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Can I just state here and now that if I get one more PM from a member who has had the information on the membership map used to threaten them I will delete the map and ask for this thread to be removed.
I will not allow what was an interesting idea to be turned on it's head by an abusive member of the forum (ex or current). If anyone is concerned that they may have posted their marker a little too accurately let me know and I will remove it so you can mark your location a little further from home.
I am not impressed with one certain member who has taken it upon himself to issue threats and abuse to another member using information from this map!

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The matter is in hand. I think you'll find that was an isolated incident, but I would appreciate it if any further such abuses could be notifed by email or PM to the team. We do not tolerate abuse, and in general, neither do the ISPs of those doing the abuse. ;)

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Isn't it sad that this sort of thing happens......There are members on here who I would love to know there address so that I can send Christmas cards etc but would never dream of asking them for it as I do not want to put them in the awkward position of saying no. :no:

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Yup, an unfortunate fact of todays society - we are all suspicious of everybody (most of us are just plain suspicious full stop :) ).

There's only one person that I've ever met online (in all my time hanging around in dodgy Forums and chat rooms ;) ) that I've had any contact with in the real world. There have been others that I would have liked to talk to/meet up with, the problem is that it's difficult to know who to trust.

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I agree Rais and this with the map just proves the point :(

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Having said that, even though there are people on CF that I would like to meet up with/talk to I still think it would be a long time before I felt comfortable giving them my address.

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Well I'm surprised that someone had abused this already....

Almost anyone can come visit me if they let me know first :)

Dilli.

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YaY - Next Meet's at dilli's place :)

Tell Buxom Woman to get the kettle on :D

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I have had a meet at my house (where I lived in Sandy before moving here) - Oh and it's probably better I make the tea - so you can drink it ;):D

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It's a shame that people are like that, think when you have known someone for a long time should ease your mind about there character, i've known Jules for sometime i would not hesitate to give her my address.

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If you're any good at laying Laminate flooring she may give you hers :D :p:

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Aww thanks Roy I will put you on my christmas card list ;)

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D'you know Makikomi then Jules?


And who's the clot in Halifax that can't even spell their own name?


I think this thread should be sticky - does anyone else?

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Well yeah, but I don't have a Communicator...

Location: Onboard the Enterprise

Beam me up, dilli! :D

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She should.. He's her husband.. :D

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But how many people really know their other half? :)

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Not Husband, they are living in sin ...... :eek:

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The fact that people abuse anything now days doesn`t surprise me at all. Had my car keyed the other day :( **stards)

Anyway, what did make me chuckle was the thread i was looking at before this one was "Show us your workstations" And no im NOT a burglar ;)

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And lots of it :D


Yes I know him Altis ;)

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Fair enough... Just thought she referred to him as her husband once.. Obviously wrong..

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Me Added!:D

I think i`m just about right.:erm:

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Just a post to apologise for the map not always being available. The server hosting the free service has been been struggling to cope with the demand it is under and the person running the map service is already pleading for donations to help pay his bills lol. Hopefully it will stabilise though but as soon as the map is reachable again I'll grab a copy of all the location markers just in case.

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Do the locatuon markers follow the standard format of lon/lat and a comment?

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If I could get to the map I would tell you but as far as I am aware the answer is yes as it handles markers the same way that Google Maps etc handles them. Will see if I can get an example off the map.

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Do you know what format the export is in? I'm assuming it will be plain text or csv?

:tu:

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It exports directly to Google Earth so it's a KMZ file, well it will be when I can get to the site again :(

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Hmmm.....

There should be a database table behind the scenes somewhere, any chance you could get the site owner to output the marker locatons (and names) from the map? That would give us the information needed to replot the markers.

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Well there is no option to export in any other way than to google map but I have emailed the people responsible for the guestmap site to see if there is anyway to do it. Hopefully they may put a feature in to do it automatically. I have however got a text file list of all markers on the map with co-ordinates and comments.

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The first person I've ever met in person after first meeting them online was a complete nutter: scatterbrained and loopy as anything. A very suspicious character...

HIYA JULES! :D
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We are engaged (she has a gorgeous ring to prove it) but are not in any rush to get married. :)

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Is she waiting for a fully finished flooring first?? :p:

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That's the beauty of the 'meets' that go on from time to time - there are quite a few people there and we always meet in a public place so there's no need to worry. I mean, I met Paul at one - and now he's safely installed as a permanent feature in my house! :)

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That's in hand...

I'm paying for a bloke to do it next week. :erm:

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Pictures to follow :D

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Brothers ex-wife met her new fella on the net (he's Swedish) and the neighbours across the road met the same way (she's American). I would say it could have a lot of advantages over regular dating (you get to know someone's personality first).

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If you want to email me that I can have a go at importing it into my test map, it may be possible to create a new map from that data as it is.

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You do - you just don't realise it ;) It's a sub-dermal implant. It was put it when you were asleep one night :D

I'll beam you up when I figure out how to do it without turning you inside out (a la galaxy quest);)

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Would do if only I had your email address ;) PM won't allow it due to size constraints.

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:dunce:

Sorry :LOL:

You have a PM :)

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http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...achmentid=7620

I've been to a few. Its great fun, and we always meet in a public place. I have met a few people now, and only 1 knows my home address so far, and a couple more i'd give it to. You don't even have to give out your mobile number if you don't want to. So please re-consider. Also, after people get to know each other, there are always impromptu meets going on. Well worth biting the bullet and going for it.

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:rofl: Hahaha, you're a very brave man!

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:eek:

I thought that was compulsory :erm: that's where I've been going wrong.....

So.....when are we going out for a beer then mate? :)

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Marker left..

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So now we know where to FIND YOU!!!!!! :batty: :D

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Lemme know when you are coming down. Could make it a 3 some with Ellie if she is game (;)) and whoever else that fancies it. Alternatively, it seems about high time we had another proper meet, the last one was march. Late september in Manchester maybe? :scratch:

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:hyper: :drunk:

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Will do, probably going to be soon.

Hmmm..... I'll let you ask her about that one :erm: :p:

I've been thinking this as well, not bothered where it is (although there are some good pubs in Nottingham) but late September would be tricky.

Perhaps we need another thread to start the ball rolling ;)

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Hi Guys,

<EDIT: Thanks to everybody that has sent me their post code, I now have enough data for a meaningful test :) >

Need to ask a favour (pretty please :) ).

I'm working on a new version of the Map, with Paul's assistance, which displays peoples locations slightly differently.

In order to test what I have so far a bit more fully I need a little bit more data.

If anybody who has already posted their location on the Map linked from this thread would be willing to help I would be very grateful.

Basically I need a few people to let me have the first part of their postcode. I don't need the whole thing, just the first few letters/numbers (the bit before the space).

Obviously it's not possible (in the majority of cases) to track an exact adress from this information, but I appreciate that some people may feel uncomfortable providing it.

For that reason, if you are willing to help, I would ask the following:

DO NOT post your postcode here in the thread, please PM it to me.
DO NOT send me your whole postcode.
DO NOT include your house number or anything else, I just need the first bit of the postcode.

For example.

If your postcode is NW10 8EW

Just PM me with the NW10 bit.


Thanks guys :)

Thanks to anybody that feels that they can help.

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Sent you mine :tu:

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Me too :)

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me to :D

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Thanks Guys, I've got all the data that I need for the time being.

Really appreciate it :)

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There you go I have started the ball rolling, when you send the blackmail letters out can I have some of the profits Rais? lol

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Hiya Raistlin.

You can use Whyme's postcode for me as well - we live in sin! ;)

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Cheers mate :)

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Told you that you would get plenty of volunteers lol ;)

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[QUOTE=Paul]And you were right mate (as usual :rolleyes: :p: ), not sure what value the inside leg measurements were supposed to add though - and no I'm not telling you who they were from ;)

A big thanks again to everybody for their help :)

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Sounds good to me https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2005/09/1.gif ...Oops wrong smiley again, meant https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2005/08/11.gif

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:hyper:

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Put my marker on its slapped me in the middle of the M60 damn mouse!!

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Well that should deter even the most persistent stalker! :LOL:

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Want it deleted so you can try again?

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Thats ok cause you are on the wrong side of the Pennines any way ;)

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LMAO!!! :angel:

Thank's Paul, but its close enough!!

Eh up Lass!!!!! Thee couldn't be more wrong, me duck!! :p:

Nowt wrong with Manchester so there!!

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Probable caught you on the way to Tesco Marty. :Sprint:

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Big Brother is watching!!! lol

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added mine now , just stuck it in belfast , must go back and look at the map now as was not aware you could narrow it down lol

doh!
actually just worked out how to use it , put 2 down wrong , could you remove them and i,ll fix properly after that
cheers

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OK I have just placed my marker..

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2 markers removed ;)

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map marked accordingly ( a bit sparse oop north)

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Just in the middle of adding myself too.

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There's always one that makes you have to zoom the map out isn't there....... Frank ;)

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I see we gained a couple more markers yesterday, I'll let the ocassional "I was born here" slide as long as people don't get too carried away :p:

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*grumble* *grumble* *moan* *swear* *curse*

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You can put your birthplace back, just restrict your holiday memoirs a bit ta :p:

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hmmm why didnt the link work on FireFox but it did on IE???? but as the rest I've put a marker down I hope :p

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Works for firefox here :erm:

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It wasnt working the other day but seems to be working now.

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As I reported earlier in the thread the guy who created and runs the service is struggling for bandwidth so sometimes the site is slow to the point it doesn't load. It's his own fault for making something so popular lol

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Only just seen this, :tu:

done

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I just noticed my name is now wrong on the map, it still says markymoan :doh:

Is there any chance of removing my 2 markers and i will do another :)

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Yep, give me a minute to remove the markers and you can re-apply your location.

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Thank you :D

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Done, re-apply your markers when ready.

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Sorted thanks again :D

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done mine, thats so cool

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About time you made your mark somewhere :p: lol

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Does anyone know if you can view other countries in more detail, as I can only get England to zoom right down to street level.

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Try this:

http://maps.google.com/

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Not all countries or even all parts of a country are covered in full detail yet.

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Thanks Paul.

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Added my Marker :)

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From the main google maps link or through google earth you can find a lot of images but only a percentage of the planet has been photographed at high res so far.

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Remind me to change the URL for the map when I get home :( They moved servers recently and now the links don't hit the map.

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Are you home yet?

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Sorry, got home and due to a trip to Bournemouth today we had to wrap a lot of presents last night so didn't get sat down till after midnight :(
The new link is
Cable Forums Members Map
Would have been nice if they had emailed people with maps to tell them that the links were going to change.
Can a passing team member update the link on the first post please??

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Done

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Still lonely down here in sunny Sandy :(

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So are we going to get any of the new members signing up to this?:)

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Ask and ye shall receive - done ;)

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If you zoom in all the way on me you can see where I 'work' too!!! - Nice :)