You can put in your street without a number for a little finer grain (or a cross street, even, for nearness with obfuscation).
She didn't even touch her pumpkin. It's a freak with no face.
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-t - May 08, 2008 7:30:10 am PDT #1693 of 4673
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
§ ita § - May 08, 2008 7:35:11 am PDT #1694 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, you can put any number of things in that location field, up to and including your zip code or latitude and longitude to varying precisions. If you have exactly the same position as someone else, I would only imagine it's first come first served, or last come first shown.
Feel free to experiment with positioning.
I'm going to see if I can convert the text entered on the profile page into latitude and longitude when it's saved, so that firing up the map page is faster. In the meanwhile, eh. It's not like we're taxing our system overly or anything--it's just a lot of back and forth to google.com. I'll trim the chatter one way or another.
Sue - May 08, 2008 7:35:42 am PDT #1695 of 4673
hip deep in pie
megan walker - May 08, 2008 7:43:22 am PDT #1696 of 4673
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Well, you can put any number of things in that location field, up to and including your zip code or latitude and longitude to varying precisions. If you have exactly the same position as someone else, I would only imagine it's first come first served, or last come first shown.
So I guess I should put something besides SF?
Vortex - May 08, 2008 7:55:49 am PDT #1697 of 4673
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I put my city and zip code. I may add a street, since my street is only 3 blocks long, it'll be pretty accurate.
DXMachina - May 08, 2008 8:04:16 am PDT #1698 of 4673
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Being the only Buffista for 50 miles in any direction has some advantages. So does living in a tiny village. I didn't even include a street, and my arrow lands one house down from my old apartment.
§ ita § - May 08, 2008 8:06:41 am PDT #1699 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So I guess I should put something besides SF?
Whatever makes you feel comfortable. You can go as high level as USA, although that'll confuse folks.
I had my zip code in there, but tested by rounding of my longitude and latitude and using those instead, and it's kinda aroung there. Anything you can search on in google maps, basically. It's exactly the same algorithm. I just need to optimise it so the algorithm runs as few times as possible.
eta: Vortex, you do realise this is all your fault, right?
Laga - May 08, 2008 8:19:25 am PDT #1700 of 4673
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I think I'm the only buffista in my zip code.
Vortex - May 08, 2008 8:22:59 am PDT #1701 of 4673
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
eta: Vortex, you do realise this is all your fault, right?
who? me? I just made a suggestion! No one ever listens to me, how was I supposed to know that this would happen!
§ ita § - May 08, 2008 9:53:14 am PDT #1702 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, Jon, the map is up on the css side too, and the page is well ugly. Beautify at will. Meanwhile I'll see what I can do to speed things up some.