UseBB Community

I wonder if anybody has tried combining UseBB with interactive maps (e.g. google maps) so members can join (or open new) topics by clicking on the map.

Have you ever heard or read about such a site? I'd greatly appreciate any hint (maybe even involving other forum software than UseBB...)!

Thanks for your help!

Oliver

I haven't worked with their Maps API (yet), I also don't know if it is entirely possible to use it in an Open Source application, seemingly you need to get a key to use the API and contact them if more than 50,000 pageviews per day are used.

It could be an idea for later.

Google Maps might not be the only (and not even the best) solution, especially for Europe where data is sparse. I could also think of other map hacks (see e.g. mappinghacks.com for inspiration).

To illustrate the whole idea of "map-BB" you might check the great work at openforum. They build wikis that relate to various cities. The open guide to Boston is leading in developing a map that represents their wiki-entries - though not (yet?) allowing for annotating locations via the map.

If you want to know about my search for map integrations based on other forum software you might have a look at this wiki.