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Jason Wilson replied on December 13, 2008 20:41 to the question "Beginner questions, please help?" in Platial:

ok, Julia, sounds like the bug is fixed with custom categories (if you have trouble editing the map's details in the future, let us know).

Now on to the topic you raise about hiding all the other categories. When you are adding to a custom category map, you are forced to choose one of the limited icon choices for the "marker icon" (the icon that shows up on the map), but we still offer the "additional categories" so that the content added to this map can be categorized properly in search results throughout the site.

The additional categories won't alter the marker on your map.

If you haven't gone to far with this particular map, you might consider creating a "frappr guest map" instead of an "all purpose map". You will find that option in the "make a map" drop down in the site's main navigation.

Jason Wilson replied on December 12, 2008 18:26 to the question "Beginner questions, please help?" in Platial:

actually, hold off on the custom category path till i can confirm one thing first (want to make sure a specific bug has been fixed in that section)

Jason Wilson replied on December 12, 2008 18:08 to the question "Moving Markers on Platial?" in Platial:

The missing ability to edit the 'location' of a 'post' or a 'place' has come up internally and with a few power users over the years, but so many other issues have simply been much more pressing at any given moment. Personally, I agree that this is very core functionality, but the work around (delete and repost) has been painless enough that hardly anyone really brings it up.

I'm curious about the particular reason you'd like to edit the location: address geocoder wasn't accurate enough? place moved? added by click from too far zoomed out?

Thanks for the feedback!

Jason Wilson asked a question in Platial on December 12, 2008 18:08:

Moving Markers on Platial?

Cant change the location of a point in Platial. why not?

Jason Wilson started a conversation in Platial on October 08, 2008 21:59:

Wrong Location?

There is a way to update the skyhook wireless location database (to solve issues where the iPhone, or iPod Touch thinks you are in the location of a previous residence of office).

http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitw...

Jason Wilson replied on October 08, 2008 21:53 to the question "Changing Locations on Itouch" in Platial:

Hi Popeye, and anyone else with similar issue,
the problem sounds like it's tied to your router. The location awareness is based (in part) on the wifi networks your device can see around you, this wifi node info is looked up in a database of known locations/lat,longs. The db belongs to skyhook wireless. They get some info from driving around with trucks capturing the locations of wifi nodes. In this case, they may have captured the location of your wifi router when it was at the old location. Fortunately they have a page where you can update their old, or wrong, data. That link is http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitw...

Jason Wilson started a conversation in Platial on October 03, 2008 20:27:

Coming soon

Development is underway, finalizing assets and creative, working on a QA plan, then the submission happens! I have already been spending HOURS staring at the content, it's sooo great, so much fun. Can't wait to really have this out and about on the streets.

A comment on the discussion "Feature Requests--What do you Need?" in Platial:

Hi Pan, the local manipulation of data from one app to another is a great idea, we have considered doing it in both directions as well (save to address book). – Jason Wilson, on October 02, 2008 20:29

Jason Wilson replied on October 01, 2008 21:46 to the question "How do I locate myself on iTouch ?" in Platial:

The iPod Touch is supported, yes, we could admittedly do a better job with error handling, letting you know what is going wrong and why. A few more questions: if you have merged your device to a platial account, i can check on the web to see if the place you added made it into the db (just need your username). when you did add your location, the map showed up? and centered in the right area? AAAhhhh, if the answer to that last question is 'yes', then I suspect we might have a bug related to finding no content near enough to you. Interesting, interesting.

Jason Wilson replied on October 01, 2008 19:43 to the question "How do I locate myself on iTouch ?" in Platial:

Hi C,
Sadly we haven't really tested Nearby outside the US much at all, but we simply use the built in location sensing system from the iPhone, so, if the default Maps application can find your location, Nearby should also be able to find you. I'm sure you have tried the 'locate me' button in the top left of the screen? I'm very curious to hear specifics about what is happening.

A comment on the question "Looking at other places than just where you are?" in Platial:

are you searching in japanese on the iphone app? or on the website? – Jason Wilson, on September 10, 2008 16:46

Jason Wilson replied on September 10, 2008 16:42 to the question "Zooming" in Platial:

honestly, we are still working on the maps, and the zooming, but sometimes the markers are just too close to zoom into, in this case, i will often switch to list view (tap the little (i) button in the right corner), this will list all the items.

Jason Wilson replied on September 10, 2008 16:38 to the idea "Nearby Streetview !" in Platial:

this is a really really great idea, it could also be purely backend/server side, and could even simply be applied to every place added. Off the top of my head though, I'm feeling like there might be terms of use restrictions for caching/storing those images (if they can even be accessed individually). But I'll surely put it on my list.

A comment on the question "Looking at other places than just where you are?" in Platial:

wow, thanks for the positive feedback. and good news, yes, we are currently working on what we call 'dynamapping' basically it just keeps making API calls back to Platial when you drag the map around, or zoom in or out, it refreshes the markers. No word yet on when we'll be done with 1.4, but i'm guessing within a month. – Jason Wilson, on September 10, 2008 16:36

A comment on the problem "I can't close the map" in Platial:

There you go, Rob beat me to it. – Jason Wilson, on September 09, 2008 21:19

A comment on the problem "all my tacks turned grey and I'm locked out" in Platial:

yeah, i'm not directly involved in that particular bug, but i'm not totally surprised it's still alive. sorry about that. – Jason Wilson, on August 29, 2008 22:16

Jason Wilson replied on August 29, 2008 21:04 to the problem "all my tacks turned grey and I'm locked out" in Platial:

Sorry about flaking on this problem, almost everyone was on vacation or moving this last week.

There has been a problem with editing of custom category maps (custom markers) that has been hard to pin down.

But, I go to your map http://platial.com/map/sf-music-imp/4... and see the custom colored markers just fine (not grey).

Did it fix itself?

Jason Wilson replied on August 29, 2008 20:59 to the question "Looking at other places than just where you are?" in Platial:

We are just finishing up the trimmings on this particular feature, to be included in the 1.4 release. Thanks for your input!

A comment on the discussion "Feature Requests--What do you Need?" in Platial:

it would surely make adding stuff easier, I have tried to get this feature built for the scavenger hunt that starts today, but there just wasn't enough time. – Jason Wilson, on August 29, 2008 20:57

Jason Wilson started a conversation in Platial on August 29, 2008 18:43:

Labor Day Weekend Scavenger Hunt

Announcing a fun little Photo Scavenger Hunt for Nearby users.
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