SST Listeners map

607 · Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 6:37 am Post subject:

I changed the 'Piesafe' category to 'All the rest'. Feel free to change it back or change it to something else, but this seemed less confusing to me. Razz

I also see now that j2's original post says regular users shouldn't use separate categories... oops, several of us have done so. Razz

(Including myself Embarassed

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Dragonel · Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 2:53 pm Post subject:

Gert · Lieutenant Joined: Jul 24, 2003 Posts: 228

Although I declined to add my location, I couldn't keep my itchy geographer fingers off this.

Disclaimer: I downloaded all the data as a KMZ file before monkeying around in case I made an oops. (I didn't.)

I got ideas from https://support.google.com/maps/thread/3206663/how-to-move-features-between-layers?hl=en

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1)

Okay, to start off, I changed the "Style" to "Individual Styles" (click the blue link with a paint roller, just underneath the Members header.)

- This popped everyone's names out to be visible in the Members layer.

- However, I cannot sort them alphabetically. Luckily there's a search function that will allow you to find a specific member's pin.

- I've left it sorted as "Individual Styles" for now.

- I added Martino and Matthias to the Members layer, as they somehow ended up in a layer of their own (?). This was accomplished by nothing more than clicking and dragging, as they were already singular features (not tied into any other category but their own).

- Then I moved the route pins to their own layer.

- If you are the person who made these routes and this move has offended you: apologies. You can move them back if you like, as I did not delete them. We're just able to turn them on and off now all at once.2)

Now, what makes me crazy is Google Maps' apparent lack of even a simple attribute table with a "category" column. You can kind of get one if you click the three dots to the right of the Members heading and then "Open data table". But... there is that missing column I mentioned. At least that data is editable? It's more like metadata, tbh.

3)

Then I brought the KMZ file into Google Earth, hoping I could force things to happen that way. Nope. BUT, I can now right-click a username and open Properties to get proper metadata, so that's something, I guess. Still no category information. I'll have to poke around some more later.

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So, what is my best work-around right now before I go on to something else for the night? Leaving it sorted by "Individual Styles". Feel free to swap it back if that organization scheme doesn't do it for you, but at least now you can see everyone's name in the left-hand layer/feature pane.

thuringwethil · Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 9:10 am Post subject:

paulw · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 10:15 pm Post subject:

Great idea. Looks likwe most from Western Europe and North America,
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mister_mouse · Captain Joined: Apr 15, 2009 Posts: 1464

Wait a second. Who added me to the map?! Shocked

And why am I living on "Barrett reef"? Is that even above sea level?! Laughing

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Gert · Lieutenant Joined: Jul 24, 2003 Posts: 228

Morg · Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 11:15 pm Post subject:

Do you live in a pineapple under the sea?

mister_mouse · Captain Joined: Apr 15, 2009 Posts: 1464