Last week I was talking about how I had added a guestmap to the site (sort of a cross between a visitors log and map). Two things annoyed be about what i’d done, the first is it required user interaction and the second is it was open to abuse from spam bots (and wow did it get hit!).

So rather than fix what i’d done I decided to make use of something i’ve been using to see roughly where in the world people have been visiting from since the begining of the April. That service is ClustrMaps. Eachtime somone visits Gone Walkabout an image is opened (its the one under visitors map in the sidebar on the left). ClustrMaps see where in the world the image is being requested from and plot that information on a map with a red dot. The more people visit from the same location the bigger the dots get! Then each day that map is updated and made avaliable to the world!

So, I’ve changed the visitor map page that I did have to a new one (same location) which means that daily map is avaliable to everyone. If you follow the link to the Gone Walkabout page on the ClustrMaps site there is also the option to ‘zoom’ in on continents for more detailed information.