Around the World

Mike Lane · May 9, 2006

onethumb wrote:

You will. Just not sure when quite yet.

Don

That's what I figured

flyingdutchie · May 9, 2006

onethumb wrote:

You will. Just not sure when quite yet.

Don

It would then be nice if we could move the 'most popular photos' section up or down as well (like all other sections on the homepage).

cmason · May 9, 2006

onethumb wrote:

Fixed?

Don

Fixed!! Thanks Don

rainforest1155 · May 9, 2006

Andy wrote:

.map_this {
position: absolute; top: 22px; right: 5px;
background: url(/img/buttons/map_this_white.gif) no-repeat;
text-align:right;
}

and

.homepage #breadcrumb { display: none; }

Thanks for the lead.

Basicily you're saying I'm crazy, eh? The map button was there until you put the around the world thing in and I've been having the above customizations for a long time.
You did just put the button into the breadcrumb section with the latest update just to fool with me, didn't you?

I'm not crazy! :giggle
Sebastian

ZenMoto · May 11, 2006

onethumb wrote:

Fixed?

Don

Hate to bug you, but I'm having this same problem. I've removed the "Around the World" feature from my home page, but every time I go into my control panel I get the same warning they have been getting.

...and I must have really messed up the Lat / Long conversion because it placed my photo in Korea!!!

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Andy · May 11, 2006

ZenMoto wrote:

Hate to bug you, but I'm having this same problem. I've removed the "Around the World" feature from my home page, but every time I go into my control panel I get the same warning they have been getting.

...and I must have really messed up the Lat / Long conversion because it placed my photo in Korea!!!

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Need your site please, nickname.smugmug.com - help us, help you

docwalker · May 11, 2006

If your photos are showing up half a world away, check to see if you are missing a '-' on the long. For some reason when I load photos they are lost. I am still trying to figure out exactly what is doing it.

ginger_55 · May 11, 2006

What is this, how does it work?
I went and got my key, pasted it in, clicked on "Save", the key disappeared and nothing else has changed. It says it is easy, takes just a few minutes, but I am totally lost: and I am in America!
________________________________________

No worries - your visitors won't see this until you enable it.) To flaunt your photos on Google Maps, get a free key from Google (it only takes a second) for http://upacreekPHOTOGRAPHY.smugmug.com and paste it here.
Google Maps Key:
____________________________________________

That is what I am talking about.

what am I supposed to do after I get my key????

ginger

Andy · May 11, 2006

ginger_55 wrote:

what am I supposed to do after I get my key????

ginger

Ginger, copy the key from google page, and paste it in the box on your homepage. Then click the "Save" button.

Let us know?

ginger_55 · May 11, 2006

Andy wrote:

Ginger, copy the key from google page, and paste it in the box on your homepage. Then click the "Save" button.

Let us know?

Andy, I did that yesterday!

ginger

(Do you want me to do it again?)

Andy · May 11, 2006

ginger_55 wrote:

Andy, I did that yesterday!

ginger

(Do you want me to do it again?)

you have two sites, which one are we talking about pls?

ginger_55 · May 11, 2006

Andy wrote:

you have two sites, which one are we talking about pls?

The pro site, upacreekphotography.smugmug.com

thanks, ginger

I did everything by "cut and paste" so I wouldn't type anything in wrong.

Andy · May 11, 2006

ginger_55 wrote:

The pro site, upacreekphotography.smugmug.com

thanks, ginger

I did everything by "cut and paste" so I wouldn't type anything in wrong.

Right. Then y ou have to have geo-data on your phots

I put your beach fence shot, on the map, by adding the lat / long info - i chose "sullivan's island" was I close?

You edit geography by going to photo tools>edit geography

Get google earth - you'll be STUNNED: http://earth.google.com

ginger_55 · May 11, 2006

That looks like a super cool toy! Mother's Day present..........and free (other than the cost of the site, of course)!

Now how do I play?

ginger (is there a manual?)

ginger_55 · May 11, 2006

ginger_55 wrote:

That looks like a super cool toy! Mother's Day present..........and free (other than the cost of the site, of course)!

Now how do I play?

ginger (is there a manual?)

That is Sullivan's Island, I haven't looked, but I know.

Will try to figure out how to do it.

thanks (that is a good concept!)

ZenMoto · May 11, 2006

Hey Andy, thanks for the quick response.

My site is http://zenmoto.smugmug.com

I can get the images to map using the "Map This" button (yes, I needed to put a "-" minus sign in front of the latitude to get on the correct hemisphere, lol), but I still get the "key is registered to a different site" error when going into my control panel etc. I have removed the "ATW" feature from my homepage for now. The error message says to generate a new key, but there is no place to paste a new key that I can find.

Thanks again, you guys are doing a great job!!!
Dale

Andy · May 11, 2006

ZenMoto wrote:

Hey Andy, thanks for the quick response.

My site is http://zenmoto.smugmug.com

I can get the images to map using the "Map This" button (yes, I needed to put a "-" minus sign in front of the latitude to get on the correct hemisphere, lol), but I still get the "key is registered to a different site" error when going into my control panel etc. I have removed the "ATW" feature from my homepage for now. The error message says to generate a new key, but there is no place to paste a new key that I can find.

Thanks again, you guys are doing a great job!!!
Dale

Hi Dale. Standby, I'm trying to get the answer for you.. Cheers

Andy · May 11, 2006

ZenMoto wrote:

Hey Andy, thanks for the quick response.

My site is http://zenmoto.smugmug.com

I can get the images to map using the "Map This" button (yes, I needed to put a "-" minus sign in front of the latitude to get on the correct hemisphere, lol), but I still get the "key is registered to a different site" error when going into my control panel etc. I have removed the "ATW" feature from my homepage for now. The error message says to generate a new key, but there is no place to paste a new key that I can find.

Thanks again, you guys are doing a great job!!!
Dale

Dale - so it appears, there's not a way to reenter a new key. That needs to be fixed - I don't know how long it's gonna take for that. For now, keep the map box on your control panel and we'll advise as soon as we get this remedied.

Sorry for the trouble and I surely wish I had a better answer for you.

Andy · May 11, 2006

Dale, good news - we were able to fix you up in the meantime. Go get another key, and be sure you do it for your proper website name

http://zenmoto.smugmug.com

ZenMoto · May 11, 2006

Thanks Andy, you rock!!! (I don't care what the guys on Advrider say about you).

I just went and got a new key, and it works great now!

Thanks again.

rainforest1155 · May 11, 2006

Andy wrote:

Dale, good news - we were able to fix you up in the meantime. Go get another key, and be sure you do it for your proper website name

http://zenmoto.smugmug.com

Yeah, the map is up now, but some galleries seem to let explode his traffic.

By the way that way I saw the bandwith exceeded picture again, which I haven't seen in a year - still says 4GB+ exceeded.

Sebastian

onethumb · May 16, 2006

Mike Lane wrote:

You can, but not easily. I'm hoping we get the chance to move the map around on the page too.

Your wish is my command.

Don

Mike Lane · May 17, 2006

rainforest1155 · May 19, 2006

I think I discovered an inconsistency with 'around the world'. It looks like this on my homepage:

Notice that there are pins for Wittenberg, Bamberg and Leipzig. When I clicked on the Bamberg-pin I got this:

No more pins for Bamberg - smugMaps apparently has generated a new image set that doesn't contains the original image set anymore. That shouldn't have happened, because now the user doesn't get what he wanted.
Should be a bug? If not, please explain this feature to me.

Thanks,
Sebastian

Malte · September 25, 2006

onethumb wrote:

Wish I could make it do >150 photos, but unfortunately, browsers (especially IE) start to croak with too many little flags on the map.

I may let you configure how many you'd like and just let you deal with the complaints when you crash your visitor's browsers, but probably not.

We'll continue to play with it, though.

Don

How about adding geography to an gallery? In my case pictures in a gallery are usually around the same geography. If all prtures in a gallery are in the same geography it wouldn't make sense to tag them all and get a pushpin for every one.

Malte

dmc · September 25, 2006

Malte wrote:

How about adding geography to an gallery? In my case pictures in a gallery are usually around the same geography. If all prtures in a gallery are in the same geography it wouldn't make sense to tag them all and get a pushpin for every one.

Malte

I just add geography to one of the most representative pics in the gallery... then the user will end up in the gallery if they choose it.

Malte · September 25, 2006

dmc wrote:

I just add geography to one of the most representative pics in the gallery... then the user will end up in the gallery if they choose it.

Yeah, that does the same job. Didn't think of that.

Malte

ReWrite · January 15, 2007

I really like this idea. I just ran into the 150 limit and was quite surprised. It's unfortunate that it only exports the 150 when you google earth it also. It'd be really cool if it provided amalgamation flags for areas with a bunch of pictures, say all pictures within some percentage of the area covered by the map, and then expanded to show individuals if you zoomed in. As it is, the older pics just drop of the face of the world (literally... sorry!:D).

paulbrock wrote:

smugmug keeps getting better each update! Lovin' it. Agree the 150 thing is a bit of a pain though, esp if you've travelled the world, but then uploaded 200 local photos. Maybe some clever coding that picks 150 with the least overlap? Dunno how difficult that would be, then when you zoom in, you get rid of those that aren't on the map anymore?
Not just for around the world, but for the main maps too. E.g. if you go to maps.smugmug.com at this precise time it looks like there's no photos from Africa or S. America.

Don't think many people mind the 150 limit, as long as it's the most relevant 150, rather than the latest 150. Nitpicking though! Keep up the good work...

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