Mapping surf spots on the internet: Good or bad?

[streetdaddy]

Example One (http://wikimapia.org/#y=-26687343&x=153302879&z=12&l=0&m=a&v=2&show=/61217/)

Example Two (http://wikimapia.org/#y=-27932162&x=153433814&z=15&l=0&m=a&v=2&show=/4524365/)

These are not exactly secrets, but how long until the real gems start popping up on sites like this?

Personally I'd like to think other surfers would not post locations :mad: maybe it was fkn fishos...

[SBL]

i have google earth and i have mapped out like the whole sth coast with the help of some mates but to do that you need to know where the locations are anyway.
that shit ur talking about is just gay

[Donweather]

It's not like either of those two examples are "secret spots". Not even close. Every man and his dog on this forum talks about them all the time.

There are secret spots left on the east coast, just not in the populated centres. And I think anyone who loves the ocean would not divulge there secret spot on places like Google Map/Earth so I don't think we've got much to worry about at the moment. If a spot is indicated on these type of sites then it pretty much means that the general masses are aware of it and thus I doubt very much whether it would be deemed a "secret spot" anyway.

Just my opinion.

[masta]

say goodbye to localism ??

if anyone gets hassled from locals at a 'secret spot', it will be up in a jiffy.

[Burgundy]

call me old fashion but there are about a trillion other things i would worry about then something like this....joshstar delete this thread, my mind is overloaded with all these moral dilemas that are being brought to my attention everytime i log on to bcam

[Joshstar]

Veddy niice, veddy niice.

[what_a_bogan]

ya it does take out the hole fun of the search... this one reef me and a mate found while venturing down to crounula last year looks soo good and deserted.. we where soo stoked to find it and give it a name (sluglys).. but shit like this is just takin the fun out of it and is ganna reck alot of spots.

[Surfer Jo]

As a case for the NZ coast, iv used google earth to locate and map 2 reefs one right and one left that i knew existed but never knew how to get to b4, i found it very usefull tho it does kind of worry me how easy it was...maybe its just the way of the future tho.

ps. I would never make my shots from google earth or the mapping of it public tho, but if anyone took the same amount of time that i did and had some local knowledge it wouldnt be to hard.

[GC-lidder]

bahhahaa someone posted a comment on the TOS map

"thanks buddy, me and all my kook friends from Logan bought some boogie boards and are going to hit TOS up regularily and clog the lineup, hooting and singing emo songs. sweet"

bahahaha

i here you boags, the search is the fun part, but it can be frustrating if you know where the place is but dont know how to get there. in that case a map can be handy

[SBL]

its even more frustrating trying to find a new place when you know somewhere else is coooking

[what_a_bogan]

its even more frustrating trying to find a new place when you know somewhere else is coooking

yup ^ ^ ^