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Early on when I got in my district I made a google map of my district that Included all of my Packs, Troops, Teams, and Crews meeting places, as well as Elementary Schools, School Admin Buildings, roundtable meeting places, etc...With troops getting one symbol, packs getting another, etc...For all of the units I included in the description their charter orgs, CC's and CM/SM's...since I also made this public, I did not include phone numbers or other personal info. This Online map has made referring new youth SUPER EASY and fast! Also, I use this map to quickly plan my most efficient route around the district, and may other uses! It is easy to update, and when I move on to another position, I'll be able to just give the admin password over to the next DE. I have 110 units in my district and it took me a good 7 or 8 hours to put it together, but it was totally worth it.
Idea # 345Recruiting
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jturman 11 months ago
I've learned how to program using Google Maps. I've spreadsheets of unit information, one spreadsheet for each district in the council.

Google maps is able to take these spreadsheets of information and build a council map split into different districts.

See: http://ironhorsebsa.org/councilmap

click the Iron Horse district checkbox and it turns on those unit flags and zooms in on the district. All these flags/information come from spreadsheets shared across Google documents.

It sure would be nice if National would make the unit meeting place info public information so my Google map could take the info straight from ScoutNET so it would be as up-to-date as ScoutNET. Please make the API I requested at http://ideas.scouting.org/akira/dtd/5517-2119
John Oneil 10 months ago
Call me old school but I purchased a $3.95 county road map and pasted it onto a cardboard display board. I marked each unit with a different colored "dot": blue for Packs, red for Troops, green for Crews, yellow for Ships. I also marked all of the county schools. It may not be as cool as Google Map but a 3'x5' board is easier to read and find locations that a 15" computer monitor. It is also easier to determine what neighborhoods are closest to each unit.
Shawn Elder 1 month ago
I've used Google maps (earth) to track locations of recruiting signs and other geographic information. It can be a useful tool. More useful if you find the right volunteer who has a passion for this, and makes it happen.

BTW - the link to iron horse is not available.
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