Do you have a common data import feature of some kind? I've got more than 1100 machines indexed on my Pinball Maps application. Yes, I use IPDB index numbers, that should make things easier already.

I just added Herm's Hot Dog Palace to the database. I am actually heading there later today to meet a friend for lunch. They have a ToM. It's dirty, but it plays well.

Having trouble adding any machines to a new location.

Robin, it is not allowing me to add machines to the location and therefore not able to put in a location.

Same problems as above. Won't allow me to add machines to location.

no error message, you just click on the title and then nothing happens. the more I looked at it, I could see a submit button but it was hidden and unclickable behind the add location or cancel buttons. It was behind the opaque black window near where the close window "X" is. But unreachable and unfunctioning on IE.

which browser are you using

I am using Firefox. Get some rest an relaxation thanks for making a great site even better!

It is now working fine for me in Internet Explorer. Haven't tried it on Firefox yet.

Awesome new addition to the site... way better then any of the other pin-map sites I've tried to use. Hopefully lots of locations get entered.

I fully support this idea and would like to help with BA locations, however, I am not sure if I can.

I did a quick copy/paste operation and the data is ooogly! We had the same problem when it was migrated out of google maps.

Also, while the portland folks probably wouldn't be opposed with the data being in more than one place, I would not assume they would be willing to do a lot of work to enable/automate it.

Awesome feature, thanks!

Well, it looks like I was a bit premature when I added Herm's Hot Dog Palace to the list. I met my friend there this afternoon, and much to my surprise, ToM was gone with no replacement. I was quite shocked, as this establishment has had a pin as long as I can remember. The owner told me that they recently got into a fight with the op that owned the ToM, and their current lineup of vids is provided by a different op. Apparently, he doesn't do pinball.

I had a pocket full of quarters, and I was in the mood to play some pinball, so after lunch we drove a couple miles to a place that I knew had a good lineup: WCS, ToM, AFM and Doctor Dude. Unfortunately, they were not in good shape. The left flipper on AFM was extremely weak, the trunk was broken on ToM, and WCS94 wouldn't even boot up. That being said, we still had a lot of fun.

Well done Robin, another great addition to Pinside! We already have a similar pinball location website in the UK called "Pinformer", but this could be a lot better if members can add pins that they come across "in the wild". Unfortunately finding a working pinball to play in arcades of the UK is getting increasingly difficult.

To kick things off in the UK, I have added a couple of locations that I have recently visited.

I have to point out that I have no connection with the Pinball Parlour, but it a great place to visit for an afternoons pinball. You are always assured of a warm welcome by the owners Geoff and Pete.

How about having a rating system for the condition of the machine at the location? 5 stars for a brand new Stern or recently shopped machine, down to 1 star for a beaten up wreak with weak flippers and major faults. I know that you can put a comment about the condition against each machine listed.

I wasn't able to add the game. Using IE8 here.

Well, as you may have seen I didn't add a 'delete' function. I though it would be better if people just update the location and remove the machine(s), keeping the location in the database.

Yep, that's exactly what I did. When I couldn't figure out how to dellete the location, I removed the machine. What if a place goes out of business? I assume we can just let you know and you'll remove it?

Only the original placer of the location will be able to delete it.

This is a very smart idea.

The new pinside member heatmap is sweet too. Nice work Robin.

robin, how do you get the person's avatar to show up in the quote like that?

I added three locations, but need to visit them to get an accurate game listing.

Robin, I am on Firefox and I hit F11 and that worked, I just couldn't see the button not on full screen, can't believe it was that simple. Thanks a lot, and there will be a lot of locations added for Nebraska soon

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That is awesome. Highlight the text you want to quote and hit the quote button, it does it automatically.

Never mind, it appears to be working now. Nice touch, by the way.

Great feature to add to the site. I'm on the road frequently and am always looking for a place to play a few games. I added pins in Wichita, Scottsdale, and of course Chicago today...

Yea you have to hit F11 if using Firefox otherwise the add pin button does not function properly.

New feature
From now on, this should be automatically added to all 'quotes'!

Robin: Can you run a PHP script? I've a feeling it's gonna take that in order to incorporate my list. The INSERT INTO locations statement would go first, then a line for the mysql_insert_row statement to fetch the new location ID number before we loop through the IPDB numbers for that location's machines.
I apparently have a little work to do to get Canadian addresses in there as it's not picking up the postal code.

I am now using firefox as you suggested Robin and this feature works great, added about five or six of my favorite locations to play so far, and will try to add more everyday. Could take up to a month, but if it helps even one pinsider, then it will be time well spent.

Good call. Please add more locations, as I have made Nebraska look like a pinball Mecca. I swear New York has some pinball. Where is the whole East coast? I know you know where a bunch of machine are, so start posting.

Sadly, Herm's Hot Dog Palace has now been removed from the archive.

Such a great idea,
helps when trying to figure out what town to stay over night while traveling

Wont add a location for me... i can click the button but its not doing anything when i click it... running newest version of FireFox

New York DOES have pinball! So does New Jersey. It's all in my Maps. I'll send the data to Robin, but for now:

http://www.laughingotter.com/pinball/maps/pinballMap-NYCPinballLeague.html

will have to do.

Castles's n Coaster's in Phoenix, Arizona has
MB, LOTR,TOTAN,TAF,CFTBL, Batman, Spiderman, Iron man, CP, CV, POTC, RFM, Star wars ep 1, MM, TOM, Terminator 3, Simpson's pinball party, Family Guy, and 4 or 5 more I just remember playing those.

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I have tried to add 4 locations and it says they aren't in your database. How do I get around that??? They are real places with real machines. Thanks. You're tireless and wonderful, whoever you are....

I can't seem to add a location.

Error is:
"Location not found.

Sorry, there is no location in our database matching 'teddys-grimsby-ontario-canada'."

Cool, works now.

Awesome idea Robin! You're the best, I need to get back to adding more locations now!