Member World Map Hack Request

[Nj?rd Eriksson]

There is a vBulletin 3 hack that permits members from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland to enter their ZIP codes via a field. If they do so, their location will be plotted on a map.

Example:
http://www.kampfkunst-board.info/forum/membermap.php

Here is the hack:
http://www.vbulletin-germany.com/for...ad.php?t=10817

I can imagine that this implementation has to rely on large data tables, linking the ZIP codes to a position on the map and the town's name. Hard to imagine that someone would compile all these data for the whole world.

However, there would be an easy alternative to it: Why not permit members to enter their lattitude and longitude and plot them then on a world map, like the aforementioned hack does with a map of the German-speaking countries.

I think that would be a great addition for everyone that runs an international vBulletin board (= really most people.)

I could imagine that many vBulletin board operators would even be willing to make a small PayPal donation for such a hack.

Comments, ideas, suggestions, and, above all, any master coder volunteers?