For the past year I've been trying to bike down every street in St Louis. In the beginning this was easy and wide-open and fun. The middle has been less so. Now, sitting at ≈65% completion
[map: zoomable | 1.5mb png | GPX] my current approach has become overwhelming and
tedious, and is no longer working; I need to get way smarter about this. How would a programmer, a mathematician, or a GIS/transit specialist approach this endgame, and what tools/software would he/she use?
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posted by jjjjjjjijjjjjjj
on Jun 13, 2013 -
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I'm a travel blogger - the sort that tries to give *good* directions to places I've traveled. Here in Thailand, there's no easy way of figuring out the address system (the locals barely seem to use them - and the Thai script is admittedly still a mystery)... The solution has been to snap a picture with my iPhone's built-in camera app, with the GPS turned on. The idea is to provide the GPS coordinates and a URL to those coordinates on Google Maps.
This captures the place, but then involves loading it onto the computer, matching up features on Picasa's map to Google Maps, then right-clicking the 'What's Here?' to get the coordinates.
What I'd love is a website or an app on the iPhone or for the Mac that can look at a picture and display the GPS coordinates - bonus points if it shows the point on Google Maps... Is there anything like that out there? :)
posted by chrisinseoul
on May 20, 2013 -
6 answers
I need a non-Google Maps alternative, due to limitations in how Google displays My Maps. Mapchannels.com is very flexible, but it has two issues: its display doesn't seem to work for mobile users, and it displays small ads (and has suspended its former policy of letting a map creator pay to remove ads). Other options?
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posted by kalapierson
on Mar 13, 2013 -
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I'd like to link different locations in an online map to PDF's hosted on our website. Is Google Maps the best way? What do I need to learn to be able to do this?
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posted by dukes909
on Mar 11, 2013 -
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When I print out a custom map from Google Maps, it has little blue markers on the places of interest. Then at the bottom, it lists what all the blue markers are. But there's no numbering to say which marker goes with which description(????). As well the description is a single line without addresses. Is there a way to fix this?
posted by storybored
on Sep 30, 2012 -
3 answers
Any way to disable the iOS 6 update prompts and badges in the handset without a jailbreak? I have an iPhone 4 and there's no way I'm letting them remove Gmaps.
posted by mwhybark
on Sep 22, 2012 -
9 answers
I did something stupid today and 'updated' my iPhone 4 to iOS 6.0. The new Maps app doesn't include public transportation options (as Google Maps did previously) which I use extensively here in San Francisco. What are my options? Will anything be as seamless as the Google Maps app was?
posted by 2bucksplus
on Sep 19, 2012 -
13 answers
Do you know of a (US) website that will allow me to enter start/stop locations or google driving directions and will then give me a list of things to see along the way (the kitchier the better?)
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posted by atomicstone
on Jul 24, 2012 -
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Can anybody confirm for me that I can embed a Google Map on a commercial website in an iframe, without hitting the 25,000 request limit on the Google Maps API, or incurring a lawsuit?
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posted by randomination
on Jun 29, 2012 -
7 answers
Is there any way to view a google maps window that's embedded in a webpage in a new window all by itself?
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posted by leotrotsky
on Jun 18, 2012 -
3 answers
I'm having a very strange problem with Google Maps and search keywords.
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posted by pdb
on Apr 28, 2012 -
2 answers
MapFilter: How can I narrow down a list of ~1000 essentially random cities to only those that are within a given radius of
another list of ~50 cities?
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posted by aheckler
on Apr 6, 2012 -
6 answers
We're looking for an app that will help logically determine which store should deliver to a given customer, based on drive-time.
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posted by BigLankyBastard
on Dec 29, 2011 -
12 answers
What is the best way online to find multiple points of interest en route between point A and point B?
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posted by JJkiss
on Aug 16, 2011 -
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GoogleMaps/AndroidFilter: What's the most efficient way to use the Current Location in Google Maps to help build a customized, editable My Map? For the life of me, I can't figure out an easy way to do this; I assume there's an easy way to do this that I'm overlooking.
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posted by NolanRyanHatesMatches
on Aug 1, 2011 -
3 answers
My google-maps has split into several pages - how can I see everything as one map?
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posted by mateuslee
on Jul 28, 2011 -
1 answer
Brooklynfilter: What are these red-and-white boxes on the corner of Smith and Union Streets?
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posted by andromache
on May 12, 2011 -
7 answers
In what areas of the world has Google Maps implemented their 45 degree "satellite" view, other than South Africa and San Diego, CA?
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posted by LionIndex
on Mar 2, 2011 -
8 answers
I'd like an explanation of how to make Google App Engine (in python), Google Maps (in javascript), and JSON play nice with each other. My programming experience is intermediate. Details inside.
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posted by ofthestrait
on Jan 21, 2011 -
4 answers
I have business in the Bloomfield Hills suburb of Detroit in a couple of weeks. Google Maps gives me two routes from the airport car rental to my destination with roughly the same travel time and a third that appears slightly longer. Which is best in terms of ease of navigation for a solo driving Detroit area newb, safe road conditions (especially if it snows), and likelihood that the travel time is accurate (i.e. not prone to massive unexpected delays)?
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posted by safetyfork
on Nov 24, 2010 -
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Google maps KML zoom and centering: I need to inventory a variety of polygons and points on a single map, some from a database and some from KML files. Can you help point me in the right direction?
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posted by maxwelton
on Nov 19, 2010 -
2 answers
Go to Google Maps and search for
Montgomery, Alabama. Now look due northeast of the city, to an intersection between 2 highways, just above the Lagoon Park Golf Course. Do you see something that appears to be labeled in Arabic script? Can anyone who reads Arabic verify this, and if so, translate what it says?
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posted by Artifice_Eternity
on May 14, 2010 -
25 answers
Google Maps' trip planner doesn't want me to walk anywhere. Are there any sites that will let me adjust the amount of walking allowed?
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posted by PMdixon
on Apr 1, 2010 -
8 answers
I plan to drive from NYC to the Black Hills in South Dakota and Devil's Tower in Wyoming in a few months. I have a Nexus One Android Phone and service with Tmobile. How realistic is it to expect to use Google's free GPS Navigation with Tmobile's coverage along this trip?
posted by somas1
on Mar 26, 2010 -
12 answers
How can I easily combine small digital maps (and potentially other isomorphic 2D images) into one large composite?
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posted by Vorteks
on Mar 15, 2010 -
8 answers
I'd like to make a map that includes my favorite restaurants (for example) on a city map and be able to print and carry it with me. What tools can I use for this? Is there software that makes this easy? Google maps doesn't seem to do what I want - or I don't know how to use it. Help?
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posted by vacapinta
on Feb 8, 2010 -
12 answers
How can I get an organization to appear on Google Maps when looking at an area, rather than just when you searched for it?
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posted by aniola
on Feb 2, 2010 -
7 answers
At some point in the past year or two I came across a site that would let you define a route in Google Maps, and then give you a slideshow of all Panoramio photos along that route within some given radius. Where is it?
posted by dmd
on Jan 9, 2010 -
0 answers
There are two words that I would like to see intersect as road names. Anywhere in the country, or world really. How would I go about finding out whether such a specific intersection of road names exists?
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posted by DeltaForce
on Dec 14, 2009 -
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Cartography/Google Maps: I want to represent severity of accident data on a map to show the most dangerous parts of town to walk/bicycle. I have the raw data, but I can’t seen to show the info in a compelling way.
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posted by lrivers
on Nov 21, 2009 -
8 answers
Can a Google CSE do a local search? What is the best way to use pre-existing components to do local search?
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posted by jmevius
on Sep 2, 2009 -
1 answer
Google Maps has my street name misspelled. How do I get them to fix it?
posted by breezeway
on Aug 23, 2009 -
9 answers
In Google Maps, is there a way to tell when the satellite (aerial) images of a particular place were taken?
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posted by 543DoublePlay
on Aug 18, 2009 -
2 answers
How do you report or fix an error on Google Maps when all the self-fix / reporting error options are unavailable?
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posted by Kerasia
on Aug 16, 2009 -
5 answers
Is there a way to query a Google map and have it look up a database and display a message?
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posted by friedbeef
on Jul 13, 2009 -
6 answers
In a
custom Google map, the points you define are listed in forward chronological order and can't be re-ordered. Any way to change this (for all visitors, not just for your own viewing) to reverse chronological order?
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posted by kalapierson
on Jul 2, 2009 -
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Is there any app that will automate a 'walkthrough' of Google Street View, based on a to/from set of directions in Google Maps? Example: Assuming Google has 'streetviewed' all the roads from point A in Berkeley to point B in SF, is there a program or site that would show me the street view of my route without my having to click through the route myself? I realize the time scale is a determinant factor: I would not want to sit through the 'drive' in real time, but hope I could selectively 'fast forward' in a way analogous to the zoom function of Google Earth.
posted by TDIpod
on Jun 18, 2009 -
2 answers
Does a Google Maps (or other mapping service) mash-up exist that will show me the driving time to various places in a heat map type format? So basically what
TripTop does for the NYC subway system, but for driving instead?
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posted by John Frum
on May 21, 2009 -
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