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RailPro => RailPro Specific Help & Discussion => Topic started by: TwinStar on June 18, 2017, 01:04:16 PM
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UPDATE by RPUG ADMIN:
As of Aug. 15, 2022, The map has been moved to this address:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1CB_wlpbDhLl6HeI5Qxyx9Rt7A2ZTiFU&usp=sharing
All:
I've started a map that will 'pin' the location of RailPro individual users and groups. Reply here with your location (general city, not necessarily a specific address) and I'll get you added to the list. Feel free to provide contact information if you wish.
drive.google.com/open?id=1YT5ly1cHgxnzDfFRXGn3sizmlP4&usp=sharing
After clicking on the link to the map look below the infield search bar for a 'balloon' icon similar to the majority of those on the map. If you hover above this icon it will say 'Add Marker'
Click this 'Add Marker' icon
You pointer will turn to cross hairs
Move the cross hairs to your location and click
A new marker will be placed and a dialogue box will appear with 'Point XX' in the top field.
Replace this 'Point XX' with your screen name
Add any additional information in the lower field such as group, your railroad, contact info, etc.
Click SAVE
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Done
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good idea, I added my spot.
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I'm on there now.
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Nice! I added my pin also.
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Remind you of anything Bill? ;D
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Yup! except I don't have to take care of it ;)
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Jacob, some instructions for people who want to add a pin could be helpful.
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Interesting map as we are scattered all over the place but no two folks in the same area, yet !
The old fardt in the desert...HOT
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How come LK&O Railroad has a Locomotive icon instead of a balloon? Can we the whole map be set up to use the locomotive icon instead of the balloons?
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How come LK&O Railroad has a Locomotive icon instead of a balloon? Can we the whole map be set up to use the locomotive icon instead of the balloons?
Click your pin and the dialogue box will appear
Just right of center on the bottom of the dialogue box is a symbol that looks like a paint can being spilt
Click that paint can icon
It will allow you to change the icon and the color of your icon
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How come LK&O Railroad has a Locomotive icon instead of a balloon?
Because the LK&O is cool 8)
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Done!
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After clicking on the link to the map look below the infield search bar for a 'balloon' icon similar to the majority of those on the map. If you hover above this icon it will say 'Add Marker'
Sometimes I am a computer illiterate........I don't see the search bar below the infield.
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Michael,
You'll need a Google account to add yourself to the map (this is why I'm not on the map, no account and not likely to get one either!). If you have a Google account sign in on the right hand side of the map and you should be able to add yourself. If you don't have a Google account you'll either need to sign up for one or ask someone here to add you.
- Tim
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Oh man, I got over 4000 miles to the next RP buddy :(
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"If you don't have a Google account you'll either need to sign up for one or ask someone here to add you."
I don't have a Google account. Could someone add me? I live in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Thank you.
Mike
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You're added. I have you as Rock Island maroon for now. Give me your desired RR color and I'll get it changed.
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Great.....Thank you for your help. The colors are ok. :D
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Hi Michael and Twin Star,
I was just looking at Michael's position on the map. I somehow MOVED Michael's icon. It was purely accidental.
Please fix it for Michael. I will no longer zoom in on the map and look around.
Sorry for messing it up,
LeRoy
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Please fix it for Michael. I will no longer zoom in on the map and look around.
I fixed'em. No harm done. At least you left him still in Ohio! Gotta be careful where that grabby hand is when you click-n-drag, eh LeRoy? :-[
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I fixed'em. No harm done. At least you left him still in Ohio! Gotta be careful where that grabby hand is when you click-n-drag, eh LeRoy? :-[
Alan,
I promise to keep my "Grabby Hand" under control. I just figured out how it happened. I had "zoomed in" on the map. Then I wanted to center it on my computer screen. Apparently I grabbed Michael's icon instead of a bare spot on the map, moved my mouse, realized that I wasn't doing it correctly, so I let go, moving him to eastern Ohio.
Thank you for undoing my mistake.
LeRoy
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If you don't have a Google account you'll either need to sign up for one or ask someone here to add you.
I don't have a Google account either. Would one of you add me as well? Put "Keysville, FL" in the search and it'll put a dot about a mile West of my house. Thanks.
Pat
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Just added mine.
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Done.
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Taylorsville CA 95983
9 miles from Keddie Wye
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Taylorsville CA 95983
9 miles from Keddie Wye
Added.
Anyone else?
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Added.
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Pinned my place
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I've changed the settings on the map to what I think are more user friendly. New people don't forget to pin yourself and everyone don't hesitate to provide feedback.
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Jacob,
I do not have a google account and dislike their “service” enough to never subscribe with them. Would you please pin my location on the map? I live in Mansfield, Ohio, about half way between Columbus and Cleveland along I-71.
Thank you.
Cecil
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Jacob,
I do not have a google account and dislike their “service” enough to never subscribe with them. Would you please pin my location on the map? I live in Mansfield, Ohio, about half way between Columbus and Cleveland along I-71.
Thank you.
Cecil
It's done!
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twinStar
I don't see the search bar below the infield.
You can add me to the map if you like.
Northern New England Railway, New Gloucester Maine, O scale
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twinStar
I don't see the search bar below the infield.
You can add me to the map if you like.
Northern New England Railway, New Gloucester Maine, O scale
You're added!
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twinStar
I don't see the search bar below the infield.
You can add me to the map if you like.
Northern New England Railway, New Gloucester Maine, O scale
Its nice to see another RP user from Maine!
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We had a glitch with the RailPro Users Map but it should be up and running again. If you aren't listed on the map and need assistance let me know.
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OK I do have a Google Account and I'm logged in, but I can't seem to see the method for creating a point, so here's my info
David McConnell, Manhasset, NY 11030 (Preferred color Maroon)
The local Hobby Shop is a RailPro dealer
Willis Hobbies, Mineola, NY 11501
Thanks!
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OK I do have a Google Account and I'm logged in, but I can't seem to see the method for creating a point, so here's my info
David McConnell, Manhasset, NY 11030 (Preferred color Maroon)
The local Hobby Shop is a RailPro dealer
Willis Hobbies, Mineola, NY 11501
Thanks!
David, I got you added.
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Clyde, Tx (east of Abilene on I20)
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Clyde, Tx (east of Abilene on I20)
You're added and welcome! There's a few of us just east of you.
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Hi Jacob, I just joined the group but don't have a Google acct. either. Could you add me to Minneapolis,MN? G scale.
Thank you!
Brian
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Hi Jacob, I just joined the group but don't have a Google acct. either. Could you add me to Minneapolis,MN? G scale.
Thank you!
Brian
Welcome Brain. You're added!
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I have a google account but can't figure out how to add my pin. ??? I even searched Google for how to add a pin to a google map. ;D
I'm in Auburn, AL. You can put me down as Smoke or Andrew DeKruif
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"After clicking on the link to the map look below the infield search bar for a 'balloon' icon similar to the majority of those on the map. If you hover above this icon it will say 'Add Marker'"
I have used 3 different browsers and have never been able to find "a 'balloon' icon similar to the majority of those on the map." Also, not sure what an "infield search bar" is.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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"After clicking on the link to the map look below the infield search bar for a 'balloon' icon similar to the majority of those on the map. If you hover above this icon it will say 'Add Marker'"
I have used 3 different browsers and have never been able to find "a 'balloon' icon similar to the majority of those on the map." Also, not sure what an "infield search bar" is.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Tom, here are a few screen shots if that helps.
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Jacob,
For reference, here is what I see on the map when I am logged into my account.
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Jacob,
For reference, here is what I see on the map when I am logged into my account.
That's very interesting! Send me your info and I'll get you posted.
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I see the same thing as Jacob. Can you put me on the map as Tom in McKinney.
Thank you.
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McKinney, TX?
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Yes.
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Yes.
You're added!
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Ron in Redding, Ca.
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All:
I've started a map that will 'pin' the location of RailPro individual users and groups. Reply here with your location (general city, not necessarily a specific address) and I'll get you added to the list. Feel free to provide contact information if you wish.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YT5ly1cHgxnzDfFRXGn3sizmlP4&usp=sharing
After clicking on the link to the map look below the infield search bar for a 'balloon' icon similar to the majority of those on the map. If you hover above this icon it will say 'Add Marker'
Click this 'Add Marker' icon
You pointer will turn to cross hairs
Move the cross hairs to your location and click
A new marker will be placed and a dialogue box will appear with 'Point XX' in the top field.
Replace this 'Point XX' with your screen name
Add any additional information in the lower field such as group, your railroad, contact info, etc.
Click SAVE
It doesn’t seem to be working for me. I’d like a point put at San Diego Ca. 92101. however I’llbe moving to Jacksonville North Carolina in the fall. So either location will be fine by me.
It opened in the google maps application and nothing showed up, so i forced it to open in a browser window, and it showed everyone’s points, but it would not allow me to add anything. Strange.
Thanks!
-Glenn M.
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Ron in Redding, Ca.
You're added Ron!
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All:
I've started a map that will 'pin' the location of RailPro individual users and groups. Reply here with your location (general city, not necessarily a specific address) and I'll get you added to the list. Feel free to provide contact information if you wish.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YT5ly1cHgxnzDfFRXGn3sizmlP4&usp=sharing
After clicking on the link to the map look below the infield search bar for a 'balloon' icon similar to the majority of those on the map. If you hover above this icon it will say 'Add Marker'
Click this 'Add Marker' icon
You pointer will turn to cross hairs
Move the cross hairs to your location and click
A new marker will be placed and a dialogue box will appear with 'Point XX' in the top field.
Replace this 'Point XX' with your screen name
Add any additional information in the lower field such as group, your railroad, contact info, etc.
Click SAVE
It doesn’t seem to be working for me. I’d like a point put at San Diego Ca. 92101. however I’llbe moving to Jacksonville North Carolina in the fall. So either location will be fine by me.
It opened in the google maps application and nothing showed up, so i forced it to open in a browser window, and it showed everyone’s points, but it would not allow me to add anything. Strange.
Thanks!
-Glenn M.
You're added Glenn!
I don't think these issues used to exist. I think something may have changed in google and the link works but not entirely.
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Don't see a Balloon either. Can someone Pin me in Wooster Ohio between Canton and Mansfield. Modeling the Green Bay and Western in HO
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Don't see a Balloon either. Can someone Pin me in Wooster Ohio between Canton and Mansfield. Modeling the Green Bay and Western in HO
If of use to you, I took many photos of the Orrville Union Depot: http://www.lkorailroad.com/union-depot-in-orrville-oh/ (http://www.lkorailroad.com/union-depot-in-orrville-oh/)
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Alan,
Great Website for your railroad. I've been to the Orrville Depot several times. Near Thanksgiving Weekend they always have an open house, along with open houses for several other area model railroads. Check out the "Route 30 express". Most likely will be cancelled this year :( I grew up about two miles from the Pennsylvania yard and Roundhouse in Crestline, Ohio. Saw it decline and then be torn down. The yard became a roadrailer facility for a while, now is a large grain loading facility. Usually see about 20 -40 covered hoppers on the tracks. As a side note, we also lived in Marlette Michigan for a couple years in the 80s when I was a driver for Schwan Foods. Was back up there last July on vacation. Small World!
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Don't see a Balloon either. Can someone Pin me in Wooster Ohio between Canton and Mansfield. Modeling the Green Bay and Western in HO
You're added!
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I spent time in Coshocton next to the line to the power plant. Loved the rumble of the coal train most mornings
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I can't see a balloon either, if you wish to add me, Lamar, MO SW corner of the state on I-49 30 miles north of Joplin, birthplace of Harry Truman. And if any of you are golfers my house is just off the local 9 hole course which I own a minority share in, stop by and you can give me pointers on getting my G scale up to speed and play around free with me!
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Concord, NC
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I can't see a balloon either, if you wish to add me, Lamar, MO SW corner of the state on I-49 30 miles north of Joplin, birthplace of Harry Truman. And if any of you are golfers my house is just off the local 9 hole course which I own a minority share in, stop by and you can give me pointers on getting my G scale up to speed and play around free with me!
You're added! The offer on a round sounds great. I don't get to play as much as I used to.
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Concord, NC
I was just in Charlotte. We ate at a Midwood Smokehouse. Great stuff! I love that area.
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If anyone else needs me to add them please don't hesitate to ask. I'm not as active on the forums anymore but I still get the email notifications about replies and will gladly add anyone. Covid and my industry, moving, and a few surgeries have put anything RailPro on the back burner. Hopefully next year!
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York, PA
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I didn't look on the Map, but I'm in Ft. Worth, Texas, modeling the Ft. Worth city area and the Stock Yards district. Running RailPro, battery power, and G Scale.
trainman
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York, PA
You've been added!
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I didn't look on the Map, but I'm in Ft. Worth, Texas, modeling the Ft. Worth city area and the Stock Yards district. Running RailPro, battery power, and G Scale.
trainman
I put your balloon downtown but I can move it. I'm in the Alliance area and Krleddy is over in Colleyville.
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I can't see a balloon either, if you wish to add me, Lamar, MO SW corner of the state on I-49 30 miles north of Joplin, birthplace of Harry Truman. And if any of you are golfers my house is just off the local 9 hole course which I own a minority share in, stop by and you can give me pointers on getting my G scale up to speed and play around free with me!
You're added! The offer on a round sounds great. I don't get to play as much as I used to.
Just off I-49 if you are headed north to KC. Great pizza place at the course also.
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I'm in the same boat as Jacob.
Please add:
Meadow Springs
Mandurah
Western Australia.
Thanks.
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I'm in the same boat as Jacob.
Please add:
Meadow Springs
Mandurah
Western Australia.
Thanks.
You're added!
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Please add: South Milwaukee, WI
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Hello, Jacob,
By 1September 22 I will have returned to my hometown of Fort Smith, AR, to live out my life. Please change my location from Mansfield, Ohio to Fort Smith, AR, where I plan to build a small railroad.
Thanks, Cecil
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Jacob hasn't been here since January this year when perhaps not the best way to say something was said and it appears it was taken personally.
- Tim
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going to the first post, the instructions add a marker say to look for a balloon icon to add a marker.
Don't see it, so I guess updates are not possible?
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I have made a new copy of the map.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1CB_wlpbDhLl6HeI5Qxyx9Rt7A2ZTiFU&usp=sharing
If you need your pin added or edited and you have any problems, just post here and I will take care of it for you.
I expect the old pins will no longer be editable by their original owners.
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Bill, please move my pin to Fort Smith, AR 72903.
Sorry to learn about Jacob, I think he is a very good person and a great modeler. I posted a request for someone to decal my GP-9 shell for me, expecting to pay for their trouble but Jacob replied that he would do for free. I tried to get him to accept payment and he told me he did it for fun and relaxation. I mailed the shell to him and he texted me that he didn’t like the paint job on it so he stripped it, repainted it and decaled it for me.
When we get settled, I expect to build a small layout probably a shelf type perhaps 20” wide by 15 feet long. At 81-1/2 Yrs of age and a brain injury on top of that, I think it will be enough.
Thanks, Cecil atsfguy
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@Cecil - Done!
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G'Day Bill.
Sorry to hear about Jacob, its a shame to be honest.
He added my pin back when I first started down this rabbit hole, its not there now for some reason.
Could you plonk it back again please.
Thanks.
LOC: Meadow Springs Western Australia
PS: you have my address anyway! :D
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Bob P in southwest. Cape Coral,FL
Thank you
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Bob P in southwest. Cape Coral,FL
Thank you
Added. Cheers!
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Ahh Bill, two post's back matey, you missed mine! ;D
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Added Gibs.
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Sweet!
Thanks Matey :D
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Chris
Dodgezilla04, stevensville Montana
Thank you
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added Chris (Dodgezilla04)
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Thank you
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strange, i have a google account and cannot add my pin
south glastonbury, ct, just drop the pin at the fire station in south glastonbury
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strange, i have a google account and cannot add my pin
south glastonbury, ct, just drop the pin at the fire station in south glastonbury
Done!
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8)
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I have just discovered this RP User's map, have a Google account, but don't see the search bar or any way to add a pin. I'm in Solomons, MD. Please add a pin for me.
I notice on the map that another user, Bill W., is also located in Calvert County, MD, not far from me. Is there any way I can contact him through this user group?
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Bill (our host William Brillinger) will be able to add you to the map when he sees this.
There isn't any member here with the username of Bill W. If your lucky, as in lottery jackpot winning lucky Bill W may be a member here under another username and will see your post and speak up, however I suspect that finding out who Bill W on that map is is going to be one of those tantalising just out of reach scenarios.
- Tim
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I have added Brentman to the map. Cheers!
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I'm in Wichita, Kansas!
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I'm in Wichita, Kansas!
added!