I spoke to TubaDiva about posting this, and she gave the thumbs-up.
Thanks to the internet, I discovered Frapper - a site that uses Google Maps to allow communities to see, virtually, how their members are distributed.
So in the spirit of the Doper Birthday Calendar thread, I present the SDMB Frapper :http://www.risingconcepts.com/frapper/sdmb
Please feel free to examine it, or even hopefully sign up. Remember that this is giving out a level of personal information - Matching your username with a zip code - so if you are uncomfy with that, refrain.
I think it even works outside the states, but I didn’t explore that option.
So come on, I wanna see where you are all clustered.
Waves from Jawja. I’m in!
I’m over in the upper left corner.
Excellent. I’d been wanting to find something like this for a while - though maybe with a color scale for ‘population density’. This works, though.
I don’t think it’s a secret that I’m in Philly…
Server seems a little draggy sometimes - and I can’t believe the Shout-Out is required . But yes, very cool!
I’m in. Pretty cool concept.
How long does it take to show up?
Draelin
October 21, 2005, 3:02pm
10
The server’s draggy, but as soon as you’re registered, it’ll show.
This is the third frapper map I’ve registered on in the past few days. All my online communities are using it.
Kid_A_1
October 21, 2005, 3:57pm
13
Saying hello from the Great White North.
Two points:
Boo for not being able to edit your shoutouts.
I’m not certain why, but I find the giant shadow that the user’s bubble casts across the region pretty nifty.
Jersey area is getting crowded already.
I put in the wrong zip code the first time, so I’m on there twice. I don’t live in Idaho.
gommsn
October 21, 2005, 4:46pm
17
Pretty cool!
So far, just you and me,Kid_A .
Go Canada!!!
That’s me behind Telemark up in New England!
Hamsters ate my post!! I totally joined, like, 10 minutes ago. Dude.
