Off topic chat about anything you like. Doesn't have to be about XMs (though they will inevitibly come up!). You can even discuss
non-Citroens 
in here!
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White Exec
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1996 2.5TD saloon, Exclusive, Polar White
1992 BX19D Millesime, Sable Phenicien
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by White Exec » Sat Dec 13, 2014 8:47 am
Ciaran,
How about producing a world map (with maybe a European/UK part enlargement) showing where all of us reside? Info taken from profile? Might be an inducement for some of this info actually to be filled in!!
Little green spheres could be dotted around

Chris
1996 XM 2.5TD Exclusive RP7165 Polar White
1992 BX19D Millesime RP5800 Sable
1989 BX19RD Delage Red Deceased; 1998 ZX 1.9D Avantage auto Triton Green Company car 1998..2001; 2001 Xantia 1.8i auto Wicked Red Company car 2001..2003
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Ciaran
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by Ciaran » Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:58 am
Very good idea Chris, in fact I think there's a little Google maps add-on that can do that automatically, will look into it
Ciarán
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Aerodynamica
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by Aerodynamica » Sat Dec 13, 2014 4:48 pm
I saw another Xm this week in Glasgow and it would be interesting to see how many forum members are around this area
2008 C5 Exclusive Tourer 'Olde Nim'
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robertmnorton
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by robertmnorton » Mon Dec 15, 2014 6:44 pm
Hi Ciaran, I like the idea, and that of Chris, to mark with a sphere symbol, perhaps include an " L " for those of us with a LEXIA prepared to share, or a " D " for other diagnostics, or even " S " for those that have spares available ? Maybe we can each help keep more on the road. We all could benefit.
robertm
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by Aerodynamica » Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:01 pm
The XM network!
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Ciaran
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by Ciaran » Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:56 am
This is getting more interesting by the minute
Unfortunately I wasn't able to do anything yesterday because the site which hosts add-ons repository for the forum software was hacked over the weekend and is currently down and it contains some API stuff I need, but hopefully it will be back soon.
Ciarán
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by Ciaran » Mon Dec 29, 2014 5:28 pm
Well I found a Google Maps API someone else had written and thought I'd give it a go.
Turns out the documentation is in German, the program author long since AWOL and the SQL syntax is completely wrong for our type of database, some retrofitting will be done over the next few days

Vorsprung durch technik indeed.
Might be easier to just write a new one specific for our needs, could well do that yet.
Ciarán