Hey Paranoia, can you put a red gem on Memphis, TN? i can't wait to see Memphis tagged. Thank You.

England is gonna get really crowded with gems I think

I added a few more locations. I'll keep posting the updated map in the first post. Anyone with Photoshop skills and more time than me can feel free to make it look prettier.

Sounds good, Paranoia! How will you create the map? (i.e. drawing in pen, marking it in MS paint, or using a Geographic Information System etc?)
Looks like there's plenty of Americans and a couple of British members so far, I imagine you're all freezing your butts off.
I live in Mackay, Australia.

KANGAROOS.

Also, San Antonio Texas. Oh wait, I think my profile says that, or? Yeah I think.

[Edit] Whaaah, just saw your map with the red dot things. Cool!

cool!

in the future, do you think you could you just paste the flags on in Paint or GIMP etc if the program is hard to work with?

Thanks! The idea was for me to get some practice using GIS software. Basically using a GIS stores the geographic data and locations in a table, where you could analyze it using the software's tools... but there's really nothing to analyze on a simple display of locations. So this was just for me to mess around with some aspects of the program that I never used before. For this purpose a photo editing program would be a lot easier for sure though.

CuttingEdge: That one's the Czech Republic for Geckoncze. I will add Poland next

in the future, do you think you could you just paste the flags on in Paint or GIMP etc if the program is hard to work with?

Pretty simple, honestly. The program I used is super slow on my laptop, so it's kind of a pain to work with, but I learned a few new things like how to get custom point images and editing feature classes and stuff. If you want to add your location, just post here, and maybe I'll get to it sometime.

Sounds good, Paranoia! How will you create the map? (i.e. drawing in pen, marking it in MS paint, or using a Geographic Information System etc?)
Looks like there's plenty of Americans and a couple of British members so far, I imagine you're all freezing your butts off.
I live in Mackay, Australia.

Yo, long time no see!

I'll be using ArcMap to make the map by digitizing points and possibly trying some stuff with ArcScene if I can figure it out.

Lot's of variety coming in with the locations! Luckily I've moved a bit south to visit my family for Christmas, so it's not as cold as it could be. I'm normally in Duluth, Minnesota... Northern Climate + Lake Superior = lots of snow and wind.