On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Doc Shipley wrote:
> The broad strokes of my idea was to put together a questionnaire for
> anybody who'll answer, with city of residence, area of collecting, maybe
> real-world occupation and computing experience/expertise, etc. Gather
> that into a running database, mostly for member consumption only. We
> all seem to travel a fair amount, most of us seem to enjoy "hooking up"
> with other collectors, and such a database seems like a natural thing to
> do, and a very valuable resource. Personally, I'm really curious as to
> what the map will look like. There seem to be some fair concentrations
> in some not-obviously-reasonable places. Like the Great North Woods. :)
There already exists a place with some of these features.
The ComputerShelter,
www.computershelter.org, is supposed to be a
"Distributed Museum" where you can sign up as a "Curator", and then
add
your machines to your Stash, showing to everyone what you have.
The idea is to get a collaborated museum of peoples equipment, where they
can share information (and parts) about them.
As related to this, it contains a function allowing you to find other
curators within a certain distance of yourself or a given zip
code... Sounds like what you want is already written.
JP