Telescope Shops on Google Maps

[BlueAstra]

If anyone knows that one of the shops is online, and not a real shop, just change the balloon to an envelope. I did in fact try to delve deeper than just looking at the opening times, to see if they explicitly talked about a showroom, etc.

Getting back to my original idea, I just thought it would be useful to know where my local shops where, so that I could actually see some kit and maybe get some advice (I'm looking for a cpc800, probably). Its a dilemma for the trade that as a customer its nice to see kit and get advice, but you want internet prices. There are some shops that seem to do both. However, price isn't always everything, and just a browse through some of the threads here will show how important reputation, service and good aftersales is.

[geoff_k]

Nice work. A few on there I wasn't aware of.

Geoff

[BlueAstra]

I've now found a way to add photos to the description of the shop. It's quite complicated, you upload a photo to a web based album (eg Google Picasa3), and the add a link to it from the description box (edit-select photo icon) on Google maps.

I've done it for two shops, SBTC Rotherham and Rother Vally Optics as I happened to be in the area at the time. If anyone wants to add a photo of their local shop either edit the map as above or send me the photo (low res).

[Psychobilly]

Super Job

Couple of us are after your advice so we can set up a cloudwatchers map... Im planning to taek a widefield imgae of the cloudcover each night an hour or so before dusk ad post it together with a description of the clouds for the few hours up to the tiem the pic was taken.. if we can link them into a google map then they can be used together witha sat24 anim to give some idea whats heading "upwind"...

Peter...

[simo1222]

i live in south wales cwmbran, can anybody tell me if there is a shop nearby, according to this theres only one in wales and its 100 mls away thanks david.