So some of you may have received an email informing you I have shared a Google map with you. I sent it to anyone who has left a comment on the journal so far. I have created a map that I hope will illustrate the names and locations of everyone who is reading along. I just thought it would be neat to have a spread of everyone, to put all that information together visually for myself and everyone else. So the idea was to set up a map that everyone could edit and add his or her name and location. I didn’t realize, however, that it isn’t that easy, that everyone would need to have a login with Google to add their place. So far, it hasn’t been a great success. But, I think I have come up with a solution to the problem. Now anyone can edit the map using a login that I have created just for that purpose. Here’s the details:

First of all, the link to the Google map is http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=110005973904868810089.00045908df003fac941c0&z=5.

In the upper right-hand corner of the screen, there is an option to sign in. Click that.

For the sign in information, use the account I set up.

email: map@crestlinestudios.com

password: otisnomad

So just copy and paste the above info in the appropriate boxes and sign in.

Then, on the left-hand side of the screen, notice the link that says ‘My Maps’. Click on this.

Click on ‘Nomad Readers’, which will open up the map.

Click on the button that says ‘edit’, which will be above and to the right of the title of the map, on the left side of the screen.

Then find your location on the map, right-click on your location and select ‘Add a placemark’ from the menu that appears.

Then add your name in the title section and your location in the description section, just like the others. You can change the icon by clicking on the sqaure next to title section of your marker. I use the blue pushpin.

Then make sure you click the ’save’ button on the left side, where the ‘edit’ button used to be. Then you can click ‘done’.

I hope that everyone will participate. It’s just for fun, and I think it will be pretty awesome to put everything together once it is all said and done. That is, the route map and the readers map, and whatever other maps I may add in the future. Thanks for helping out.

-Otis