Google EEVblog Viewer Map - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 06, 2010, 04:33:06 am
content: I just realised you can create your own public Google Maps, so I created one for EEVblog viewers:http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=112679702572119643834.000496b60853e165a9a9aAdd yourself to the map!Dave.

author: GeoffS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 06, 2010, 04:44:25 am
content: How do you add to the map?

author: Time
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2010, 04:50:14 am
content: Try this:h.ttp://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=112679702572119643834.000496b60853e165a9a9awithout the period

author: GeoffS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 06, 2010, 05:09:55 am
content: So you need a Google account?Pity.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 06, 2010, 05:10:42 am
content: Oops, didn't realise the forum converted the link into an actual map!Looks like anyone can edit other peoples pins which seems insane!Someone accidentally moved the pin I placed.Anyone know how to stop that?Dave.

author: Teknotronix
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2010, 05:34:16 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on December 06, 2010, 05:10:42 amDon't ask me how but I moved Trafalgar to Vanuatu oops. LOL I can't move it back!UPDATE: Moved it back not sure it's in the correct spot

author: PetrosA
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2010, 06:21:16 am
content: OoopsI moved someone's pin in Malaysia. That's crazy that you can move other people's pins!Edit: I think it was in Malaysia originally, but not sure anymore... I was zooming in when it happened and ended up in the Bering Strait. WTF?!? It's Mats' pin, whoever you are. Sorry!

author: tyblu
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2010, 07:18:38 am
content: Done. To put yourself on the map:1. Open the EEVBlog community map:http://goo.gl/G7hUc2. Type in your location to the "Search Maps" bar and press Enter3. Click your location marker and select "Save to...", then choose the EEVBlog map.

author: williefleete
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2010, 09:15:47 am
content: done and done, im on the map, the second dot on NZ with my forum name

author: Strube09
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2010, 01:10:29 pm
content: Added, and found out that someone else in my town watches.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2010, 01:47:23 pm
content: Quote from: tyblu on December 06, 2010, 07:18:38 amTreid that, but eevblog doesn't appear in the list of maps - I do see 'Sofian Jafar'....

author: nyo
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2010, 02:01:00 pm
content: That's where I put myself, Sofian Jafar

author: ElektroQuark
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 06, 2010, 02:43:55 pm
content: Quote from: tyblu on December 06, 2010, 07:18:38 amLEFT click...

author: CryptLordGR
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2010, 03:24:14 pm
content: Strangely enough there is not yet someone posting their location on Antarctica or on an ocean

author: Lance
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2010, 06:20:31 pm
content: I'm down on there now, very generally.

author: tyblu
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2010, 11:09:24 pm
content: Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on December 06, 2010, 01:47:23 pmSomeone has renamed it