the ORG: locations
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You actually have four locations:
- home
- school
- work
- play
Each location stores it's own private/public location pair (grey/red markers).
Public locations are how you appear on the map to others.
Private locations are used for driving directions, finding nearby businesses, and so forth. If the driving directions are wonky, move the private location closer to your house.
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Change Locations
- To change your default location, simply click one of the options, and click "Set to default". The sidebar command will be changed to 'Home', 'School', 'Work', or 'Play' accordingly, and your new location will be used to judge distance between you and others.
- To change your location inside of an option, you can either drag both your private and public markers to a new spot, or you can use the address finder. In the top right corner of the maps to the right of the zoom in/zoom out buttons is a small button with an icon that has one square inside another. Click this icon to enter an address (Note: Enter the address as if you were using google maps to find something. For example: both 2850 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA and 2850 Ocean Park Blvd, 90405 work. As do just zip codes [90405] or just cities [Los Angeles]). This will automatically move both your public and private markers to your address (private) and a spot a few blocks away (public).
- When you log into the ORG each time, you will be taken the default map page where you will see your default location as well as nearby sports racers.
- The purpose of locations is to allow users to see how many sports racers are in the area. All other sports racers will see your "public" location (for me it's a supermarket down the block).
- When a user looks at a profile, they will see a distance measurement. This distance is calculated using the browsing users private, and the browsed users public locations.
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Having problems with the map?
Try zooming out, then back in again.