TheSandTrap Member Map

[DaveP043]

Edit (2017-10-29): I've updated the site with a plugin that provides a simpler to use, more feature-filled member map. You can access it here: https://thesandtrap.com/membermap/. The original post is below, but please, use the new Member Map.

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I stole this idea from another site, I hope you all will enjoy it.  In reading some of the threads about member get-togethers, I thought about how far some of us will travel to attend.  Which in turn made me wonder about where some of my TST friends live.  So I created a map in Google Maps, and added my home golf club, as well as my primary vacation spot.  The link is here:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NwaKZanJPQ1wXT_ysLN7csLjEZg&usp=sharing

I think it would be fun if the members here wanted to add themselves to the map.  The directions from Google are:

1. Open a new or existing map in My Maps.
2. In the left panel, click the layer you want to use. The selected layer will be blue on the left edge.
3. Search for the business, address, or point of interest that you want to add. ...
4. To add that pin to your layers, click "add to map"
5. Once you've added it, you can edit the name to indicate your user name

I'm not looking for home addresses or anything so specific, maybe a home town or home course.  We might find out that we have online friends who're much closer in real life than we ever thought.  I hope I've set this up so that anyone who uses the link will be able to add themselves, without having to sign into a Google account.  If you have problems, let me know and I'll try to work them out.

 

Edited October 29, 2017 by iacas
new member map plugin

[Jeremie Boop]

Great idea, I added my "home course" as it were, basically just the course I play the most.

[vasaribm]

23 minutes ago, Jeremie Boop said:

Great idea, I added my "home course" as it were, basically just the course I play the most.

I did the same.

[DaveP043]

Wow, this is going quickly, thanks to everyone who's pit a pin on the map already.  I'm going to suggest that everyone rename their "pin" using their own user name, and THEN the name of the course or whatever.  The reason being, if we get lots of pins, clicking on one might get us the name of the golf course, but not the name of the TST member who plays there.  

[Jeremie Boop]

6 minutes ago, DaveP043 said:

Wow, this is going quickly, thanks to everyone who's pit a pin on the map already.  I'm going to suggest that everyone rename their "pin" using their own user name, and THEN the name of the course or whatever.  The reason being, if we get lots of pins, clicking on one might get us the name of the golf course, but not the name of the TST member who plays there.  

Fixed the label on mine.

[p1n9183]

Added my home course. I´m a little far away from U guys.

[DaveP043]

15 minutes ago, p1n9183 said:

Added my home course. I´m a little far away from U guys.

So you are!  But you never know when someone from TST will travel to Argentina for business, look at this map, and decide to get in touch with you.  This was really my ulterior motive in starting this, I might find more friends to play golf with when I travel.

[GolfLug]

I can't open the link because of co PC firewall, but will try to do it later this weekend.. Great idea.

[CarlSpackler]

I don't have a home course, but I added the little goat course up the street that I play a lot.

[coachjimsc]

Added mine. Great idea @DaveP043. Thanks for sharing this.

[klineka]

Added my general location as well. I dont really have a home course, I typically play anything within an hour or so from my location, but would drive a little further if it was for a meetup or something

[No Mulligans]

The west coast people need to... Wake Up!  It's not that early in the morning.

[nevets88]

22 minutes ago, No Mulligans said:

The west coast people need to... Wake Up!  It's not that early in the morning.

Probably out there playing. Weenies. 

[Hacker James]

I guess I am too dumb, but could not add The Vineyards Golf Course, Escondido CA. It came up with some golf shop on Auto Park Way. 

[DaveP043]

9 minutes ago, Hacker James said:

I guess I am too dumb, but could not add The Vineyards Golf Course, Escondido CA. It came up with some golf shop on Auto Park Way. 

Its in there now, I think you had it already.  Either that, or someone else put it in before you did.  Thanks for playing along.

[Golfingdad]

Not sure I did it right, but I tried.

[davechen]

I put in my "home" course (Falls Road GC, Potomac, MD), although I usually rotate among the area munis.

Edited March 17, 2017 by davechen

[Hacker James]

8 minutes ago, DaveP043 said:

Its in there now, I think you had it already.  Either that, or someone else put it in before you did.  Thanks for playing along.

OK, thanks. I changed the marker color to Red to distinguish it from @No Mulligans