I’ve been running ClustrMaps for two days now and the statistics are starting to come in. Honestly, more people are reading all this than I expected. However, the point of this post is to point out that the mapping feature is giving a few odd results. Most specifically, shown below, it seems that someone is accessing this blog from the Pacific ocean somewhere to the west of Indonesia. Go figure…
UPDATE 29 April 2006: The folks at ClustrMaps have confirmed that I need a geography lesson. That dot happens to represent visitors from Guam. (If that’s you, give a shout.)
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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2 Replies to “ClustrMaps, redux”
Hi… it’s legitimate; possibly the North Mariana Islands, or Guam… we might have a chance to look into this more closely next week, or drop us a line if you want to pursue it… our geolocation database is quite accurate, and updated regularly… you’d be quite amazed!!!
All the best, and thanks for using ClustrMaps!
-C.J. on behalf of the ClustrMaps Team
Wow Clustr maps our cool. Great idea…wonder who’s behind in. Would love to finance their growth.
Hi… it’s legitimate; possibly the North Mariana Islands, or Guam… we might have a chance to look into this more closely next week, or drop us a line if you want to pursue it…
our geolocation database is quite accurate, and updated regularly… you’d be quite amazed!!!
All the best, and thanks for using ClustrMaps!
-C.J. on behalf of the ClustrMaps Team
Wow Clustr maps our cool. Great idea…wonder who’s behind in. Would love to finance their growth.