Google Maps + Fishing Spots

[shawngo]

Hello everyone..

I was wondering if anyone is willing to give some feedback on this idea that I had. I put a site together combining Google maps and fishing spots etc. I'm an MIS student and have fished my whole life and this is the result of the combination. I was wondering if anybody thought this would be cool or useful.

http://www.shawngo.com/hotspots.php

It's all free, I'm not trying to make money or spam, I just thought that this could be neat. Basically you locate a fishing spot and just add some details about it. The longitude / latitude is adjusted each time you click on the map, you can add up to 3 links to images etc. I also have the data exportable to Google Earth format.

Check it out.. maybe it could catch on... or is there something out there similar? It would be easy to make changes, addons etc. For instance, keeping track of specific users to see all their locations.

Ok, enough rambling, check it out and have fun!
Shawn

[gooch]

Hey man looks good to me. I just wish I could zoooooom in a little closer.

[shawngo]

Try Google Earth

http://earth.google.com/

The map data I have stored can be exported to Google Earth, which has much better resolution, features, and is just awesome.. and free!

Just make sure you save it as .kml file.
http://www.shawngo.com/generator.php

Thanks,
Shawn

[shawngo]

Check out version 2.0.b of the Hotspots page!! Dramatic difference.. full screen map. Let me know what you think! :D

http://www.shawngo.com/gmaps/index.php

Shawn

[pulplip fiction]

I've looked at it - apparently I need some type of job aid to guide me thru it. I'm going fishing tomorrow - I'll get some coordinates and see what I can figure out.

[slabbatical]

Neat idea...When I do find GPS coordinates on the net, there is not always a description of the location. Your idea seems to provide that. Keep working on it. It would be nice to get down to lake level with various spots on one lake. Then the best would be to offer downloadable coordinates to transfer to your gps receiver for use in the field.

Here's an example you should look at. It doesn't offer some of what you have but it does offer some other benefits.

http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/op/rec/wfg/Map.htm

Keep working on it...I like it.

[shawngo]

I'll take that into consideration!

I have recently updated the map to the next version of Google Maps! It is a lot quicker at retrieving the data points. There are some other new bells and whistles as well.

Check it out at
http://www.shawngo.com/gmaps/

I'm also going to start on private group map access. If anyone is interested let me know. I might need a couple people to help test it out.

Thanks,
Shawn
shawngo.com at gmail.com