Buddy Locator

[ScubaSteve]

It seems as though users that are outside of the US are unable to use the Lat and Long figures. I tried wice and both times it came up with the error that my ZIP code was incorrect form.

Maybe I missed an instruction somewhere?

 

[HowardE]

We have other members already listed. What are your coordinates?

 

[ScubaSteve]

Lat 43.55837637853458
Long -80.26834487915039


According the the linked page on the edit profile page.

I also did try to crop the digits to 5 decimal places and that did not work either.

 

[HowardE]

Try it again.

 

[ScubaSteve]

I do believe that that time it worked. Thanks

 

[jupitermermaid]

If all else fails, come to Florida. You'll always find good diving here. m And, people will be able to find you.

 

[The Chairman]

We didn't want to make the Latitude/Longitude any more precise than necessary. This protects your privacy while still retaining the functionality.

 

[ScubaSteve]

We didn't want to make the Latitude/Longitude any more precise than necessary. This protects your privacy while still retaining the functionality.

It is a great function and it was a very good idea for Howard to remind people in the announcement to "not be too specific". Otherwise it is easy to get caught up and escited and find your own house and click OK.

As it stands, I believe some cheese shop owner in my town is going to get a HUGE surprise if SB'ers ever attempt to kidnap me....... Besides....nobody would pay the ransom