[Greebo]

Originally Posted by JJR512

I'm not sure how useful ZIP or postal codes would be. A post code is a sizable area. I have my pushpin stuck where my apartment building is next to the street. There's no way that could have happened with a post code; the pin probably would be somewhere around the center of the area, which could potentially be miles from where I actually live. As for using it as a starting point, I didn't find it that hard to click the zoomed-out map pretty close to where I wanted it to center it, zoom in about half-way, re-center with more precision, zoom in almost all the way, and make a final adjustment.

I guess from a whole-world-zoom-level, it wouldn't make any difference if the pin is off by even a few miles, but when people start to zoom in, well maybe it's just me but I want the pin to be right on top of me.

In our case, zip code would be ideal - our users don't want to have their exact locations given away - we just want an overall survey of *generally* where people are, and zip code provides just the level of granularity we want.

We already track zip code as an extra user field, and I, for one, would be much more inclined to install this hack if it could take a list of member zip codes from our site and build the map from that, instead of lat/long.

Ironically, our members *do* know their lats and longs - they are pilots - but they arent technologically inclined and I'd rather not have them enter any more than they already have if I can avoid it (we ask them for zip code at registration).