The most frequent type of email I get from Fuzzy Travel users is: ‘Can you add these locations for me?’ The answer from now on is: yes I can, but so can you!! Via this blog post I’m introducing FuzzyMapper Beta, a Google Maps application that gives you visual access to the entire location database. It basically serves two functions:
- You can select a location visually (as an alternative to the standard text-based method).
- You can add new locations.
The latter function is of course the most useful, and adding your own locations can be done quite easily. It works like this: fire up FuzzyMapper from within the Member Area, and zoom in to the country and region where you’d like to add a location that’s not yet in the database. Then, click on the spot where your missing location is at. Enter the location’s name and — voila! — the location has been added to the location database.
To clarify, here are some screenshots that detail the process of adding a location that was not yet in the location database, namely ‘Drochia’ in Moldova.
Step 1. Open FuzzyMapper by clicking on the colored markers (you’ll find these near every location input field in the Member Area):
Step 2. FuzzyMapper opens in a new screen. On the initial world map select the country you want to zoom to, which in this case is Moldova:
Step 3. Move and zoom on the country map until you’ve spotted the ‘missing location’. Then, click on the map on that spot, and a marker with an input field will pop up. Type in the location name (in this example Drochia):
Step 4. Finally, hit the ‘Add location!’ button and the location will be added immediately to the location database.
So where can you find that KML file? Well, you’ll notice a new small icon directly under your map, which looks exactly like the image to the left of this text. Clicking on that icon will open your travel map’s KML file in Google Earth. (Tip: give the ‘Play Tour’ option a try!)
