I could help!!

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jamesholden
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Okey, i have an idea...

It is quite messy if we keep storing all the names in the graph of the map.. I think most of you agree with me on that.

There is a much simpler and efficient solution: we keep just the image of the map (a clean image), and use an "image map". Then, we could easily write the image map (there is some good freeware for that, thought i forgot the name).

The next step would be adding a javascript that will trigger an action when your mouse is over a part of the map that has TA's (like a dot representing a city).

Also we would have the TA's nicks stored in DIV tags: one DIV tag for each city (or dot).

Then, using CSS, you would trigger the DIV hidden or visible.

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THIS IS HOW IT WOULD WORK: )(example)

You have a map of Holland. With your mouse you point The Hague. All TA's from the Hague would appear at the bottom of the screen. Then you point Amsterdam. All the TA's from Amsterdam would appear there.


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Another map (with another IMG_MAP) would be needed to redirect ppl to the regional (national) maps. You click on Canada and you go to the Canada map.. etc...etc..

So, what do u think? Sorry for being so complicated.. I hope u ppl understand my idea (at least the ones that know something of HTML). It won't be too hard to implement (believe me, it's much easier that it sounds), and the actualizations would be a lot easier!!

EDIT: I've read the other Map threads.. i think they 're great.. good thing the map is working.. but i would still suggest that instead of adding users to the gif file, you would have them appart.. what do u think?

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Last edited by zzleeper on Aug-07-2002 at 23:32

But there is some TA's that doesn't live in big cities, they live in small villages.

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That's ok also.. we just need their coordinates and they can be mapped.

Actually the hard part of all this would be defining a standard (a proposed one at least). Like building a template for the webpage and making it available.

The template would include everything except the map (well there should be some webpage with GOOD national maps so maybe we can even get the maps), and all the tags and codes...

Then each manager of national maps would just have to tell the coordinates off ppl and add their names.


Ps: I agree there should be a map modification in order to add the "dot" of each TA's city-town. But at least that option would be a lot more easier to mantain and to read.

zzl.

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