26inch Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 An idea i had when we went to ride oxford and hardly found any spots. Basicaly go on google maps and find a map of your local town, use PrintScreen to copy the map and open it in paint, photoshop etc and mark where all the spots are. Then upload it and put it on here.If someone has already done your town and missed spots you can always save their map, edit it and upload it yourself. Dunno if it will kick off but i thought it would be a good plan. Anyway to start things off heres mineSTRATFORD ON AVON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Its a mint idea but doubt people can be arsed to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 I'd be arsed to do it, but to be honest, I'd advise everyone to avoid chard like you avoid chomping on anthrax.'Tis a good idea. Get em up people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Jones Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Make it something for Wiki though, so you can search your town.No ones going to want to search though a thread to find a place to ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26inch Posted July 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Its just an idea. I deont have the power or computer skills to work out all this new wiki stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Bradford Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 hey i've tryed to make one put has anyone got a link to download a photoshop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Wasnt a similar thing done a few years back? Or was that marking where riders were?Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26inch Posted July 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Its just an idea. I deont have the power or computer skills to work out all this new wiki stuff.Have you not got microsoft paint as that will work. Otherwise just download a photoshop demo off the adobe site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Bradford Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 i tryed to do it on paint but it won't let me post it? and i tryed to imageshack it but that did not work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26inch Posted July 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 i tryed to do it on paint but it won't let me post it? and i tryed to imageshack it but that did not work what format are you saving it as. In the 'Save As' box save it as a jpeg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Bradford Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Thanks for that 26inchHere is a map of Barnstaple spots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy d Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 I do like the idea, butdefinitely one for the wikiwhat do we do when spots disappear/changeand don't let the police find our maps!Maybe I prefer the idea of actually meeting up with the local riders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat-White-Boy Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 had this idea a while ago, we need something like this www.sk8m8.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 and don't let the police find our maps!Hardly a call for MI6 to get involved with the "trials disease of the UK!!!!!" to be honest, if someone wants to ride here then send me a pm. Also some people want street, some natural, in case of the latter, the map of my area is as follows: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Gibson Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 (edited) Ok this took me a long time to do! the key is:Round circle is my house And the shaded green areas are riding spots EDIT this is benfllet, thundersly in essex Edited July 23, 2007 by Simpson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Good idea I'll get this extension installed on the wiki tomorrow - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Google_MapsLooks like its perfect for the job and should make it a lot quicker to sort out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Good idea I'll get this extension installed on the wiki tomorrow - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Google_MapsLooks like its perfect for the job and should make it a lot quicker to sort out. That'd be f**king insane! You could write the name of the place and what sort of thing it is... if people could be arsed, possible outside links in the speech bubbles to pictures of the places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 ill do portsmouth. i know it well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex-Mitchinson Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 may get a jersey one done, just to give you english riders an idea of how many riding spots we have over here and try to encourage some of you to come over...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex@Flawless Bikes Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Ill do eastliegh, get the wiki extension quick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Ill do eastliegh, get the wiki extension quick There is a link in the wiki to locations but not alot else there ... im guessing its not done yet then .... ? Also - Ive got bristol covered.... Is the wiki page going to be basically 1 continous google map with our own custom tags on ? if so that would be brill.. could you stick photos in with the tags too ? that would be the best way to do it really so you can see what the spot is ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Wiki extension is installed Working well it seems. Heres where to start off, I've already added a few locations to get it going.http://www.trials-forum.co.uk/wiki/LocationsIf you want to add a new location, edit this page, then add the marker to the map (click in the right place) and add [[Placename]] into the comments. Then save the page, look at the map, click on the place you just added to make a new page, then click 'add a map', tis all pretty simple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Jones Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 thats mega Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOLO Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 i think some1 should make www.trialsmaps.com !!!!!!!!!!!!!or sumthing.would be brilliant to have a missive alphabetical list, so you can easily find town names and go ride !!!think its a greta idea.would just need a colour for street and a colour for natural !!!and then little key features for skate parks and local bike shops, etc.....would that not rock !!!!!!!! ????????????i love the ideaiolo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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