I appreciate the efforts that EastCoaster is making. I don’t worry about my local clubs, I know where they are. But if I am traveling having the right address could help. I will take a look at my local clubs and update if necessary to help anyone that is traveling in this area.
Thanks, Founder, et al. I pretty much only club while traveling around the country, so, not being super-familiar with the clubs (or totally unfamiliar), I really rely on the addresses.
While browsing TUSCL reviews each morning, it doesn't take me long to do a quick check of an address on Google Maps' Street View; reporting updates is easy, and Founder is great about working through the updates quickly.
Yes, lots and LOTS of addresses are wrong. Sometimes the address is off by just the last digit -- which usually means I'm looking for a club on the wrong side of the street. Other times, the addresses are WAY off. The other day, the address that was listed for one club placed it in the middle of a river!
Anyway, rather than bitch about the incorrect addresses, I decided I'd just make this my contribution to all the other wayward mongers like me who really need accurate info. I am grateful to anyone else who takes up the challenge.
What?? You chose to do something instead of just bitching about it? Appreciate you raising the bar for the rest of us. Props to founder for acknowledging it and I’ll throw my “thanks” into the mix as well.
nicespice, it's not like I've undertaken a systematic look at all the listings. Every morning as I read through the past day's reviews I look at the clubs' addresses. Some I know are right. Some I doubt are right, and some I'm just curios about (since so many have been wrong) so I check them against what Google Maps Street View shows. It's a quick process, and after while the correct versions become more numerous than the faulty ones.
I don't have to check every single one. Follies get reviewed just about every day, and I know that the address is right because I know that one by heart. And so does my GPS. lol
I never set out to check every single address in the TUSCL pantheon of club listings, nor can I. I'm a little obsessive, maybe, but I'm not crazy. I just figure over time I'll make at least a little bit of a difference.
My suggestion is that contributors here could just eyeball the addresses they see in listings once in a while and check if you think something might be wrong. It's not perfect, but if you correct a few now and then, it's still gonna be helpful.
If everybody fact checked a club at the same time they did a review, the product would be even better. But most reviewers don't take the time to see if the club hours, prices, etc are correct. Hell a lot of them can't even read the guidelines.
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I'll submit updates soon.
While browsing TUSCL reviews each morning, it doesn't take me long to do a quick check of an address on Google Maps' Street View; reporting updates is easy, and Founder is great about working through the updates quickly.
Yes, lots and LOTS of addresses are wrong. Sometimes the address is off by just the last digit -- which usually means I'm looking for a club on the wrong side of the street. Other times, the addresses are WAY off. The other day, the address that was listed for one club placed it in the middle of a river!
Anyway, rather than bitch about the incorrect addresses, I decided I'd just make this my contribution to all the other wayward mongers like me who really need accurate info. I am grateful to anyone else who takes up the challenge.
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Wasn't that Sinclair's old tag line?
SJG
What “territory” have you already covered?
I concur with the above about the contributions.
I don't have to check every single one. Follies get reviewed just about every day, and I know that the address is right because I know that one by heart. And so does my GPS. lol
I never set out to check every single address in the TUSCL pantheon of club listings, nor can I. I'm a little obsessive, maybe, but I'm not crazy. I just figure over time I'll make at least a little bit of a difference.
My suggestion is that contributors here could just eyeball the addresses they see in listings once in a while and check if you think something might be wrong. It's not perfect, but if you correct a few now and then, it's still gonna be helpful.