Frapper!

October 21, 2005

Hi All,

We are de-lurking just to mention an excellent map utility that we recently discovered: Frapper allows groups (such as geocaching) to set up maps showing the locations of all of its members. Thought this might be useful, since we all know where our geocaches are, but do we know where *we* are?!! :lol:

To get the ball rolling we have set up a frapper group called Geocachers. It can be found from the link at http://www.risingconcepts.com/frapper/geocachers.

Apologies if this is not immediately clear, if you follow the link and look at some of the existing groups I am sure you will see what it's all about. Let's see how many UK cachers we can get up there!!!

Eastonwolfs

1.8k · October 21, 2005

Spent a long time trying to enter myself - but this wonderful system seems to have not heard of any of the places in this part of London. I worked out from where ilive, and when it did not even recognise somewhere as world famous as Wimbledon, I gave up.

October 21, 2005

added us ...... Lo all :-)

1.8k · October 21, 2005

Anyone know how to edit a "shoutout"?

October 21, 2005

We're on the map now!

I hope this catches on. It would be really interesting to see how many cachers are from our neck of the woods.

1.7k · October 21, 2005

A brief welcome with a link to the map would make a much better adopt a newbie thread. As Newcomers would be able to see at a glance who is local to them.

Dave

3.3k · October 21, 2005

Trouble is, my nearest "local" place is 25 miles from home, and it's not particularly rural here. I imagine that out in the sticks, people will have to "move" dozens of miles to find a place called home. Great idea though... I'm on!

2.5k · October 21, 2005

I added one and it put me 180 miles from where I live, corrected now though

Edit I guess it would puts the scent off my mad emailer though

Edited October 22, 2005 by Moote

October 22, 2005

Anyone know how to edit a "shoutout"?

I clicked on "Subscribe to map", and found this -

To add a shoutout, just enter your name, zipcode, and shoutout above.

Your name will only appear once on the map, but you can enter multiple shoutouts the same way.

October 22, 2005

I'm on (reasonably close to where I live) but can't get the picture to work. Cant find any edit funtion either.

Edited October 22, 2005 by Just Roger

October 22, 2005

Our village is on the map, but it won't add us for some reason.

October 22, 2005

Our village is on the map, but it won't add us for some reason.

I live in Swindon, have used other Frapper maps before, yet won't let me on either!

1.3k · October 22, 2005

We're on the map! Well done - very clever. :mad:

October 22, 2005

Great idea. We're on now. :mad:

October 22, 2005

I'm in

October 22, 2005

Just added myself and just used the City as a locator and it put the flag within half a mile of my house :mad: now thats clever

1.7k · October 22, 2005

anyone know if its possible to amend the locatiion after its on? Ours isn't too close, AND its obscured some other cachers (sorry!)... I couldn't work out what to do...

October 22, 2005

Like The Purple Pineapple, I'm on the map but in completely the wrong place, despite it offering to put me in the right village at first.

This needs fixing..........

3.8k · October 22, 2005

Thats me on :mad: Hope it takes off

October 22, 2005

I'm on but at the wrong side of town!

October 22, 2005

Cornwall now represented. :mad:

1.7k · October 22, 2005

That's us on too :mad: , great idea.

1.7k · October 22, 2005

Come on folks join in . There's a cluster of cachers arond London and another in the NW. We need to fill the map

Dave :mad:

2.3k · October 22, 2005

We are on - great idea :mad:

October 22, 2005

Anyone know how to edit a "shoutout"?

John,

I think editing the posts is down to me, since I set up this particular Frapper and so I'm classed as the owner. I'll be happy to make any changes to shoutouts for anyone who so desires... Just P.M. me at contact.eastonwolfs@virgin.net

Regarding locations & accuracy of positioning, I think this is down to 'pot luck' depending upon what the Google maps software knows about (Fraper uses google maps, of course). It can't be too bad if it knows of a village like Adlington where we are!

I am also aware of some intermittent problems where Frapper sometimes struggles to let people add themselves. I think the only thing to do here is to keep trying...

Regards,

Wilf (Eastonwolfs)

1.8k · October 22, 2005

Doesn't seem to know Kingston, Sutton or Wimbledon meaning that if I place my self I will be in completly the wrong part of London making it useless.

October 22, 2005

Doesn't seem to know Kingston, Sutton or Wimbledon meaning that if I place my self I will be in completly the wrong part of London making it useless.

Nor any other London boroughs!! I joined it but it's placed me in Islington and I live nowhere near there - but London was the only option I had!!

October 22, 2005

Doesn't seem to know Kingston, Sutton or Wimbledon meaning that if I place my self I will be in completly the wrong part of London making it useless.

I found that when I typed in Towcester it appeared in the dropdown as 'Towcester; UK' or something like that so I thopught it had found it and tried to add to be told 'Invalid city' I tried again and this time clicked on the suggestion so the full thing appeared in the box including the UK part and then it worked. It seems to be fussy about syntax

1.7k · October 22, 2005

I found that when I typed in Towcester it appeared in the dropdown as 'Towcester; UK' or something like that so I thopught it had found it and tried to add to be told 'Invalid city' .......

Maybe you should have tried the "Roman" spelling........... :mad: :mad:

October 22, 2005

Maybe you should have tried the "Roman" spelling...........

Well you ought to know! :mad:

October 22, 2005

At least i'm in the right place!! (Stuey) (Bloody Imigrants :mad: )

1.2k · October 22, 2005

I'm on.

Interesting to see how many people are already listed and how many are not 'the usual suspects' whose names I recognise from this forum.

Alot more people must lurk than I imagined.

Cheers

3.3k · October 22, 2005

At least i'm in the right place!! (Stuey) (Bloody Imigrants )

Bloody townies

3.3k · October 22, 2005

Now that the list is getting big, is there any way that it can be sorted in some way?

1.6k · October 22, 2005

Spent a long time trying to enter myself - ....... I gave up.

I am sure somebody will be interested in your perversions but this IS the geocaching forum!!!

:mad: :mad: :mad:

October 23, 2005

I asked to be removed, who wouldn't , if they were showing up in the middle of a cemetery.

Nige

Edited October 23, 2005 by The Northumbrian

October 23, 2005

I'm wondering how it decides where the location is!!!.. I live in Jarrow and Lostit lives in Jarrow.

Now I would recon that we would both be put in same spot on the map.. wrong!!!

Lostit is On the western edge of Hebburn, the next town up river from Jarrow and I'm further east, nearer jarrow but still in Hebburn!!!!!!!

Good job I got me trusty GPS so I know where I am

1.1k · October 23, 2005

Anyone tried clicking on one of the ! markers on the map?

I tried a few, some are OK and some send you off to the other end of the country?

Don't like the idea that we can't amend/delete an entry with contacting admin either.

October 24, 2005

I haven't experienced any of the problems I have been reading about above.

I think this is an excellent idea.

It's just a shame I can't see more people in my area.

October 24, 2005

Nothing I do is straightforward. I added myself in Swansea, but there was someone already there, and it seems to have overwritten them. How do I get them back? Delete myself? :lol:

Also, we are only half in Swansea. Our other half is in Swanage. :lol: That means we're there twice.

1.7k · October 24, 2005

Nothing I do is straightforward. I added myself in Swansea, but there was someone already there, and it seems to have overwritten them. How do I get them back? Delete myself?

It's ok youve not overwriten Matrix :cry: , just zoom in on the map and you'll see him appear under you :lol: :lol: . If you zoom upto 75% you'll see that both of you are either side of Camarthen rd.

Dave

:lol:

October 24, 2005

anyone know how to delete ans entry? - we are on twice through our error

cheers

Brandwood

October 24, 2005

We're there!!

Dave

October 24, 2005

It's ok youve not overwriten Matrix , just zoom in on the map and you'll see him appear under you .

Poor guy, he's probably pretty squished, I'm not exactly slim. But at least he's still there, phew. Thank you!

October 25, 2005

Hi All,

Just to let you know that frapper has now changed domain name and you can reach our mini-project directly from www.frappr.com/geocachers (note the spelling of 'frappr' with no 'e' in it...

BTW - our entries to-date are mainly UK-centric. A big thank you to everyone that has revealed themselves, but I was wondering, does anyone have any contacts abroad, such as Europe or US to spread the word and increase the size of our presence?

Eastonwolfs

October 25, 2005

When I zoom right in, it appears to have decided I live in the freezer aisle of my local Tesco.... :unsure:

October 25, 2005

That's me on too

October 25, 2005

BTW - our entries to-date are mainly UK-centric. A big thank you to everyone that has revealed themselves, but I was wondering, does anyone have any contacts abroad, such as Europe or US to spread the word and increase the size of our presence?

Eastonwolfs

Use the Search Facility and the Keyword "Frapper"

Example

October 25, 2005

We're on. Not to far from home. See i'm not the only one to have "shouted" twice.

Doh!

October 25, 2005

Finally got a bit of time and now we are up,

not to far out and by the weaver not on the trent and mersey canal but not a bad location

Iain the bargee

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