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Add A Location! | Fishing Spots, Bike/Nature Trails, Bird Watching?

Welcome To Shawngo's Google Maps & Fishing Spots Mesh!

Reference Your Locations!

In each of the location balloons that appear for a specific spot, there is a link at the top of the balloon. This link can be referenced in emails, forums, blogs etc.

Feel free to reference your location from our maps page!!
Just right click and "Copy Shortcut" in Internet Explorer and paste the link where needed.
example of location reference

For Anglers

I have put together this website for people to add their favorite outdoor locations.

Note: For fishing spots, I'm mostly interested in general locations, ie Lakes, Ponds, Rivers etc. If you really want to give up the exact GPS coordinates of your favorite 'honey hole', that is up to you!

Well, I hope you enjoy this site! Thanks for visiting!

- Shawn

For Business Owners

A recent undergoing for the HotSpots page will provide functionality for businesses (bait/tackle shops etc) to list their location relevant to the bodies of water that they generally serve.

For example: Shawngo Bait and Tackle can add itself as a location on the map and give general details about services/merchandise it offers.

I think this would help a great deal to those travelling anglers looking for these types of services.

Maybe even a Yahoo! Local Search implementation if it pans out. Hmm..

- Shawn

New! Shawngo.com Fishing Map Forum Now Available!

Post Questions, Suggestions or Bugs you may find at the new forum.

Now Available In Google Earth Flavor!! - Click to toggle info.

Update Log -
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  • 2006-04-09
  •   Updated this page to Google Maps API ver 2.44.
  •   Shrunk all the main data windows and made them toggle-able :)
  •   AJAX'd requests so the page doesn't refresh so much!
  • 2006-03-27
  •   Added ability to search for location by GPS DMS format.
  •   Added ability to search for location by decimal format.
  •   Combined the above. Both show results if either are submitted.
  •   Added ability to search by Country.
  •   Added ability to search by Address (within the USA).
  •   Added a Quick-Add form for quicker location adds.
  •   Changed the Default Theme
  •   Modified existing themes.
  •   Working on other additions.
  •   All in a day\'s work :)
  • 2006-03-28
  •   Wrote a KML Generator Script in PHP for the Hotspots database.
  •    - Now the date can be viewed in Google Earth
  •    - Here\'s the script and the Output info KML Generator
  • 2006-03-29
  •   Return grouped results for States when user selects United States for the country.
  •   Finally got around to validating the forms.
  • 2006-04-03
  •   Version 2.1a
  •   Added a forum for comments and suggestions.
  •   Fixed IE bug in 2.0.1b
  • 2006-03-31
  •   Created Version 2.0 beta of this page.
  •   Added a topo map overlay. See Link.
  •   Added a help section.
  •   Updated most of the features from previous version
Find A Location -
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New! Find location by GPS Coordinates!
Degrees Minutes Seconds
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New! Find location by Decimal Coordinates!
These are dynamically updated when the map is double-clicked
Longitude:
Latitude:
New! Find location by Country or Address!
Go to country:
Go to address:

Note* Address must be in address  :  city  :  state format. See Default.
New! Quick-Add    Check the box to enable Quick-Add ability.
This will allow you to click once on a location and fill out a shorter version of the form below.
Reason: Encourage greater number of added locations per visitor? :)
 

Here's a great way to show the world your favorite fishing spots, hunting areas, bike trails, and hiking trails!
Directions below
These are dynamically updated when the map is clicked
Longitude:
 Latitude:
Double click on map to get Long/Lat coordinates.
City
 *State/Region [Required]
 *Country [Required]
Trip / Location Information
Time
 Tackle
 Approach
*Subject / Title [Required]:
 Date Of Trip:(YYYY-MM-DD)
Location/Blog Link
 Image 1 Link:
Image 2 Link:
Image 3 Link:
*Description [Required]:(ie Type of fish, your fishing story, or a general summary.)

Please limit description to 250 characters. Characters typed:
or
Here's what you do: See Example
  1. Find the location on the map
    • You can zoom in closer and click "Satellite" to view details
    • Double click the precise location and you will notice the coordinates change
  2. Double-Click to set coordinates
  3. Select the type of location
  4. Add a description
  5. Enter your email address or a username if you dont want your email address listed
    Password if you want to add several
    or change existing
  6. Enter a link for the location (could be a blog link, forum link, local business link)
  7. Enter up to 3 image urls
  8. Example: http://www.homepage.com/bigtrout.jpg
  9. Submit your entry and reload the page