Jan
28
How to get GPS coordinates from a location in Google Maps
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Hello everyone. I look forward to getting acquainted with this forum. This is my first post. I hope most of you will find it useful.
As a GPS owner I often like to find the coordinates of a location I’m traveling too beforehand. I’ve used Google Earth and Delorme Street Atlas USA in the Past.
Google Maps is so convenient, but unfortunately does not conveniently show the Latitude and Longitude of locations. However I’ve found this method that works real nice.
- I open Google Maps to the vicinity of where I would like coordinates.
- I use my right click mouse button and select “center map here” from the drop down button.
- I past this javascript code that I keep saved somewhere convenient on my computer into my browser’s URL address window.Here’s the code:
Code:
javascript:void(prompt(”,gApplication.getMap().getCenter())); - I click the “go to the address in the location bar” button usually to the right of the address.
- A popup appears showing the coordinates of the center of the map like this: (43.60336, -110.7362)
- I right click on the coordinates the copy and click either “OK” or “Cancel”
- I then paste the coordinates into google’s “search maps” text box, remove the parenthesis and click “Search Maps”
- A popup appears with a marker for the centered spot. The popup has the coordinates in both Decimal Degrees and Degrees, Minutes, Seconds.
- I refine as and if necessary and I have my way point for inserting into my GPS.
I hope some of you find this useful. I know I do.
Source: [gpsreview.net]
Jan
14
So I’ve said that that WordPress isn’t a Content Management System (CMS). My point was more than semantics as it isn’t a Web CMS (WCMS) either. That said, I have never said that WordPress is anything but a great tool.
So the question remains, if WordPress isn’t a WCMS, what is it? Maybe we need a new term….how about “Website Management System”?
Why WMS?
So let’s look back in time. When WCMS started in the late 90s, all the systems were clearly in the CMS camp. Over time, new ways of solving the website management issue came about. After all, not everyone needs full-blown WCMS when a simpler blogging tool would suffice.
So when people started using these more streamlined tools to stand-up websites, the tools were quickly tagged with the CMS label. This was hasty and incorrect, but it was understandable. For many, the sole purpose of a CMS was to publish information to the web. This is incorrect, but we in the ECM side of the house ignored the situation, so it happened.
The fact is that managing a website and publishing content and data to said website is different than managing content. In many ways it can be more complex. The two tasks aren’t mutually exclusive, but you can easily do one without being able to do the other. I wouldn’t use OnBase to manage my website just like I wouldn’t use WordPress to manage my Correspondence or any records.
Some WMS solutions ALSO manage content well. This intersection of a CMS and WMS is the more traditional WCMS category.
Remember, there are good and bad tools in all three spaces.
Source: [Wordofpie]
Jan
12
Gmail Apps is the most powerful email interface. Once you have your custom domain registered at Gmail Apps. You can now login to create a new user.
STEP 1: Login to your account at www.google.com/a/mydomain.com
STEP 2: Once loged in, click the menu ‘Organization & users’
STEP 3: Click the button ‘Create a new user’, you will require to enter the first name, last name and your email username.
STEP 4: Click the last button to ‘proceed with account creation’. Done!
