| States I've Visited |
| For awhile I was looking for a good way to be able to show what states I've visited (mostly just so I would know), and be able to update it dynamically. I found a website that would generate the map for you when you passed it the variables in the address, but I wanted something I could host. Oh yeah, and something free. Well, I finally found what I was looking for in DIY Map. I was hoping for something non-flash, but the fact that you can zoom in and out of a clickable map is pretty cool. Everything's controlled by an easily editable XML file... I haven't built a script to control it yet, but I have plans. Anyway, here's a link to states/cities I've visited. I'll get to add York to the cities after Andrew and Annie's wedding this coming weekend. |
| 2005-06-10 23:55:52 EST |
| ah yes... |
| nice to see lockport on there ;-) pretty neat little tool... what constitues a "visit"? is it a day trip, overnight stay, or just a bit of site seeing before passing through? |
| -chris |
| 2005-06-14 00:47:56 |
| Chris has a good question on what consitutes a visit. I second that question. I also wonder what you have against the northwest/midwest (-; |
| -Mike |
| 2005-06-15 17:14:21 |
| The Definition of A Visit, You Seek |
| I thought the question might come up... I'm a little stricter on my definition of having "visited" a city than many other people I've talked to. The main criteria is that I have to feel like I've visited -- I know that sounds subjective, but what it means is that I've been there to do something. If I stayed somewhere overnight in a hotel it doesn't count. When all I've seen of a city is the inside of a hotel room that looks like any other hotel room in any other city, I don't feel like I've really visited that city. But if I took a daytrip somewhere to visit a museum, that would count. On a state level, I have to have visited a city in that state according to the criteria above. Driving through a state, or stopping to eat at a restaurant of an exit does not constitute a visit by my standards. What do you think? |
| -djmjr |
| 2005-06-16 01:52:10 |
| ++ |
| Ok, I'll buy that definition. In fact, I like it. Subjective, yes, but I still like it because it feels right (hehe). |
| -Mike |
| 2005-06-16 12:02:14 |
