PNF
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Message Posted: Mar 14, 2008 4:47:44 PM
KO thanks for the tip! It does give you some great aerial views. Bird's eye isn't available everywhere though. I guess a lot of coastal Florida is detailed and available in bird's eye.
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Message Posted: Feb 15, 2008 8:49:56 AM
Noticed the ability to see who made changes to an MSL entry and what was changed....Kinda COOL!
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Message Posted: Jan 31, 2008 8:39:05 AM
Just Noticed the Time spotted on the price entry...Kinda Cool!
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Message Posted: Nov 29, 2007 9:17:13 AM
Well, It looks like the MSL is being updated and will not be available for a few days.
It will be interesting to see what new things they add/change. Time will tell.
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Message Posted: Oct 21, 2007 7:06:36 AM
I have been looking for the picture Icon also, GB must not have implemented it yet.
[Edited by: PNF at 10/21/2007 7:08:28 AM EST]
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RASfuel
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Message Posted: Oct 20, 2007 9:26:09 AM
No, not really. Lately I've been adding stations to the MSL that have been missing in the Ocala area. I left you a message on the message forum about the new feature set on the home page about your camera icon--I can't find it yet.
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Message Posted: Oct 19, 2007 10:41:09 AM
RAS,
Did you get those pictures to work? I have not had any problem. I try to keep the file sizes small.
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RASfuel
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Message Posted: Oct 1, 2007 10:05:39 AM
Tried adding some more pictures over the weekend, but the pictures didn't stick at all. Though I was having some problems with the MSL downloading correctly, couldn't get the map feature to work at all. Hopefully, just a weekend glitch, and I'll try adding pictures again later this week.
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Message Posted: Sep 29, 2007 3:57:27 PM
Good idea!!
That's using your noodle...
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Message Posted: Sep 29, 2007 2:45:32 PM
I asked GB if they could add a Camera icon to the stations that have pictures and they thought it was a good idea. Time will tell as to when we see that implemented.
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Message Posted: Sep 20, 2007 10:51:29 AM
Yeah...well, you know....
I've continued to add new stations to the MSL from around the Ocala area. I'll take a few more pictures today and try to post them to these new stations I've added. And we will see what develops....
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Message Posted: Sep 20, 2007 8:54:44 AM
If you want we could work those offline. At least you are contributing!
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RASfuel
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Message Posted: Sep 17, 2007 10:43:49 AM
PNF,
I tried adding some yesterday and still it's a hit-or-miss whether the pictures stick or not. I've edited some pictures here and there but until I get this posting down to a science, I'm not going to work my pictures into an art.
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Message Posted: Sep 16, 2007 9:53:17 PM
RAS,
You can crop the picture and get rid of the trash and center the picture. Easy to do in Microsoft photo editor. Keep on working on the MSL!!
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Message Posted: Sep 9, 2007 11:35:35 AM
I was able to post a couple of more pictures this morning for stations in Belleview, Ocala and Silver SPrings Shores. So far it's a hit-or-miss propostion whether I can get the pictures to upload or not. Can't seem to find what it takes or actions on screen in order for it to work every time, but I think I'm getting closer to it.
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2007 9:47:14 PM
That picture looks good! Good angle.
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2007 9:41:18 PM
OK, I will check it out!
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2007 11:10:15 AM
Finally got one of my photos to upload and stick. Check out the BP station in Silver Springs Shores. Otherwise still having problems but I will keep on trying. At least I got one to stay so I know its at least a workable problem. If the picture seems a little fuzzy its because I was using a low-resolution file size, and I will now take new photos with a higher resolution size.
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Message Posted: Sep 7, 2007 3:14:54 PM
By the way...if you add a photo to a verified station, you will not lose your verified status.
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Message Posted: Sep 6, 2007 9:05:54 AM
I used Jpeg for all. I opened them in MS Photo, did an autobalance, then did a copy of a section and pasted them into MS Paint and then saved them off as a Jpeg and then loaded them. My orginal was about 1+ meg, but when I copied to MS Paint and saved the file the size was a lot less, but then I did crop the photo to get rid of extraneous stuff.
[Edited by: PNF at 9/6/2007 9:06:49 AM EST]
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RASfuel
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Message Posted: Sep 5, 2007 10:30:45 AM
PNF, I saw the ones you have for Mary Esther and they are looking good. However, I'm still having problems seeing the ones I uploaded. And uploading some today hasn't helped any either. Tell me what size photos in both pixel count and file size did you upload. Also did you use a particular format such as jpeg?
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2007 9:55:18 PM
Just entered a bunch of pictures of stations in Mary Esther and Navarre, FL. I edited them to reduce the file size and they uploaded and display just fine.
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2007 5:07:00 PM
Just checked some of the ones I had done last week and they now show the pictures. Try uploading some now.
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2007 5:02:30 PM
RAS, I got the same things this past weekend. I am waiting to see what GB does from there.
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2007 10:17:16 AM
Hey PNF just wanted to let you know that when I tried posting photos to the stations today, after uploading text appears that it was a successful upload. Then immediately another says there is a problem with uploading, specifying that the photos be larger than 100 pixels high by 100 pixels wide (mine are 640 x 480), that the file is no larger than 4 MB in size (mine are about 150Kb in size), and that they be in a number of different formats, among them jpegs which is what I am sending them. I also put in a new station not on the MSL (a Kangaroo at 6820 SE Maricamp Rd in Silver Springs Shores) and tried to do it like that and it won't work that way either. I guess we will have to wait on GB to work out the bugs.
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2007 9:12:11 AM
Thanks PNF! I'll keep trying to upload at least one photo a day and see if and when they will display properly. If it does work eventually, I'll post back on this topic to let you know. Hope you had a fun and safe holiday!
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Message Posted: Sep 3, 2007 10:09:19 PM
After rereading your email, I checked the 2 Citgos and looked at the Shell station near Silver Springs and I do not see any pictures added. We will need to wait for GB to fix it.
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Message Posted: Sep 3, 2007 10:04:26 PM
I did check one of the ones that I did in Navarre, Citgo at 98 & Sunrise, and the picture is there but not displayed. Right clicking on the picture does nothing either.
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Message Posted: Sep 3, 2007 9:45:18 PM
Did not see any pictures showing. Could you tell specifically which ones you did? thanks,
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Message Posted: Sep 3, 2007 9:32:03 PM
The first day I loaded some up and everything worked great. Yesterday and today I tried and it is not working. Sent GB an email, so I will have to see what they say or they might be working on fixing the problem. I will check yours and let you know. I entered several in the Mary Esther and Navarre, FL areas.
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Message Posted: Aug 31, 2007 8:56:12 PM
Hey PNF can you check to see if any of the photos that I downloaded are appearing on your screen. I'm not sure after trying it again, whether the photos are downloading correctly or whether I just can't see them. I loaded it for a Shell and a Citgo station in Ocala, and a BP station in Silver Springs Shores. The only way to view seems to be in edit mode.
Thanks!
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Message Posted: Aug 31, 2007 6:13:35 PM
Its not working. I went and took about 10 standard VGA size JPEGs today with my digital camera. I went to the MSL and clicked on the photo upload section, it processed the upload directly from the memory card but did not show the photo. I tried use the editing button and made sure to update and saved after uploading the photo. Then I reloaded the search page and tried to view the photos but none appeared. If you have any suggestions (PNF) I'll take it and try again. If not perhaps GB can post the directions about how to use it. It seemed straight forward and simple but its not working for me.
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Message Posted: Aug 31, 2007 10:07:33 AM
I took a couple of pictures with my cell phone, so I need to see what they look like on a larger screen.
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Message Posted: Aug 30, 2007 10:30:46 PM
Just seen it myself this afternoon when I was updating/verifying some more of the MSL. Tomorrow when I'm out I'll try to remember to take my camera and start snapping away. I'll post again after trying to download the pictures.
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Message Posted: Aug 30, 2007 9:16:35 AM
I agree with many of your points.
Especially, the part about having the MSL available to create your Favorites list. If they would allow new users to "See" the MSL, but not be able to edit until they get their 10,000 points what harm would that be. To be able to "add" an MSL station listing to your Favorites would be great, then we would/could eliminate many duplications. If you want to use a station, put into the MSL. Even if GB gave 5 points for work in the MSL, with a limit of 25 points, it would be better. I can see where some abuse could happen, but then members could report that.
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