Re: [Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org

2006-04-06 Thread Justin Findlay
On 4/5/06, Erik Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a resend of an earlier e-mail about how to put together your own Google ward map: My dad is going to love this. (: - Some massaging of your ward directory may be necessary. I found a lot of incomplete addresses, addresses with

Re: [Ldsoss] Archiving Our Electronic Lives

2006-04-06 Thread Jesse Stay
V. B. Hunt wrote: metal instead of printing it on flimsy paper? At least half joking now, wouldn't it be even cooler to engrave it on Yes and no. Metal does last longer; however, given my metalworking skills, I would much rather bind a thousand pages per week in a format that lasts for a

Re: [Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org

2006-04-06 Thread Jesse Stay
Erik Peterson wrote: Here's a resend of an earlier e-mail about how to put together your own Google ward map: Erik - do you mind adding this to the Wiki? I think this would be excellent for others to have. Thanks, Jesse ___ Ldsoss mailing list

Re: [Ldsoss] Archiving Our Electronic Lives

2006-04-06 Thread Ashley Oviatt
V. B. Hunt wrote: Bryan Murdock wrote: That's interesting. Do you use any kind of special paper or printer that archives better? Just a heavy bond, acid free paper in an auto-duplexing laser printer. That's usually enough to last for a very long time. I think a meeting is in order to

Re: [Ldsoss] Archiving Our Electronic Lives

2006-04-06 Thread Dan Hanks
On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Ashley Oviatt wrote: I think a meeting is in order to learn how you do this newfangled technology first hand. I'd love to learn how to bind a hard bound book. There's a great article in the most recent edition of O'Reilly's Make magazine (issue 05, I think) on

Re: [Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org

2006-04-06 Thread Richard K Miller
Here's my attempt at it: https://www.moregoodfoundation.org/wardmap/ After entering your LDS.org username and password, it will fetch your ward directory, geocode the addresses, and map it. Your credentials are transmitted entirely over SSL, and are not saved. I'm using Geocoder.us for

Fwd: [Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org

2006-04-06 Thread Richard K Miller
Did I mention this is very beta? =) I'd be curious if it even works for you. So far, it has worked on 2 and failed on 1. Begin forwarded message: From: Richard K Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: April 6, 2006 2:01:30 PM MDT To: LDS Open Source Software ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org Subject: Re:

RE: [Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org

2006-04-06 Thread Manfred Riem
Failed for me. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard K Miller Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 3:29 PM To: LDS Open Source Software Subject: Fwd: [Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org Did I mention this is very beta? =) I'd be curious if it even

Re: [Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org

2006-04-06 Thread Greg Hart
Failed for me on both Safari v2.0.3 and Firefox v1.0.4 with the following error: Error: the XML response that was returned from the server is invalid. Received: Could not perform query: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for

Re: [Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org

2006-04-06 Thread Greg Trimble
Although I did notice that it doesn't seem to show the whole list, and I'm not on there. Is there a limit that Google maps can display? I know I've seen the frapper maps that can display many hundreds of points, although it slows down quite a bit. On 4/6/06, Greg Trimble [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org

2006-04-06 Thread Bryan Murdock
On 4/6/06, Greg Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Failed for me on both Safari v2.0.3 and Firefox v1.0.4 with the following error: Error: the XML response that was returned from the server is invalid. Received: Could not perform query: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that

Re: Fwd: [Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org

2006-04-06 Thread Gary Thornock
--- Richard K Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did I mention this is very beta? =) I'd be curious if it even works for you. So far, it has worked on 2 and failed on 1. It works for me, although the 'pins' aren't exactly in the right spots, and about half of the ward is missing.

Re: [Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org

2006-04-06 Thread Richard K Miller
On Apr 6, 2006, at 3:24 PM, Gary Thornock wrote: --- Richard K Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did I mention this is very beta? =) I'd be curious if it even works for you. So far, it has worked on 2 and failed on 1. It works for me, although the 'pins' aren't exactly in the right spots,

Re: Fwd: [Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org

2006-04-06 Thread Jeffrey Dunster
It worked for me, but the coordinates were not accurate. Several parallel streets were combined and other points were completely out of place. All points were mis-aligned with the streets. I did something like this using Google Earth. I transformed a list of addresses to coordinates using a

Re: [Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org

2006-04-06 Thread Richard K Miller
On Apr 6, 2006, at 6:05 PM, Jeffrey Dunster wrote: It worked for me, but the coordinates were not accurate. Several parallel streets were combined and other points were completely out of place. All points were mis-aligned with the streets. I did something like this using Google Earth. I