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# can you see your house from here?
Somebody (EdB?) came up with the idea of having a b3ta map where you can stick a virtual pin and tell everyone your location. I cobbled this together, but before I wire up any pin-sticking code, is the map good enough? I'm not convinced, myself. Would more detail be a good idea? If so, does anyone out there have a super-hires map of the UK? (Potentially world-wide to follow)

http://www.yeahbutisitart.com/b3ta/radar
(click on the map to zoom in)
(I helped save b3ta! izb posting occasional messages since 2001, Tue 30 Apr 2002, 12:32, archived)
# Dude,
go to the ordinance survey website. there is a free hi res map of england for download. it should still be there.
(Conrad_Gonad, Tue 30 Apr 2002, 12:34, archived)
# That's where I got this one.
This is the only one with 'use it as you wish' next to the download link.
(I helped save b3ta! izb posting occasional messages since 2001, Tue 30 Apr 2002, 12:38, archived)
# oh,
i stand corrected. maybe i should click on links in future before i hurl preferences!
(Conrad_Gonad, Tue 30 Apr 2002, 12:41, archived)
# Urm...
why do I get Cumbria when I try and click in the general area of bristol?
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Tue 30 Apr 2002, 12:35, archived)
# Yorkshire
Becomes Scotland in the same way....
(I helped save b3ta! armaitus Sheep Casings!, Tue 30 Apr 2002, 12:47, archived)
# because i'm stupid
and forgot to take into account the scrollbar position.
(I helped save b3ta! izb posting occasional messages since 2001, Tue 30 Apr 2002, 12:57, archived)
# I can't see my house
i'm in new zealand
(Stu_Woody, Tue 30 Apr 2002, 12:37, archived)
# and why the hell is north yorkshire
so abnormally massive? i think a lot of the counties need some fine tuning
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 30 Apr 2002, 12:37, archived)
# Yorkshire really is that big
it's just that no one cares where it is...
(Conrad_Gonad, Tue 30 Apr 2002, 12:39, archived)
# hmm
so that's a 'no ian, do it all again' then.

pish.
(I helped save b3ta! izb posting occasional messages since 2001, Tue 30 Apr 2002, 12:40, archived)
# to make
room for all the extra fingers?
(I helped save b3ta! stouffer, Tue 30 Apr 2002, 12:40, archived)
# what about our
inner-national chums?
(I helped save b3ta! big daft dave, Tue 30 Apr 2002, 12:39, archived)
# they will
have to wait until i get this one working. sorry innernational chums.
(I helped save b3ta! izb posting occasional messages since 2001, Tue 30 Apr 2002, 12:42, archived)
# All you need
is Dublin - the rest of the world don't matter a fuck.
(I helped save b3ta! helmetcream, Tue 30 Apr 2002, 13:08, archived)
# Seems to zoom
In on random parts, but apart from that, its Stonking.
(I helped save b3ta! keybo was imtypingonakeyboard, now I'm not, Tue 30 Apr 2002, 12:40, archived)
# Cool
If you code it they will come
(I helped save b3ta! fishbear, Tue 30 Apr 2002, 12:54, archived)
# yay!
I feel charged with coding energy.
(I helped save b3ta! izb posting occasional messages since 2001, Tue 30 Apr 2002, 12:58, archived)