[Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org

[Jay Askren]

First, I want to say the website is very cool.  Unfortunately, when I
forwarded it on to some of our church leaders, I got a response that caught
me a bit off guard.  A member of our bishopric was very hesitant to put his
username and password to a non church sponsored website.  The more I think
about it, it's a very legitimate concern especially today when I'm getting
phishing emails several times a week.  I'm sure Richard's website is just
fine, but someone with less sincere intentions than Richard could send a
similar email to this email list just as Richard did, and capture all of our
usernames and passwords to the church website as we go and log into the
website to see the cool web page he built.  How can we really know if we
trust websites posted to this or any other email list which asks for
sensitive information.  Any thoughts on this?

Jay


On 4/6/06, Richard K Miller <richardkmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Here's my attempt at it:
>
> https://www.moregoodfoundation.org/wardmap/
>
> After entering your LDS.org username and password, it will fetch your
> ward directory, geocode the addresses, and map it.  Your credentials
> are transmitted entirely over SSL, and are not saved.
>
> I'm using Geocoder.us for the geocoding, which works pretty well but
> isn't perfect -- some of my ward member's houses were in the wrong
> place.  But my BYU ward isn't very interesting anyway, since all the
> markers are in one tiny clump.
>
> Richard
>
>
> ---
> Richard K. Miller
> www.richardkmiller.com
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 5, 2006, at 4:02 PM, Todd Miner wrote:
>
> > What I'd really like to see is a mashup of the posted addresses on
> > the ward web site with Google maps.  Since I work at the stake
> > level, I'd love to see all the stake members pinpointed on a map
> > with different color pushpins for their ward assignments.  I'm sure
> > this is possible, and I have even found websites that will publish
> > my spreadsheet full of addresses via Google maps - but they charge
> > for their services.
> >
> >
> > Sounds like a great open source project.  :)
> >
> > > Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 07:02:39 -0600
> > > From: "Ed Ashton" <stcauction at hotmail.com>
> > > Subject: [Ldsoss] RE: Welcome to the "Ldsoss" mailing list (Digest
> > > mode)
> > >
> > > Besides the rudimentary mapping on the lds website using mapquest
> > does
> > > anybody know of any other mapping or GIS related projects the
> > Church has
> > > embarked on?  I'm a membership clerk in our local unit and have
> > found using
> > > ESRI's Arcview very helpful for leaders, members and missionaries
> > to know
> > > where members live.  Not to mention the the plethora of other useful
> > > information that a GIS can contain.
> >
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