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Greetings, Earthlings!
Here, the main attraction are our BLOGS, FORUMS and GROUPS, although we maintain our site FAQ here, as well as some background pages on us.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US -- use the Forums and start a discussion if you don't see your question already being discussed.
Click around and have fun. We hope this will increase your enjoyment of (and contribution to) this giant community wiki of place information.
Blog Posts
Simplification.
Over the next few weeks we are beginning a process of radical simplification of the website. For the most part, we don't think you'll miss some of the things we're going to subordinate (usually this will mean moving links from being prominent to being slightly more out of sight). The net result should be a website that is clearer, and cleaner, and faster for doing the things that most of you are doing.
The second part of this process is going to make it MUCH easier to ma… Continue
Posted by Rubin on March 2, 2010 at 9:41am
Today's (Jan 27) New Features!
We've made a handful of helpful additions to the site and we'd appreciate your feedback. First, we added a simple way to add locations ("Create") using an address. It also works for lat/long. This should make adding places much easier.
Second, we revised the Search & Explore page - hopefully making browsing easier. The Category Browser has been promoted on the page - so its easier to find. And while you can still select a number of categories to look at on the map, to… Continue
Posted by The PublicEarth Team on January 27, 2010 at 4:23pm
iPhone App Available Today: PublicEarth "Pro Tools"!
ProTools is just the first of a series of simple applications that utilize the PublicEarth wiki database.
With ProTools on the iPhone,… Continue
Posted by The PublicEarth Team on December 28, 2009 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment
Tonight's Release 12/11: Introducing PlaceBook
Something has shifted in the way we've been talking about, and using, PublicEarth -- and we think this will help everyone: What your iTunes library is to your music... what your Facebook friends are to your social sphere, what your Netflix queue is to your movies, what your Flickr albums are to your photos... this is what PublicEarth is to your "places" -- we're your personal library, your mobile atlas. We call this your PlaceBook.
By having a single place… Continue
Posted by Rubin on December 11, 2009 at 3:30pm — 4 Comments
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Walkers
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RV Fulltimers
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PRESS ROOM
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Widget Share
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Hauntings
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Forum
Send to GPS 6 Replies
Started by Mike Barnwell in GPS Devices. Last reply by Mike Barnwell Feb 17.
Bulk Uploads 1 Reply
Started by Phineas Moore in Creating and Editing Places. Last reply by Megan Peterson Jan 20.
MAP COORDINATES 3 Replies
Started by Barry D. Engleman in Main Forum. Last reply by The PublicEarth Team Jan 13.
Pre-Populated Content 3 Replies
Started by Kevin D. Hendricks in Creating and Editing Places. Last reply by Barry D. Engleman Dec. 19, 2009.
What's the difference between PE and Google's Mymaps? 3 Replies
Started by spyros kapsaskis in Site Features. Last reply by Rubin Dec. 9, 2009.
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