Map-/Geographically-Based Global Profiles?

Hi,

Thanks for contacting us. Unfortunately this feature is not available in the current version of profile grid. But we have noted it down in our feature list and you will be able to see them in the upcoming versions.

Thank You.

I look forward to it, thank you. I forgot to mention, too, a capability for members to add their own location. I guess it could work with Buddypress. Thanks again.

Hello @permaea,

Thank you for your patience. Yes, we have to see the most efficient and unobtrusive method to gather user location data. There are multiple APIs that help do that. Developing such a feature requires some planning and testing. What I can confirm is that we have added this as part of our future update and will be available in ProfileGrid soon. Unfortunately, I cannot provide an exact date for it.

We want to grow ProfileGrid based on user feedback and our team actively gathers requirements. If you have any suggestions or advice, nothing will be more valuable to us right now.

Feel free to ask questions.

Hi @profilegrid0,

Fair enough and thanks for the follow-up and implementation considerations.

Two sites, incidentally, that we have direct experience with that are simple/intuitive enough to use well, and that come close in their own different ways to the idea, might in some regards be both ViewPoint Realty (Nova Scotia, Canada), and Pumpipumpe (see their map beta for example).

This idea is to have a fast and easy way to 1. register as a member of the site (Buddypress? Ultimate Member?); 2. Then, add info to the map without needing the admin of the site to do so (but have a facility to report abuses of this); 3. Interact with the map and access information from it as both a member and a simple visitor; 4. Somehow encourage and facilitate networking of the members of the site vis-a-vis their respective geographical locations and their info from the map/site.

There seem to be a few possible WordPress plugins and theme implementations that approach what we are looking for and that we are currently investigating as time allows, such as Geo My WordPress and Geodirectory, but we are as yet unsure.

One thing I would add, FWIW, that was thought of just now is the idea of somehow getting the democratic software, Loomio, to work within a wordpress theme or as its own theme, perhaps in conjunction with ProfileGrid, if that makes sense to do so.

Likewise, feel free to ask questions and keep in touch. I’ll be reading. Maybe we can hammer something truly wonderful out together.

Hi @permaea,

Thanks for contacting us. Our team is working on the Map/Geographically functionality and we will release it soon with Profile Grid. However, we have created some more extensions to enhance the functionalities. Please visit : https://profilegrid.co/extensions/ to check.

Thank You.

Hi,

As per your suggestions, we have introduced Geo-location extension of Profile Grid. This will provide you upgraded functionality of Profile Grid. You can visit these on: https://profilegrid.co/extensions/ .

Note: Please upgrade the plugin version in your site and check those.

Let us know your feed back on: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/#reviews .

Thank You.