HH- I mistakenly posted this in Wind Tunnels when I'd meant to post it here. Since it didn't get moved, I'd appreciate it if you'd let me cross-post the suggestion here. Thanks.
It would be great to have a wind tunnel locator on DZ.com like its current DZ locator. The best things about it would be:
- centralized location just like the DZ locator - no cumbersome Google searches with iffy results. - it would be more up-to date, so recently-opened tunnels wouldn't be skipped. - it would only list operational tunnels (or ones truly under active construction), eliminating all the hyped-up "phantom" tunnels that exist only in investors' press releases. - it would be more or less "neutral" - it would not be a site run by anyone with a commercial agenda, so it wouldn't be biased toward listing only "allies" or omitting "competitors".
(There are a couple of so-called "directory" sites - one popular one in particular - that seem to have some glaring "gaps", i.e., some tunnels that exist are omitted. This would go a long way toward curing that.)
For whatever it's worth, there's a discussion in the thread linked above about whether the need I've suggested for a broad, searchable DZ locator database is or is not yet filled on DZ.com. I think it is not. But in the interest of fair reporting, I'm mentioning it here.
I did some of the work on the current DZ locator. I'm interested in understanding the things you think the locator is missing -- the needs it doesn't fulfill.
I can't speak for Sangiro on whether or not they'd be implemented, but I would like to know.
I did some of the work on the current DZ locator. I'm interested in understanding the things you think the locator is missing -- the needs it doesn't fulfill.
I can't speak for Sangiro on whether or not they'd be implemented, but I would like to know. Thanks, Ross
Just to make clear, I'm talking about creating a new Tunnel Locator on DZ.com, not critiqueing the current DZ locator.
The current DZ locator on DZ.com is great. It is an actual comprehensive database, not just a list of a few tunnel links that DZ.com currently has.
For example, one thing I think is a really good feature that DZ.com's DZ locator has is the search function HERE that lets people plug in a certain central location and then find all DZ's in the database located within "X" miles of that location. I used it a couple years ago when I got recurrent, and I still use it whenever I want to find DZ's in other states to which I travel. If people searching for a tunnel could do the same thing, I'm sure they'd find it very helpful.
Yes, but now there are quite a few tunnels that are not co-located with a dropzone. Also doesn't appear to be accurate either, as there's no tunnel at a couple of those for sure.
(This post was edited by NWFlyer on Dec 2, 2007, 8:55 AM)
True... But one example is http://www.dropzone.com/.../Detailed/1354.shtml where Aicraft = Wind Tunnel. So all they have to do is login, create a DZ account and do the same. There is one that says "Wind Tunnel coming soon." I think the key is going to be marketing this site's service to those stand-alone wind tunnels that they have a marketing/sales opportunity here.
(This post was edited by BIGUN on Dec 2, 2007, 4:47 PM)
Search dropzones for tunnel.JPG
