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On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 10:17 +0100, Robin Cornelius wrote: > The response to the cornish intrest thread got me thinking that i > might me nice to have an idea of where other lug members are on a map > and so .....I will probably regret this but .... > > I have chucked together a simple google maps system where you can > enter your name and postcode and it places a dot on the map to show > you where you are. > > I decided postcodes were a bit to exact, so i randomise the position > by +/-0.0054 degrees of latitude and +/-0.01173 degrees of longditude. > This is randomised before it is saved to my database. > > If you want some fun and to break my server enter your name and post > code at http://www.byteme.org.uk/geocode.html > > and see results at http://www.byteme.org.uk/lug.php > > Have fun! > > Regards > > > -- > Robin Cornelius > http://www.byteme.org.uk Very good, I was thinking of doing something similar, but was sure it would get greeted with a hail of abuse. How do you do your postcode to position mapping? When I last looked at google maps there didn't seen to be a way to do that... Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html