Map Test
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02/05/99 02:39 AM
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OK, you can't just come in here and have a free look. Please try to open the link and reply to let me know what you get. Thanks! http://www.mapblast.com/mapblast/blast.h... rt+LighthouseHmmm... doesn't want to be an active link. Please try cutting and pasting the URL into your browser. Thanks. [This message has been edited by Art (edited 02-04-99).]
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Re: Map Test
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02/05/99 09:20 AM
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I think the URL links must have a maximum character limit on the Forums. It seems to have inserted a space in "Girt" towards the end of your string, but if you try and edit the gap out, it puts it back in. I think this gap breaks up the string?
The "cut and paste" works fine though. A Sea Girt map with labeled location is the result.
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Re: Map Test
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02/05/99 04:15 PM
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Thanks for the input, Rod. Let's try renaming the same URL: Sea Girt MapOooh! Getting close! 8-) Keep getting those blasted unwanted spaces, though. [This message has been edited by Art (edited 02-05-99).]
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Re: Map Test
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02/05/99 04:26 PM
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Sea Girt MapYesssssss! The URL wants a space, so give it one! The trick is to put in a space where you don't care if one exists or not. For this link, I put in a space in front of the "S" in "Sea Girt". In the URL it looks like: {A HREF="http://www.mapblast.com/mapblast/blast.hm? CMD=GEO&xx=1&id=9181891652467&AD2=Beacon+%26 +Ocean&AD3=Sea+Girt%2C+NJ&IC=%3A%3A8 &IC%3A= Sea+Girt+Lighthouse" TARGET=_blank} Sea Girt Map{/A} Just replace each "{" with a "<", and each "}" with a ">", and viola! Note the location of the space in the URL above: "...3A= [SPACE]Sea+Girt+Lighthouse" [This message has been edited by Art (edited 02-05-99).]
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Re: Map Test
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02/06/99 01:12 AM
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Re: Map Test
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02/06/99 03:17 AM
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Most excellent, Art! Tis a fine map indeed.
Next you'll be bucking for John's job.
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Re: Map Test
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02/06/99 01:46 PM
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Re: Map Test
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02/06/99 01:52 PM
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Nice work, Art... Any way to jump past the ads page to the "Print Map" one? I notice that the print map page also includes the latitude and longitude of the icon (lighthouse in this case) [ Icon Latitude: 40.1363, Longitude: -74.0274 ] This is something I've been trying to determine for a national lighthouse locating mapping idea. I was hoping that some publication or other would have the L+L information, but none yet that I have found. With GPS receivers including some in autos (Hertz "Never-Lost" is fantastic!), being able to enter a destination by L+L would be great. The MapBlast site is powered by an engine that uses L+L positions. With this set-up you need to know the street address and the engine must be able to 'interpret' the address to locate the L+L. (could it find "Corner of Main and Maple"?) In the case of many lighthouses, the 'address' is a PO box or the address of the local preservation group. And you don't want to drive your GPS-equipped car to the Post Office Lobby. Mercator
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Re: Map Test
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02/06/99 09:16 PM
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Yo, Merc,
The Sea Girt map above was generated using the corner of Beacon and Ocean. No street number. Still have trouble with lights in the boonies, though.
Haven't tried jumping to the print map screen yet. That's a project for another weekend.
Thanks, all, for the acclamation.
-Art
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