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Where are we - here is a map.

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Elegran Sun 11-Oct-15 16:58:29

Pssst - wanna be on the map?

A while ago I briefly tried out Google's My Map, where you can make a map of your own with markers on it, and share it with friends. About a dozen of us had fun putting flags on or near our locations.

We have been getting a lot of very heavy threads recently, and it is about time for a little light relief, so I have started a new map.

They have now improved the way the markers are added, so it is very easy to do. If you fancy joining in, send me a PM and I will reply with a note of how to add yourself, and a link to the page.

A few things first:-

1) This is not an official Gransnet project, it is just a private bit of fun.
2) You could plant the (virtual) flag right on your house, if you don't mind everyone knowing where you live, or you could put it nearby, say in the centre of your town, or at a local landmark, or in the middle of your county.
3) You could label the flag with your username if you are very brave, or you could use an initial, or another pseudonym, or a pet's name.
4) You can remove it if you change your mind.

Is anyone interested?

Galen Fri 16-Oct-15 12:32:16

Elegran did it for me! I can't even see the blooming map

Elegran Fri 16-Oct-15 11:31:41

I don't know who Point 17 is, someone who prefers to remain very anonymous, I think. It could be the same person who lived in the North Sea, and/or the same person who added a marker and called it Point 18, although there was a Point 18 already.

posie Fri 16-Oct-15 11:22:24

So who is point 17? Is it a mistake?

I'd be very surprised/pleased if there's another G'neter next door to me.

numberplease Wed 14-Oct-15 00:15:10

I`ve given up!

dustyangel Tue 13-Oct-15 21:49:20

I don't know who number 18 is. When I looked just now I was still in the North Sea.

dustyangel Tue 13-Oct-15 21:46:44

I've JUST got back to the map again and found that Google has dumped me in the sea, the very cold North Sea. sad.
I'm actually having difficulty getting back to the same link on Google, it kept telling me it was the wrong one and then suddenly I was there.
I could be doing something important like catching up with the rest of GN instead.

posie Tue 13-Oct-15 21:24:29

Galen you've done it! and you've put a Dr's bag as your marker smile

Elegran Tue 13-Oct-15 21:22:18

I don't know what is the matter with it. It seems to like some people but not others.

Galen Tue 13-Oct-15 21:16:20

I can't get it to work. I've copied and pasted and it still doesn't work.
Give up.
Too much to do to bother any more

Elegran Tue 13-Oct-15 20:15:46

Add the page to your bookmarks or your favourites, dustyangel then you can go back to it when you want to.

newist Tue 13-Oct-15 19:42:16

Yes its really good, thanks to Elegran

dustyangel Tue 13-Oct-15 19:29:32

I'm on it! For a techno numpty that's quite an achievement! Thank you Elegran and also GN for extending my learning curve. flowers

We'll gloss over the fact that I've temporarily lost the map and also that when I do get it back it looks as if I'm stuck in the middle of a forest. shock
I'm sure I'll get it back again, (eventually) so when I do, how can I save it?

It is very nice to see where a lot of you are and I love the photographs that some have put on. Newist where you live is truly beautifull. When I get myself out of the forest, which seems to be due west of where I actually live, I'll try to put some local photos on. I'm number 17 by the way.

tanith Tue 13-Oct-15 19:27:25

I think it looks really pretty too...

matson Tue 13-Oct-15 19:12:59

Could well have been me, but I wasn't aiming for Portugal! !!

Elegran Tue 13-Oct-15 19:10:25

If anyone just wants to look at the map and not add a marker,
this link seems to work.

Elegran Tue 13-Oct-15 19:08:17

There's another unnamed marker in Portugal.

Elegran Tue 13-Oct-15 19:06:15

There were some unnamed markers in the North Sea near Redcar, Matson Was that where you were trying to put yours? I'll send you the link again.

matson Tue 13-Oct-15 19:00:39

I have an account, but have given up... it just won'the let me put my teardrop in!!

Elegran Tue 13-Oct-15 17:43:57

Nothing else for it - you'll just have to get a gmail account.

matson Tue 13-Oct-15 15:28:02

Google just won'the let me play!!!

Elegran Tue 13-Oct-15 09:41:33

It looks very well populated if you zoom out!

Pittcity Tue 13-Oct-15 09:40:51

I forgot that you could zoom out and it looked as if we could sink the island with icons grin

Elegran Tue 13-Oct-15 08:59:42

It means private message - at the right of the mauvey strip above each post is a the button to click to send a PM to that poster. Your own incoming PMs are in your GN inbox (button up at the top of the page, next to "Log out")

Bennan Tue 13-Oct-15 08:37:25

What does PM mean? I'm a complete idiot with technology -my DS warns everyone when I try to do anything online!

newist Mon 12-Oct-15 19:50:10

I've got mine on the satellite view, its starting to look quite pretty now with all the different icons