Moonman posted:Big_Boy_4005 posted:bigdodgetrain posted:Big_Boy_4005 posted:BTW, I've always felt that one of the major shortcomings of this forum is the inability to find members by location. I would love a way to identify others living in my area to set up a group like yours.
if everyone put their locations like you and I we would know where everyone is.
True, but that's not exactly what I was referring to. The forum has a feature where you can view the membership as a map. The problem is, that only tells you how many members live in a given state (or country). It doesn't tell you anything about which which ones. Without going through every profile you can't tell who's your neighbor. Total needle in a haystack!
Maybe I'm just used to the TCA directory. They made it easy, but they are a private club, and the forum is far from it. I'm sure that this has to do with privacy, which is why some members don't want their state known. What would be helpful is a list of member names by state.
When on the member page, there is an advanced member search feature on the top right. There is now a search feature by postal code. There are two members in Josh's postal code. It seems like the forum listened. One may need a few postal codes of the area in reasonable driving distance.
Then, as bigdodge mentioned, the results are dependent on each members willingness to make profile data viewable or provide a contact email.
Carl, THAT'S IT!!!! Very well hidden. I wonder if that showed up with the forum software upgrade. Thanks!!!
