Re: [tlug] Heading to Akihabara

[Alain Hoang <hoanga@example.com>]

Josh Glover wrote:

> On 11/28/05, Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon <ronfaxon@example.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
> > [snip]
> > give me an idea though - I wonder if it would be a good idea to have a
> > page at the TLUG site that focused on hardware and specific shops where
> >    
   I really like this idea.  Draw on the collected wisdom for a set of 
shops that
tend to be preferred by TLUGers.    Currently, I follow the 'look at as 
much as I can see until
I fall over then just give up and choose something close by that I can 
remember' algorithm but
it'd be nice to have some slightly better heuristics to go by.

> [snip]
>
> Not a bad idea, but we would have to resolve any and all copyright
> issues before doing that. Perhaps a better idea would be making a
> custom Google Maps page for TLUG, where we could add markers,
> directions, photos, etc. to help other TLUGgers find interesting stuff
> in the area.
>  
   That sounds more like the implementation I was thinking would be 
best.  Abuse errr
leverage Google Maps to make a decent set of maps without having to find 
out how to
get all the data.  It'd also be kind of neat to build an interface to 
let TLUGers quietly
vote on haunts that they like via the web.  Perhaps something like a 
community
mapping project kind of like how Frappr! works (http://www.frappr.com/)

> Here is an example of what I mean:
>
> http://www.jmglov.net/japan/yokohama/map.html
>  
   That is a very cool setup by the way.  But you need more game shops 
listed ;-)

Cheers,
Alain