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[Scott Moser <smoser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Actually the team who have created the name for their event " Maverick
> Release Party - East side" is the Ubuntu-Michigan team. Teams name their
> events however they chose.

Right, so the code is not at fault for picking a bad name.  The result
is the same.

> United States
> Maverick Release Party - East Side
> West Michigan Ubuntu 10.10 Release Party
>
> If you click into either of them you get the team details.

Right again.  However, if there are 500 entries there (which I would
think is the goal), the user has no other organizational information on
which ones might be near them other than this arbitrary string.
Suggesting that I click on each of the 500 entries and look at details,
and manually determine if this party is close to me, is very much like
suggesting that I "go take a hike".  The end result will be that I don't
find a party.

I'm sorry for sounding like a jerk, I'm just trying to convey the
experience.  I had this first hand when I was traveling during the 10.04
release, and wanted to find a nearby party.  I didn't know the area at
all, I wouldn't have been able to determine if a location was nearby or
not.  But, I could easily have pointed to my location on a map (or even
let GPS/geo-locate do it for me).  The houseparty.cx site was the only
thing that was useful.

I realize you're trying to fix this correctly, and thats great.  I
realize that a.) this is a feature not a bug b.) people have other
things to do with their time.

Overall, I really like the release party stuff.  Thanks for the hard
work.

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Show map of events
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/570613
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Bug description:
Show map of events to make it easier to find "party near you".