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TBL Community Map - Show us where you live!

Post by archibalduk »

Introducing a new site feature: The TBL Community Map (Powered by Google)

TBL has a truly worldwide following and so the TBL Admin Team thought it would be a great idea for users to show the Community where they are from. By going to the TBL Community Map Page you can add a flag to the map to show where you are from. To go to the Map Page, click on the Image icon in the black navigation bar at the top of the screen (you must be logged into your TBL account in order to see the button).

Simply follow these instructions to add your flag to the map:

You can navigate the world just like on Google Maps by clicking and dragging on the map or by using the navigation controls in the top left corner of the map.

It is also possible to navigate by clicking on "View" from the Mode Menu (located top right). Then click on "Search" just below the Menu. It is then possible to search for a place name or a post code using the Online Place Search. Under the section labelled "Online Place Search" select either the "Worldwide locations" (to search for a place name) or "Postal Codes" (to search for a postal code) and then enter you search text below and click on the Search button. I found with British post codes that it works best if you just search for the first half of you post code, e.g. if your post code is W10 1AB then just search for W10. Clicking on the place names in the results list will centre the map on that location.

To add your location to the server, navigate to your location using one (or both) of the methods above. Then select "Edit" from the Mode Menu. Click on an area of the map to place your flag. You can move the flag around by clicking on another part of the map. Alternatively: Under the section labelled "Choose Location" click on the Center button. This will place a flag in centre of the map currently viewed. If the flag is in the wrong place, move the map and then click on the Center button again. Keep doing this until the flag is in the correct position.

Once the flag is in the correct position, enter your TBL username* in the Name box located in the "Choose Location" section. To save your location, click on the Add button located near the bottom right of the screen.

* Please only use your TBL username so that other users can identify you.

Why not let the Community know in this thread when you have added yourself to the map! If you have any difficulties using the Map feel free to ask for help.
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My local hangout is pinned. Come visit me!
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I got mine right on the roof of my house :joy:

P.S. If you zoom in real close to mine in satellite mode, you can see the white rectangular area of concrete (in the back parking lot of that shopping center) where we all used to play hockey. It was perfect - The concrete was extremely smooth, and the building has a nice brick wall to put the net against. No cars, no chasing the ball if it missed the net...
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Yup, mine is right on the roof of my apartment too. If you wanna catch a game stop by any night of NHL season and that's what will be on 8-) As you can see you can hop the train from downtown Chicago and it lets you off like two blocks from my place.
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I set the pin on the general area of my dorm room. Unfortunately because the residence building is quite new google map has it still under construction... :rant: :-D
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I got my pin just outside my house, that darn google map couldn't get to a closer level of that area. :rant: :-D
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I didn't go exact. I just went to the closest cross street to where I'm moving next month.
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Post by archibalduk »

It's nice to see new flags appearing on the map. Hopefully we can get most of our regular users on there 8-)

I put my flag on the park by my house.
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I tried to fix my and put my marker closer. I ended up with 2 markers. Is there a way to delete one?
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bruins72 wrote:I tried to fix my and put my marker closer. I ended up with 2 markers. Is there a way to delete one?
While in edit mode, click on the flag you want to delete. Then I think at the bottom of the screen(where the add button was when you added them) there should be a delete button.
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B. Stinson wrote:
bruins72 wrote:I tried to fix my and put my marker closer. I ended up with 2 markers. Is there a way to delete one?
While in edit mode, click on the flag you want to delete. Then I think at the bottom of the screen(where the add button was when you added them) there should be a delete button.
Thanks, I missed that button. Not to be a complainer but the interface for this thing is not very user-friendly.
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Post by archibalduk »

It is a little complicated to navigate but I think it's pretty straightforward to add a flag once you've read my instructions. If anyone has any problems then I'm happy to sort them out. It's just that B. Stinson had already helped you out :)
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Pinned my Flag :banana:
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Wow, Knoeppel lives far, far north. There must hardly be any light at all during the winter :-o

D88 - so you live right in the capital city? 8-)
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D88 - so you live right in the capital city?

Yep, but in an outer district.....there are some trees and good air :-p ....at my age there's no desperate need to live in the inner city anymore. ;)

but i can still remember

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Looks like I live the farthest south so-far. :nerd:
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B. Stinson wrote:Looks like I live the farthest south so-far. :nerd:
Not anymore! :-D
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Post by Knoeppel »

Dark winters and bright summers. Well it´s a good town to play hockey..
Mikael Renberg, Mattias Öhlund and Tomas Holmström are all from Piteå. Must be something with the darkness :thup:
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Just got back from a week away and I've added in my place in manchester, otherwise mine and archi's flag would be on top of each other ;)
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Post by flea »

Hey guys!!!

Iam trying, but I cant find the way to open the map :dunno:

I have registred in that site and downloaded the GP Geo Forum (cant install it...), but thats about all I could made until now.....I think I would need some help here, lol!!!

Thanks in advance.....

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Post by archibalduk »

You're trying to install the GP Map Mod? If so, you need to have a forum running phpbb. Installation is incredibly simple compared to other phpbb mods.
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archibalduk wrote:You're trying to install the GP Map Mod? If so, you need to have a forum running phpbb. Installation is incredibly simple compared to other phpbb mods.
Bufff, I really dont know....when I click on the TBL Community Map-Button there is a link and it gets me to the this page SourceForge.net but there I cant find the Map....I have then registered to that site and downloaded the GP GeoForum because I thought that with that the Map would appear, lol....but nothing....so Iam on a deadlock right now, but hey, dont care about it...lol!

Well, never mind....I always was and I always will be a computer dummy :-D

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Added myself on the map 8-)

If you see a point lost in the south-west of France,it's me... :joy:
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flea wrote:Bufff, I really dont know....when I click on the TBL Community Map-Button there is a link and it gets me to the this page SourceForge.net
When you click on the Community Map button it should show a page with a map on which you add your location. Can you not see the map? If so, check to see that Java Script is enabled. If you have trouble adding yourself to the map, tell me your location and I can do it for you :)
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Shadd666 wrote:Added myself on the map 8-)

If you see a point lost in the south-west of France,it's me... :joy:
Wow you live right next to the city centre where the city hall is 8-) I once visited Toulouse because I stayed for three weeks in Albi (it was a school exchange). Have you ever been to the castle in Carcassonne? It is absolutely amazing!
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