We actually had an "Add stuff to the Map" link for a while, but I pulled it out for reasons unknown. I think I had bigger plans for it that I never finished implementing. I'll have to put that back in. It was pretty useful!

One thing of note is that it's really not that disastrous to have users adding stuff to the map at random. Sure, there's a bit of "test test" stuff that needs cleaning out, but mostly people just use the feature for it's intended purpose. It's just not all that useful for spamming purposes, and nobody else has figured out a good malicious use. (I expected to see people drawing magnetic poetry in the middle of the ocean!)

Another good side effect of that is that a "Move this town back to shore!" button would probably be used be well meaning folk, and I wouldn't have to go relocating London back to where it belongs every day. I've been meaning to add that ability for a while now (our Australia data is all over the map, literally!)

Anyway, thanks for the suggestions!

written by  Jason Kester on June 8, 2007