ISAW FAQ

GENERAL

What is the best club in XXX ?

MAPS

How do I nagivate in the maps?

Why do some clubs have a (p) after their name?

Does this means that locations of clubs with a (p) are inaccurate and not reliable?

Why do some markers not point to the club building itself?

Why do some addresses have "XX" as street number?

How do I confirm a club’s GPS coordinates?

How do I correct information on a club (telephone number, address, etc…)?

How do I correct a club's GPS coordinates?

How do I contribute new clubs?

The street map and the sattelite view are misaligned, which one should I use?

Can I contribute clubs in another country than the ones already on the site?

Can I contribute clubs on another continent (Asia, Africa, Australia, America, etc...)?

Can I contribute clubs on another planet?

Why does it take so long for my contributions to be added to the relevant country-city maps?

DATABASE

Where is the database with information like opening hours, entrance fee, hourly rate, number of girls, rating and more?

POI DOWNLOAD

How do I add the clubs as POIs in TomTom?

How do I convert the downloaded POIs into another format supported by my GPS navigation system?

After conversion, how do I add the clubs as POIs in Destinator, Navman, Navio, Garmin, MioMap, etc.?

GENERAL

What is the best club in XXX ?

There are many forums where mongerers post about their experience and we suggest you visit them and do your homework before visiting a new city or country. Please note however that some posters can be over-enthusiastic and you should keep a few things in mind:

• Unless he has visited all clubs in a given city, nobody can say in all fairness which one is the best. It might be the best club he has visited himself, and than can be just a couple of clubs
• Even in our favourite clubs, we have had absolutely wonderful times one day, and disappointing ones on other days
• Recommendation for a club can also be posted by the club itself (as well as warning against other clubs). Check other posts made by the same poster to assess his reliability. If it's his first post, if he recommends always the same and only club, there are chance his report is fake. Posters with a long track record, in particular those having visited several countries, are usually more trustworthy
• Posters can also be over-enthusiastic in their reports when it comes to relating their sexual performance (with shame, we must admit we have also exagerated our own performance in various forums every now and then)
• A pleasant visit depends on the services received from a girl. She may no longer be there on your visit and, even if she's there, she may not provide you with the same outstanding services. Even with the same girl, we occasionally had a good session one day and a bad one another day. The opposite is also true, we occasionally had outstanding sessions with a girl considered as an absolute "stay away!" on the forums. So our advice is "follow your instinct"

We have our favourite clubs, but the scene changes so rapidly that we can't make any recommendation. Experienced mongerers know that clubs go uphill or downhill very rapidly. The purpose of this site is only to provide you with objective information on clubs, such as address, location on map, website, etc... so you can go there and make up your own mind.

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MAPS

How do I nagivate in the maps?

To navigate, you can:

• Click-and-drag to move to another area of the map
• Zoom in and out with the "ladder" control on the left of the map
• Toggle between "Map" view, "Satellite" view and "Hybrid" view with the buttons on the top right of the map

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Why do some clubs have a (p) after their name?

The (p) means that the GPS coordinates are provisional. They have been projected based on the club's address, plotted from memory after a club's visit, estimated from maps provided on the club's website, passed-on by friends, retrieved from various forums or obtained from various other sources. They can be only a few meters from the correct location or miles away, if not on a different street with a similar name.

Coordinates of clubs without a (p) have been checked by Isaw-db on site, or confirmed to Isaw-db by at least 3 users. We will greatly appreciate your contribution in checking, confirming or correcting the provisional coordinates (and other club's information).

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Does this means that locations of clubs with a (p) are inaccurate and not reliable?

Not necessarily. It may just mean that we didn't have our GPS with us when we visited the club, or that coordinates contributed by a user have not been confirmed by others yet.

Please have a look at the clubs you know. If you see coordinates of clubs with a (p) which are accurate, please confirm it to us, so we can remove the (p) (see "How do I confirm a club's coordinates?"). If they are not, please contribute the correct ones (see "How do I correct a club's GPS coordinates?").

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Why do some markers not point to the club building itself?

Coordinates are taken with GPS car navigation in mind. If a club is down a private path not mentioned on a map, marker will not point to the building itself, but to the intersection where the main street meets the private path. For clubs located in large country estates, marker will point to entrance gate.

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Why do some addresses have "XX" as street number?

This applies mainly to private apartments located in residential buildings. Some do not wish their full address to be disclosed on a public site. The "XX" means that we already have the exact address, so it's not necessary to contribute it again.

Full address is provided on this site only when the private apartment has done so publicly on their website or in other means of advertising (newspapers, flyers, etc...)

Even without exact street number, the map should give you a pretty good idea of where the apartment is. You must then call them to get exact street number, name on doorbell, access code, floor number, apartment number, etc...

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How do I confirm a club's coordinates?

Click on the club's marker, an Info Window will pop up. In the Info Window, click on "Add Comment".

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How do I correct information on a club (telephone number, address, etc.)?

Click on the club's marker, an Info Window will pop up. In the Info Window, click on "Add Comment".

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How do I correct a club's GPS coordinates?

Click on the club's marker, an Info Window will pop up. In the Info Window, click on "Add Comment" and send us the new coordinates. Another possibilty is to go to the "User Contributions" map and add a marker (see "How do I contribute new clubs").

For clubs without a (p), please contribute corrections only for clubs where you actually have been to and have taken the coordinates with a GPS device on site.

For clubs with a (p), please contribute corrections only for clubs where you actually have been to.

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How do I contribute new clubs?

You can contribute new clubs only in the "User Contributions" map (Maps->User Contributions), not in the individual country-city maps themselves. We will then review them and add them to the relevant maps.

If you already have the GPS coordinates of your clubs in a file, you can email it to contribution@isaw-db.com instead.

(The minimum information required are the club's name, the longitude and the latitude. Additional information like club's address, telephone number, email, website, category of club, etc... will be appreciated).

To contribute the clubs in the "User Contributions" map, click on "Contribute to This Map" on the top right corner of the map.

A contribution window will pop up. To place a marker you can:

• Click on the map at the club's location (please zoom in to the highest street detail level for this), or
• Search the club's address and Google Maps will place the marker for you (may not work in some countries), or
• If you have the clubs coordinates, enter them in the search box, separated by a comma (example: 50.27169, 8.96733)

An "Add Marker" window will pop-up, where you must enter:

• Name: any name will do. If you are member of a forum, just use that name.
• Email: It will not be displayed on the site. Email is required by Atlas (http://fmatlas.com), the company providing and hosting this map for free. It is not disclosed to us so we can't spam you.
• Title: Club's name
• Body: Club's address, telephone number, email, website, category of club, etc... as well as source of information (just visited the club, good ol' memories, heard from friends, club's advertising, seen on the web, etc...). Please also indicate if the coordinates have been checked with a GPS device on site.

If marker is not correctly placed, you can delete it by clicking on "Edit" in the club's Info Window, then "Delete".

Click on the map again at the correct location to add a new marker.

Click save. You can then add more markers.

When you have finished adding clubs, close the window.

Refresh the map.

Please note that your contributions may not appear on the map immediately, as they may be held back for moderation. They will then be reviewed and added to the relevant country-city map. Please be patient, as it can take some time for us to look at all the contributions.

Thanks for your help!

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The street map and the sattelite view are misaligned, which one should I use?

Occasionally, the streets on the map are not aligned with the ones on the satellite view. While it could be easier to identify a building on the satellite view, the street map is our preference because GPS car navigation systems are based on the street maps. Unless you have taken the GPS coordinates on site, please use the street map only.

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Can I contribute clubs in another country than the ones already on the site?

Of course, you can or, dare we say, you should!!!! We will add new countries to the maps as contributions will come in.

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Can I contribute clubs on another continent (Asia, Africa, Australia, America, etc...)?

Of course.

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Can I contribute clubs on another planet?

Sorry, not yet.

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Why does it take so long for my contributions to be added to the relevant country-city maps?

Sometimes we spend more times in clubs than in front of our computer.

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DATABASE

Where is the database with information like opening hours, entrance fee, hourly rate, number of girls, rating and more?

Sorry, it's still under construction.

How long will it take?

God only knows.

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POI DOWNLOAD

How do I add the clubs as POIs in TomTom?

Download the .zip file for the country chosen, unzip it and copy the files to the same folder as the one containing the country's map on your SD card.

To keep the interface on the GPS Navigator unclutterred, categories of clubs are reduced to two:" Isaw-Room" and "Isaw-Other". Clubs with rooms, privates, salons, studios, swinger clubs, massage parlours, etc... are consolidated in the "Isaw-Room" file. The "Isaw-Other" file includes clubs without rooms like "take-away only" clubs, discotheques, restaurants, etc...

A zip file contains a .bmp file and an .ov2 file for each category of club. The .bmp file contains the icon for that category of clubs and the .ov2 file the GPS coordinates. Both should be copied to the SD card.

The Isaw POIs will then be shown in the list of available POIs on TomTom next time you use it.

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How do I convert the downloaded POIs into another format supported by my GPS navigation system?

You can use a free software like PoiEdit (http://www.poiedit.com) to open the TomTom .ov2 file and save it to the desired format..

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After conversion, how do I add the clubs as POIs in Destinator, Navman, Navio, Garmin, MioMap, etc.?

Unfortunately, we only use TomTom and have no experience concerning other GPS navigation systems. PoiEdit provides some basic information here, but there must certainly be much more on the web. A good source of information is gpspassion and its forums, that's where we learned how to add custom POIs to TomTom.

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If you have any other question, input or comment, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@isaw-db.com. We may not be able to reply to all emails, but will do our best to read them.

The Isaw Team