Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Sep 28 2014 03:25 PM
Ralph, I'll try to adjust the name like you suggest. I'll have to watch out for that as I approve bands. This is another reason why someone should review the bands that get submitted.
I think it will be important to be as specific as possible for locations.
I've just pushed an update that uses green for active and red for inactive and also adds some warning text about being specific as possible for the location. You may have to clear your browser's cache to see the green / red markers (e.g. hold shift while clicking refresh).
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darrenk
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San Jose, CA
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Posted on Sep 28 2014 04:59 PM
Any way to put what years the bands were active? I'm thinking if the map feature supports it, being able to go through the years and seeing how different areas have different densities.
-Darren
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Sep 28 2014 05:35 PM
That's a great idea Darren. It would require some re-jiggering of the database. The problem is I don't think that information is widely known. We are currently having enough problems with the location. We have 2 or 3 bands from Los Angeles and Berlin for example. Without a more precise location only 1 pin gets put in the center of LA. But if that info was known you could filter by decade or something. Might be interesting. Let's see how much data we get and we can look at it later.
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JakeDobner
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Seattle
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Posted on Sep 28 2014 05:44 PM
Brian wrote:
Ralph, I'll try to adjust the name like you suggest. I'll have to watch out for that as I approve bands. This is another reason why someone should review the bands that get submitted.
The band that was formed first shouldn't have to have the country next to their name, in my opinion.
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LeeVanCleef
Joined: Oct 05, 2011
Posts: 744
France
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Posted on Sep 28 2014 06:00 PM
Brian wrote:
That's a great idea Darren. It would require some re-jiggering of the database. The problem is I don't think that information is widely known.
What about entering the years the band was active (if available) in the "note" field of the form? That way Brian doesn't have to change anything and if that information is not known then it can just be left out.
Brian wrote:
We are currently having enough problems with the location. We have 2 or 3 bands from Los Angeles and Berlin for example. Without a more precise location only 1 pin gets put in the center of LA.
I suggest that every band should be entered with a random address within their home town, to prevent the pointers from stacking up. I just did that with a French band (on the off chance another band would be based in the same town), it just took 2 minutes to find a random street name from that town on Google maps. Of course, if you know the real exact address, that's even better.
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Sep 28 2014 06:08 PM
I'm probably going to write a script or something to find all the bands with the same location string. Then alter the duplicates slightly somehow. But it would really help if they came in a unique address. Of course this isn't always known, especially for the 60's bands.
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Sep 28 2014 06:10 PM
102 bands on the first day, wow! And we haven't even scratched the surface yet.
I've got 3 bands in the queue for Atlanta, GA. What should I do?
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Sep 28 2014 06:51 PM
Ok, I'm just going to Google for the center of various cities and pick some random business or landmark for the duplicates. That seemed to work. But please be crazy specific if you can.
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Ron-Rhoades
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Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii
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Posted on Sep 28 2014 06:56 PM
Unless you live on a tiny Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Sep 28 2014 08:49 PM
I'm seeing some weird stuff with the map. Not all the information about the band is making it into the pop-up balloon on every band. 
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JObeast
Joined: Jul 24, 2012
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Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Sep 28 2014 10:01 PM
It's interesting to see the clusters of surf bands on the map. SoCal has a large one, but sadly the birthplace of Surf, the OC Coast, is devoid of active bands.
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Sep 29 2014 08:13 AM
People are emailing me with info. Please, if you want to add a band to the map, go here and fill out the form.
Also try to be more specific than city, state. Make up an address if you want, or pick a venue you play at or something.
Thanks!
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Oct 03 2014 09:36 PM
I want to thank everyone who has added a band to the map, especially Jonpaul. It hasn't even been a week yet and we are just over 150 entries. But we are only just getting started! Only now we have our first band from South America and a few from Australia. We need more bands, both past and present. Someone with some free time on their hands please start flipping through Bob Dalley's book and add the bands with their hometowns. I'll get to this eventually but can always use the help.
Please go ahead and add some more. Just be as specific as you can about the location. When multiple bands are in the same city I have to hunt around for landmarks or google the band to ensure distinct markers get on the map.
Add a band to the map
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Emilien03
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Coyoacán, Distrito Federal
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Posted on Oct 04 2014 10:45 AM
Great! I'll tell my folks to add their bands. Mexico & South America looks a bit empty!
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lerxst1031
Joined: Feb 06, 2012
Posts: 55
Anchorage, AK
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Posted on Oct 04 2014 02:21 PM
Added The SpeNerds for an Alaskan pin!
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carlosyela
Joined: Oct 10, 2011
Posts: 277
Madrid (Spain)
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Posted on Oct 04 2014 03:36 PM
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Oct 04 2014 03:45 PM
I know it may not be possible but please don't add 10 bands with the same location. There will only be one marker placed on the map instead of 10. Try to add a street address or maybe name a club or landmark to make each one unique.
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Rouserman73
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Mänttä-Vilppula, Finland, Europe
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Posted on Oct 04 2014 04:30 PM
I just put the Grande Bois on the map! Finland out!
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Brian
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Posts: 19273
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Oct 04 2014 04:35 PM
Holy moly there are 50+ bands to approve. Carlos went crazy. Who knew there were so many bands in Spain?
Okay I figured out how I can tweak the latitude and longitude, so I will stop yelling at you to make unique locations. But if you can, please do, it makes my job easier.
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Oct 04 2014 05:21 PM
More bug fixing from me. Apparently if you added a band with an "exotic" name (using letters with accents, etc.) the website would give a 500 internal error. This is fixed now.
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