[Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org

[Richard K Miller]

This bishop's response is understandable.  I posted the map on More  
Good Foundation's site with the hope that it has slightly more  
credibility than an IP address (and probably not much more to the  
general public.)  I would hate for this site to encourage widespread  
use of Church passwords and result in someone putting their  
credentials into a phishing site.


On Apr 10, 2006, at 7:58 AM, Jay Askren wrote:

> 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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