There is a world map available that locates people that have entered their location in their profile. I was hoping to connect with a local CNC’er as well but it was not to be 
Click on the icon in the top right that represents you, go to ‘profile’ icon, ‘preferences’, profile and scroll all the way down to ‘map location’.
You can see the map on the profile pare if you click on the ‘show map’ button at the top towards the left of center.
Ok so I just tried that and the map shows only my location. It used to show everybody so either I am not doing it right or the map thing is broken.
Turns out it was an operator / ‘old fart’ error …