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SciDude
<p>I have walked around the Monastery for some time without noticing the statistics being gathered over at <a href=http://tinymicros.com/pm/index.php?goto=MainPage>tinymicros.com.</a>
<p>The most amazing application of this information is by far the <a href=http://tinymicros.com/pm/index.php?goto=BigMonkMap> Monk Maps, http://tinymicros.com/pm/index.php?goto=BigMonkMap</a>
<p>UPDATE Note this new version: [http://desert-island.dynodns.net/perl/pmplanet_google.html]
<p>Getting listed in the optional statistics is <a href=http://tinymicros.com/pm/index.php?goto=Help>easy enough.</a> Getting on the map takes a bit more effort.
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<li>If it is close to April 1, you must first consult the Department of Homeland Security and buy a <a href=http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=341611>tinfoil hat.</a> <i>great April fools joke guys!</i>
<li>Adding some simple tags to your homenode for latitude and longitude will cause you to appear on the map.
<li>This has the form:<code> <!-- location:latitude=34.59.59,longitude=-84.12.34 --></code>
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<p>Note that you can get close to your latitude and longitude with simple mouse movement over a map such as <a href=http://www.iris.edu/seismon/>the IRIS Seismic Monitor.</a>
<p>UPDATE: Very accurate "mouseover" lattitude and longitude is available for North America and Europe from <a href=http://www.maptech.com/>maptech</a>. (See free maps section)
<p>If you live in North America do not forget to add the "-" to your Longitude. Think of a proper translation for "Longitude 100 W" to "Longitude -100" and you will be fine. My first attempt without the "-" put me somewhere in China and I had to correct the tag. (Note that I am located in Nebraska now - which is just sligtly more populated with Monks than China.) Here is an <a href=http://www.realestate3d.com/gps/latlong.htm>index of US cities</a> with a link to a version with degrees, minutes, and seconds also.
A very big thanks to <a href=http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=9270>jcwren</a> for creating this service. He does not appear to be very active on perlmonks lately.
<p>I am sure that this topic has been covered in the past, but my Super Search has turned up little information. If others find this information useful I would suggest saying so now in an effort to preserve this resource.
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