mike. Can't wait to see the zoomable version.

[Astroman]

I have to agree the map is a great idea and the zoom view will be awesome, street level would be cool hehehe.

[ballaratdragons]

I still can't find a link to the Members Map! HELP!!! And I hope the promised Zoom feature is working by now.

[Vermin]

http://www.iceinspace.com/plot/

No zoom yet.

[ballaratdragons]

Thanks Tom. The address is at the start of this thread too. Just wondering what happened to the link that was going to get done. It would be a bit quicker than looking for this thread each time I want to check out the map.

[iceman]

All I can say is it's still in progress..

All I can say is it's about 2 weeks away from general release (must get mojo peddling faster)

All I can say is the next version will blow your socks off!

That's all I can say for now :P

[ving]

wont my feet get cold? :(

[Rohan]

i have full australian coverage of landsat imagery, plus roads, rivers, digital elevation model, population centres etc. Let me know if you want anything and i can sort you out. Will require ESRI GIS software thou.

[ballaratdragons]

:lol2: :party: :cool: :lol2: :party: :lol2: :party: :lol2: :party: :lol2:

[mojo]

All I can say is that it will blow my socks off if i finish it in 2 weeks!
Not to mention the other thing that needs work because you didn't like the original. oh and that other thing that's supposed to connect to that other thing...

[Striker]

Mojo.... It sounds like your your over worked and under payed.....you need an offsider.....I will speak to Mike.


Mike......Sack Mojo he's playing golf on work days.