Memberlist by U.S. State

When I was on the phone with Mark a couple weeks ago, he asked for a clickable map of the United States.

Once again, in an unprecedented showing of excellent customer service and response to member feedback :) I have achieved the impossible by linking a map of the United States to our memberlist.

Click on Memberlist (in the menu) and scroll down the see the map. Click on the state you want, and it will list the members who indicated that they live there. You can also click on the "City" header to sort by the city.

Fun fun fun!

Dave

great addition Dave.

Hey, that's pretty cool. But my mom must have moved again - I couldn't find her in Kansas OR Nebraska. Has anyone seen my mother???? (LOLOLOL)

They have to enter a "NE" or "KS" as the state in their membership, otherwise they don't show up.

Also, Notice that weezin' lives in Alaska and has "Alaska" as the state, but doesn't show up because it's not the 2 letter abbreviation.

One day I may further refine this to fix that.

Actually, what I need to do is force people into abbreviations by giving them pull downs instead of free form fields for state.

dave

I'm the homeless one in Canada. It's interesting looking at your map of how so many members are located on the coasts.

Liz, more than half the US population lives within 50 miles of the coasts! Weird but true!

thanks Dave

oh wow Dave, arent you just incredible?????

thanks - you are doing a superb job!

Love ya Dave.......only wish I'd opened my mouth before I spent two days going through zones 6-9 for Texas members...LOL. Need to learn to hollar for help more often!!

"eyes"

Dave - I clicked on Maine .... and I'm not there!! How come? Maybe cuz I didn't spell out the state?

Sue, try abbreviating it, and see what happens.

Okay - I'm there now =]

great dave you never cease to amaze us!

Dave how do we get our names on.. neither Greenwood or I show for FL.
Sugar_fl & Greenwood

I didn't show up in North Dakota either, and I was giddy with excitement thinking I had moved or something , but, alas, it was just a simple matter of abbreiviating North Dakota to ND that put me on the map.

If I would have put AL, or MS or FL or CA in there, do you think I would have warped to a warmer climate?

Excuse me, but I have to interject here. Dave has done lots of cool things, but I was disappointed when I looked up Alaska and found two people listed, neither subscribing members, and Ceeads and I were not included... we're both subscribers. For the most part, we Alaskans always use the complete word, rather than the abreviation because everybody assumes we are from Arkansas. It's a bit irritating after awhile, so we make the distinction. It it is necessary to change it, I have no objection, but I guarantee you folks will think we are from the south.

weezie just go to...ABOUT YOU.. then preferences... change Alaska to AK & you will be there... it works I KNOW :)

Yes, I understand, but from that point on, whenever I post to a thread, my address will appear as AK, which many people assume to be Arkansas. Our planting requirements are so different from others, it's helpful to have it understood, or I'm prefacing every entry with "We Alaskans" which is pretty irritating after awhile. I guess the issue is only important if I want to appear on the map. Just wanted to have my say.

I totally understand Carol. I had reservations about abrieviating North Dakota too, because in the past I've had people think I was at Notre Dame. Not at this site though.

I think if we leave our zone info in tact, they will put two and two together.

AK = Alaska?
AZ = Arizona?
AR = Arkansas?
AL = Alabama?

Is this right? I'm trying to learn this in my old age when I could have learned it when I was younger if I'd have just tried.

One would think people could make the connection, Joan, I have to admit that I don't always know all the state abbreviations, and am unsure where someone is from by their postings, so I'm not trying to insult anyone.

I've just dealt with this error before. We've received calls from businesses back East in the wee hours of the morning because they think they are calling Arkansas. It seems like Alaska doesn't exist for much of the lower 48 states.

Weezin, you *could* put "Seward, Alaska" in your city field, and AK in the state. (You might give it a shot and see how it looks...)

Great feature, Dave. It's much easier than looking through all of the member lists, one by one. Thanks for all of your hard work putting it together.

-Jennifer

Will you get any more maps in the future? :D

oh Evert, don't know what Dave has on his plate, but i would love a map of the UK up to you to help me put it in perspective.

This message was edited Thursday, Jun 13th 8:18 AM

Why not a map of whole europe? =)

Nice job Dave! Love it! - hey Evert did I hear you volunteering to do a map of all of Europe? You go boy!!!

Hmm... I bet Dave finds better maps somewhere ;)

Oh dear, Michigan is missing lots....sniff sniff. We are here anyway....Guess we are just hiding..!!!! Diana

Diana: aka Wantabegardener,
Go to About You and click on Preferences
(on the side menu on this page)...
change your state to MI (instead of spelling out Michigan)
and see what happens. :-)
There are a bunch of us in MI,
although a couple of us weren't on the new map...
We should have some sort of a Michigan get-together sometime!
Melissa ;-)

P.S. Thanks Dave, for such a cool, new, feature!

whizzie, My DH has lots of family in Alaska. He has been there a few times to visit. I wish some day I could make the trip but doubt I will ever get too. He has told me a lot of stories about his trips. One of his younger cousins flew his own plane down & came to see us too. He showed us a lot of pictures. It would be a great place to visit but think I'd rather live in sunny FL :)
Sugar

This message was edited Thursday, Jun 13th 10:32 AM

I was non-existent too. LOL Mystic told me to change my Ohio to Oh and poof! There I am!

Well I came out behind the bushes, Not Michigan-- Not Mi.----just Mi thanks Melissa , Seems like I alway need help...lol---and yes we do need to get together....Thought about you, last week. Missing Horrock, and all the spring things...Must make a trip soon....and you can come on over any time...Thanks again. Diana

Thank You Dave! I was one of those that wanted a map a while ago. It is even better than I had hoped for.. what a joy it is to be a part of this great family of friends! Yahhoo..

Imagine my surprise when I clicked Ohio and found a DG user from Granville, the town right next to us here in Ohio! The person isn't a subscriber, but I dropped him/her and e-mail and said hello.

What happens if an e-mail we send through the site bounces? Do you get the notification, then notify us? Otherwise, it's hard to know whether the person just didn't reply, or if there was a problem in sending.

If the email bounces, you'll never know. Bounced emails happen all of the time, and we only bother to go through them once in a blue moon. Just too much trouble.

Trish

Okey dokey, question answered. Thanks Trish. :)

This message was edited Thursday, Jun 13th 11:57 PM

Good idea, Go_vols. Maybe I'll try the abbreviation, and if it causes confusion, I'll try it your way.

Think Evert's map of europe idea would be great if you ever get the time Dave..........
Just as i'd no idea of where the different states are and who lives where, i'm sure a lot of DGers have no idea of how we europeans are distributed. We have trouble ourselves a lot of the time LOL

Yes, quite true, Philomel.