As far as seeing members in the areas you plan to dive...you can do that now in the Dive Site section. Visit a dive site on divebuddy.com...and if the location has been added for that dive site, you’ll see that dive site on a map with other push pins that represent the members in a 50 mile radius. When you click on a member push pin, you’ll see their screen name and photo AND a quick message form to send them a message if you’re planning a trip. The dive map is only going to show members that have added their location to their profile.
I like the idea of having a global dive buddy map of members...but that is a big request...we have 1000’s of members. I need to figure out a way to filter the push pins some how so the map isn’t crowded...OR...only show members in certain locations when you zoom into the map.
If anyone is an expert at Google Maps API and Asp.Net...I’d love your opinion on how to do that properly.