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Category ArtistServer
Date Monday, Oct 23, 2006 9:36:39 AM
Friend Maps for Artists and Music Fans

ArtistServer.com, adds a new feature for both artists and members, a map of your fans and friends.

Below, you will see a screenshot of the new "Friend Map" that was added to everyone's friend page. It displays the distribution of people who have added you as a friend on ArtistServer.com. The maps are in Flash and interactive. When you click on an icon, a popup container/bubble displays who it is, their message, and a link to their site on ArtistServer.com.

One of the interesting things about seeing this distribution on a map, is that you can see how a band could organize their tour based on the most likely route through the clustering of fans and friends.



You can check out your own friend page, or follow one of these links...

My friend page: http://www.artistserver.com/artist/friends.cfm/a/9/SonicWallpaper

Icotec's friend page: http://www.artistserver.com/artist/friends.cfm/a/465/icotec

Possibly at a later date, I could add some type of option which would normalize the plot points (basically, getting an average based on a range), then plot lines between the points, which would give you a tour route based on people friend/fan distribution.

The Friend Maps requires Flash, and are provided by Yahoo! Maps

BTW - some of you may notice your geocode plot point displaying your location incorrectly. To some degree, this is intentional, as you are only geocoded down to your city - not your address.  But, it is possible that you've been geocoded FAR from where you live, if that is the case, post a message in the support forum - let me know your username, if you changed your country/state/city info, where the map shows you and where you should be.  I'm sure I'll need to add some type of map point correction screen - allowing you to replot your point, but so far, the need hasn't come up.

If you see any problems, let me know.

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Category ArtistServer
Date Tuesday, Aug 09, 2005 11:40:51 AM
ArtistServer.com now offers 'friend networking'
ArtistServer.com now offers 'friend networking' tools to artists and music fans allowing people to interconnect, creating their own relational paths through the site.

This is a first step in the direction of 'friend networking' for ArtistServer. I hope this will be a seed for new ideas and requests on ways to improve 'Friend networking' - how it can be used, etc. Artists and Members are always encouraged to contact the site with any feedback.

One area I will be looking at integrating, is called: "FOAF" - which is stands for "Friend of a friend." To learn more - follow these links:

http://www.foaf-project.org/
http://www.ldodds.com/foaf/foaf-a-matic.html

In order to help everyone understand how this tool/feature works, I've put together a short tutorial which should answer some of the basic questions here.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact the me - there's a contact link at the bottom of every page on the site.

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