What about a thread to locate others near you who enjoy the hobby?

[Darth Copley]

Something that one of the forums I go to for a different hobby has is a thread that helps you find people that are near you. And later a member made a map type app that showed where people were on a map. Being into martial arts, I like to sword fight. No one around here that I know has a lightsaber that is duelable. I know a lot of you battle with your sabers... Just a thought. I live in the Mid West. Missouri, SW corner, Joplin. Let's spar ;)









Day by day my boss brings out my hate. Slowly I slip to the dark side.

[Jedi-Loreen]

Some of us were just talking about that on Monday. We used to have a Google Map here, a few years ago.

[Darth Copley]

I think it could be cool. I have friends here that will duel with me... but I have to have a few sabers first. Since they won't get their own ;)

[thejedilestat]

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=redpa+general+store&sll=-40.950863,144.761353&sspn=0.981211,1.755066&g=redpa&ie=UTF8&hq=redpa+general+store&hnear=Redpa+TAS&ll=-40.736852,144.761353&spn=0.932342,1.755066&t=h&z=9&iwloc=A

here is mine

[Jordandau]

Lestat is a bit far from me. I'm in California, visiting family in Fresno currently. I live in North Hollywood usually.

[Shadar Al'Niende]

Here I am! (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=american+fork+ut&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=48.822589,55.458984&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=American+Fork,+Utah&z=12) a lone Jedi in Utah.... :cry:

[Darth Securis]

I live on the outskirts of Houston in the state of Texas in a little city called Richmond. Richmond is just west of Houston, TX. Anyone near me?

[Mobius]

Im just outside of Portland OR...

[Darth Copley]

I live on the outskirts of Houston in the state of Texas in a little city called Richmond. Richmond is just west of Houston, TX. Anyone near me?

Dallas is 7 hours from here... so houston is quite the trip ;)

[Jagahati]

I live on the outskirts of Houston in the state of Texas in a little city called Richmond. Richmond is just west of Houston, TX. Anyone near me?

I live in West Columbia, about half an hour south of you, just past Angleton.

[jjshumpert]

ft smith ar here

[Vos Malek]

Here I am..

http://maps.google.com/maps?rls=ig&hl=en&source=hp&q=Milford+Delaware&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Milford,+DE&gl=us&ei=lTopS4mGJIa6lAfzruiVDQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBAQ8gEwAA

[Darth Copley]

ft smith ar here

Thats pretty dang close to me :)

[Lan-Ja Hamil]

Southeastern Wisconsin. Brew town.

[Shadar Al'Niende]

I think we should do a google map, marking everyone here who posts regularly...it would be fun to see where on the globe TCSS spans...

It should be easy to do a stickied thread with a link and a google map :rolleyes:

[mihunai]

Holland... nuff said....
The closest one might be Erv', but even he is a long drive away....

mTm

[xl97]

1.) just BE PATIENT guys! :)



Southeastern Wisconsin. Brew town.





2.) Brew Town? Wouldnt that be MILWAUKEE? ;) (hoo-rah!)


Go Cheeseheads! :)

[Shadar Al'Niende]

1.) just BE PATIENT guys! :)

Are you working on something?!

[Nineteen]

I live about an hour north of Kansas City, MO, in a little town called Gower. It's also about 15 minutes south of Saint Joseph, MO.

Though for college, I live about 2 hours north of Saint Joseph, in Maryville, MO. Go Bearcats!

[astromech_kuhns]

Im just outside of Portland OR...

you dont say? got a saber that you can use to duel? on FX i got a thread together about a meeting for dueling...... if you got a saber you can fight with us.

im in albany oregon myself.

[Ovlos]

Springfield MO for me...

Looks like a couple of people are close to me...so forgive the plug for the local con...

www.visioncon.net

[reapero0]

I m just out side of vancouver Canada:D

[infa008]

im in kitsap county washinton state.

[Strydur]

Try this..

http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/vbgooglemapme.php

[Shadar Al'Niende]

*walks around banging cymbals*

"Tim is so great! Tim is so great!" :D:D:D:D:D

[infa008]

Try this..

http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/vbgooglemapme.php

I just vacationed up there in leavenworth.

[Sunrider]

Here in Big D. Metroplex;)

[Blue Fox]

I'm in Eaton Indiana. come challenge me. :D

[Count Zero]

ft smith ar here

I'm in Memphis TN, but I have friends in Ft. Smith and family in Bentonville and Bella Vista. Not far from ya.

[Mobius]

Edit: Nevermind

[Lan-Ja Hamil]

1.) just BE PATIENT guys! :)








2.) Brew Town? Wouldnt that be MILWAUKEE? ;) (hoo-rah!)


Go Cheeseheads! :)

Greenfield technically, but most people could find Kamino easier than Greenfield. :rolleyes:

[Darth Copley]

Springfield MO for me...

Looks like a couple of people are close to me...so forgive the plug for the local con...

www.visioncon.net

Sweet! That's only about 40 minutes away from here. We should meet up sometime for sure :)

[thejedilestat]

i just added my little pin to the map but ya im far far away but california will always be home:cool:

[mihunai]

Added my pin too.
Can you find it :P

Someone should sticky that map.
And they should encourage newbies to add their pin as well....

mTm

[ElbE121]

Lexington, KY here.

[xl97]

Greenfield technically, but most people could find Kamino easier than Greenfield. :rolleyes:
Oak Creek here..


(Greenfield yes.....but never heard of Kamino) =(

[xl97]

Are you working on something?!



And there you have it guys.. a little patience goes a long way.. :)

[Shadar Al'Niende]

lol... you just had inside information!

[xl97]

hmm..

I go to map..but no markers are displayed..

however..the users list is long..whats the haps?


Thanks

[Lan-Ja Hamil]

Oak Creek here..


(Greenfield yes.....but never heard of Kamino) =(

Kamino as in AOTC. The hidden system that was making the clone army for the Jedi Council, unbeknownst to the council.

[xl97]

lol... you just had inside information!

possibly..

:)

[Darth Securis]

hmm..

I go to map..but no markers are displayed..

however..the users list is long..whats the haps?


Thanks

I am having the same issue...even when I click one of the members links to 'show on map' it still does not display the marker pin

[Mobius]

I had the issue last night but then I re set my user pin and they all came back. Unfortunately they are all gone again...

[xl97]

its working for me now too.


lots of people... kinda cool to see the data displayed like that abotu members and whats in your area..etc..

[Strydur]

I fixed it..had to take out the option for people to add images.

[Matt Thorn]

I love this thing! But when I click on a user's "Show on map" link, it just shows the whole North American map, rather than zooming in on that user's location. Still, it's fun to scroll around and find out where people are. So far only three of us over here in Asia have entered our data. But the coolest entry, IMO, is Lawrs1, in Shetland. :cool:

[Dakarn]

Put my pin in the other day - Melbourne, Florida. I see that there are a few others close by as well.

[Lawrs1]

hehe thanks for that Matt

[Jedi-Loreen]

I know we've got a few in South America. I guess they haven't seen this thread yet.

[Matt Thorn]

I know we've got a few in South America. I guess they haven't seen this thread yet.
It would be nice to have the map stickied in a prominent place, and also included as part of the (optional) registration process.

[Lord Maul]

I copied Tim's post to Welcome to the Forum, and stuck it.

[JediMedic]

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&source=hp&q=ft++drum+ny&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Fort+Drum,+NY&gl=us&ei=s-U8S9TVB4bVlAfbt-XNAw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CAoQ8gEwAA

Upstate NY anyone?

[xl97]

JediMedic-

did you bother to check?

http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/vbgooglemapme.php





this link needs to be in the FIRST post.. and in the LAST..

then locked..

http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/vbgooglemapme.php

[Matt Thorn]

So how precisely are you all placing your markers? I zoomed in on the coordinates I originally plugged in (and which I got from Yahoo! Maps, I think) and discovered my marker was a few hundred meters off. I fine-tuned it, and now it sits right on the roof of my apartment. :D I zoomed in on Stryder's marker, and if it is to be believed, TCSS is actually an underground base located beneath a large field. :cool:

[xl97]

I zoomed in on Stryder's marker, and if it is to be believed, TCSS is actually an underground base located beneath a large field. :cool:


You didnt know that?

[Jedi-Loreen]

I put mine right where I live, though sometimes it seems to show across the street from my house.

Why would Tim put his exact location? He doesn't want people showing up to his house and shop unannounced.

If I was LDM, I wouldn't put the exact location of my house, either. :p

[Lord Maul]

Well Lori, anyone could just mapquest Tim's address and find his house. It's on every package you get from TCSS. It could just be that his house hadn't been built when the picture was taken. The one over my house is probably 7 years old :eek:

[Jedi-Loreen]

Heh, that's true, I hadn't thought about that. :p

[JediMedic]

My bad...jez. Figures I would screw something this simple up.

[Charmaynard]

Dallas is 7 hours from here... so houston is quite the trip ;)

I'm in Plano, TX. Where are you at in Dallas?

[Darth Midian]

I placed my pin today. Reynoldsburg, OH

[Darth Biff]

I'm up as well; Ottawa, our nation's capitol. Well, not "our" nation I guess, since we Canucks are in the minority around here, but you know what I mean. :rolleyes:

[mihunai]

Hm, turns out Anatim doesnt live that far from where i live.... (still like 80km or so,
but still the closest so far...)

It is nice to see this register grow though.
But seriously, there have to be more BeNeLux people around here?

mTm

[ronzomi]

I am live in the Northern part of the Greater Seattle area. Small town off the sound called Edmonds. Its a Nice area.
For work, I get to make a lovely, daily, hour long commute down I-405 to Bellevue. If anyone in the greater seattle area is interested in getting together to discuss saber building tips or whatnot, to asuage privacy concerns, a neutral location is a great possiblilty.

Thanks

[Dalesabers]

I'm in London, Ontario but soon to be moving to Toronto.

[farlander]

Here I am! (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=american+fork+ut&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=48.822589,55.458984&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=American+Fork,+Utah&z=12) a lone Jedi in Utah.... :cry:

Shadar, I live in Layton, so you're not quite "alone." :-) And I think RandomSabers is in Utah too. North Salt Lake, perhaps?

[Shadar Al'Niende]

Dude sweet! *does the happy dance*

[pittapittae]

Hi all, I live in Trieste, NorthEast of Italy so yeah, pretty far from all the other forum members, it seems... :(

[KuroChou]

Here I am! (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=american+fork+ut&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=48.822589,55.458984&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=American+Fork,+Utah&z=12) a lone Jedi in Utah.... :cry:

I live in Orem.

[Darth Reklar]

Wichita, KS here...

Does that make me a redneck Jedi?




If you've ever had someone tell you, "May the force be with y'all," you might be a redneck Jedi.

[noslenpar]

Don't forget to drop a pin on the map.

I can't believe we don't any pins on Long Island, NY.

http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/vbgooglemapme.php

[Shadar Al'Niende]

I live in Orem.

YAY! alright people....get to puttin your pins up!

(pssst go here: http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/vbgooglemapme.php)

[farlander]

I live in Orem.

YAY! alright people....get to puttin your pins up!
NICE! That's three of us relatively close. Hmmm...

[Shadar Al'Niende]

NICE! That's three of us relatively close. Hmmm...

WE ARE TAKING OVER....i mean...um...:rolleyes:

[Darth Reklar]

YAY! alright people....get to puttin your pins up!)

The map has been pinned.



If you can easily describe the taste of an Ewok, you might be a redneck Jedi.

[dbluephoenix]

Jeez, am I the only Saber Dork in all of Vegas? :(

[Novastar]

Hmm... I just noticed that I can't mark where I am... something about "the .xml file cannot be opened", heheh.

Either way... yup... we're all pretty separated! :) Not a lot of saturation in any given area.

[Matt Thorn]

Hmm... I just noticed that I can't mark where I am... something about "the .xml file cannot be opened", heheh.

Either way... yup... we're all pretty separated! :) Not a lot of saturation in any given area.
Wonder what's up with that? :confused: Or rather, I'm surprised you just got around to it now!

Well, unsurprisingly, the heaviest concentration is in the U.S. Skottsaber may be the lone African on the map, but at least he's in a real city, and host to the World Cup, no less. My favorites are Lawrs1, on the Shetland Islands, and GreaSyde, the "Lone Alaskan," who is apparently floating on a pontoon in the Pacific where there is nary a bump of dry land to be found. :p


If there's a bright center to the universe, you're on the planet that it's farthest from.

[Skottsaber]

Skottsaber may be the lone African on the map,

I don't know whether to be excited or sad :lol:

[Matt Thorn]

I don't know whether to be excited or sad :lol:
The answer is "Yes." :p

I'm still trying to locate a sabersmith in central Pennsylvania, just in case my latest baby (http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/showthread.php?t=11109) needs emergency repairs.

[Darth Astronimus]

glendale ca for me

[Jedi-Loreen]

Yeah, we can read your Location in your profile. ;)

[Endymion]

http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=7325113867756214068&q=new+utrecht+high+school&hl=en&cd=1&cad=src:pplink&ei=Af81TKyqCaf8yAXE9YiAAQ

This is right by me, Don't want any Sith Stalkers :P

[noslenpar]

Cool, active members in the NYC area. You should drop a pin on the forum map.
http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/vbgooglemapme.php

[Darth Astronimus]

Yeah, we can read your Location in your profile. ;)

Why do you give such a hard time hahaha:)

[Matt Thorn]

Why do you give such a hard time hahaha:)
That is J-Lo's job on the forums. It's hard work, but somebody has to do it. ;)