Visitor Location Map

starfire · Post by **starfire** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 7:51 am

I just discovered this addition. Aren't you clever, Tex. It's probably been there for months but I just never really noticed it before or took the time to look at it.

Interesting.

Love, Shirley

Polly · Post by **Polly** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:20 am

Shirley,

Where is it? Obviously, I've missed it too!

Love,

Polly

Post by **tex** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:35 am

Hi Shirley and Polly,

It's only been there for a couple of weeks or so. I thought it might be interesting to see where in the world everyone is located.

Polly, to see it, just scroll down to the bottom of any page, and look on the right side. If you click on it, you will see an enlarged map, with much more detail.

Love,
Tex

Gloria · Post by **Gloria** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:07 am

Wow, those are pretty interesting statistics! China, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, among many. We are truly international!

Great addition to the board, Tex!

Gloria

TooManyHats · Post by **TooManyHats** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:15 pm

harma · Post by **harma** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:09 pm

Are the visits of the members of this group also shown on this map, or is it only visits from non members or both?

Joefnh · Post by **Joefnh** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:21 pm

Harma I believe that all visits to the site are plotted on the map

--Joe

Gabes-Apg · Post by **Gabes-Apg** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:32 pm

There is a largish dot in australia that is in what seems to be the simpson desert (where hardly anyone lives) i wonder if the IP address doesnt have the right data with it to pinpoint a location, if the map system collates those visits into one dot in the middle???

natythingycolbery · Post by **natythingycolbery** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:15 pm

IP's are usually slightly out on maps.

I'm off to see if it acknowledges me from the right part of the UK.

harvest_table · Post by **harvest_table** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:41 pm

That's me in Fergus Falls, near Fargo ND. Big Dot.

In the last few weeks this has exploded with dot's all over the world.

Very Cool. Thanks Tex.

Love,

Joanna

natythingycolbery · Post by **natythingycolbery** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:47 am

The England one seems to be hovering over London, I'm about 200 miles north of that!

Post by **tex** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 5:45 pm

IP addresses are assigned in blocks, to countries. While it's possible to trace IP addresses individually, as the "hits" add up, the algorithm used by the Cluster Map site probably just lumps then into a generic location, after they exceed a certain count. I'm just guessing, though, since I have no way of knowing how they actually report the "hits" at the various quantity levels.

Tex

MaggieRedwings · Post by **MaggieRedwings** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:41 am

Well that is really cool Tex.

You never cease to amaze me.

Love, Maggie