Just a thought, and was hoping someone might be interested in helping to develop this (I don't have all the skills needed)...
It would be a nice touch to have on our communities, to have a map to show where our members are from.
I used to have a mashed together list when my forum was on Snitz, and what I did was add a field to members profiles, to allow them to choose what county they were in. Then a page would show a list of all counties with a count next to the text (ie, Nottinghamshire (10) ). Members could then click on a county, and a popup would appear to show which members were from there.
Anyway, following on from the above, I thought why can't I do something like that, but using the Google Maps API to plot members locations on a map, using an additional profile field for postcode, for example.
Would anyone be willing to help me out, and create a MOD for the above? I'm stuck as where to start (as I don't have the coding skills), but I was thinking along the lines of how it would work;
- Member adds PostCode to their profile
- PostCode is stored in the DB as an additional field
- MemberMap.asp loads a Google Map which reads the PostCode field and plots the location
- If possible - location is clickable to the member's profile, or shows a Google 'bubble' to show quick profile info (ie, member name, group, post count etc)
Anyone feel in a coding mood? 
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