TXBobcat how do you turn on the My Location. I am at home for a few months but will be on the road in late April early May until late Aug early Sept 2013 (heading to the Gettysburg Rally and the Goshen Rally) and would love to be able to see where other Heartland Forum members/friends are located and let them know where I am.
Actually it is pretty easy. Click on the Tools drop down at the top of the forum page. You should see HOP as one of your selections. Click on HOP. You should see a map come up. On the top of the screen you should see "Add/Edit your Entry" scroll down till you see the map again and you will see a red push pin. Don't worry about the push pin at this time. Zoom in and down to where you are located.. Or use the address field above the map. Once you are pretty close to your location you might click on satellite view and zoom in to your location. I can pin point the exact concrete site I am staying on by doing this. When you get in real close and click on the location the push pin should move to that location. If you click on the map while doing all this the push pin will move to each place you click. This is not a problem, it will be the correct place when you click on your site for the final time.
In the Location Title put where you are located. campground, site or what ever. In the Marker text pt the City/State or what ever. The address is used to help find your location to put the push pin. It is not needed once you are at your loation.
The URL of the image is the URL where you have a photo store that you want people to see when they click on your push pin.
When finished click on the button "Update Your Entry" and your done. When you move to a different location just follow the same procedure and relocate your push pin. You don't have to check the "Delete the marker information" box unless you want to completely remove your push pin from the map.
I like to keep my push pin up to date so I can find people around me and they can find me if they wish. Like TravelTiger. I was wanting to see where they are while I am in this area and maybe visit.
To TravelTiger. I would suggest you check the box on the map I mentioned above and see if you can close it out and go back in and set it up again. Sometimes a wrong character is entered and your pin might be in the middle of the ocean. I did this once by using the wrong Lat & Long.
Hope this helps.
BC