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. [more inside]
posted by lrivers on Nov 21, 2009 - 8 answers

How would I go about mapping bus routes onto a Google map? [more inside]
posted by nostrich on Sep 26, 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? [more inside]
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 - 8 answers

In Google Maps, is there a way to tell when the satellite (aerial) images of a particular place were taken? [more inside]
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? [more inside]
posted by Kerasia on Aug 16, 2009 - 5 answers

Why is there a C.S.I. logo carved into this farmer's field? [more inside]
posted by miyabo on Jul 25, 2009 - 11 answers

Is there a way to query a Google map and have it look up a database and display a message? [more inside]
posted by friedbeef on Jul 13, 2009 - 6 answers

How can I get one-click public-transit directions from my home to anywhere on Google Maps? [more inside]
posted by NickDouglas on Jul 5, 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? [more inside]
posted by kalapierson on Jul 2, 2009 - 3 answers

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? [more inside]
posted by John Frum on May 21, 2009 - 9 answers

Google mapmaking question: I've successfully geocoded a list of service organizations, uploaded the kml file to google maps and produced a great map showing where these organizations are. Yay! Now, I'd like to know what it would take to have the map also display another variable - the organizations' productivity. For example, for an organization produced below 80%, their map icon marker would be red, if above 120% it would be blue, or whatever, i.e., that the change in an attribute of the marker would be triggered by a data point. Is this easy or complicated? If complicated, what are some references that would help me figure it out? [more inside]
posted by jasper411 on Apr 17, 2009 - 3 answers

GoogleMapFilter: can I export my data so I can create a new map? [more inside]
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord on Mar 18, 2009 - 6 answers

How has your organization/neighborhood/town/city/region/etc... used interactive web-based map tagging sites (ie, Google Maps, ZeeMaps)? [more inside]
posted by jk252b on Mar 18, 2009 - 2 answers

Where's my food? How to make a web ap that tells me how to find vegetarian food easily? [more inside]
posted by klangklangston on Mar 16, 2009 - 17 answers

What free website(s)/program(s) can I use to plot a large database of addresses on a map? Multiplottr.com allows me to load in my data and then export a .kml file, which I can import into Google Maps. But it only works for a subset of data; it cannot handle my full database of 15,000 locations. [more inside]
posted by yom3ts on Feb 17, 2009 - 5 answers

Is there a way to get calendar locations into Google Maps Mobile on a Windows Mobile 6 Standard smartphone? [more inside]
posted by chengjih on Jan 31, 2009 - 1 answer

I'd like to create a map on the iPhone that displays multiple locations of my choice at once. Ideally, I'd like to also be able to route a path through them in advance. In essence, I am looking for something like Community Walk or Wayfaring in app format. [more inside]
posted by pearl228 on Dec 28, 2008 - 2 answers

Is it possible to display data plotted on multiple Google maps on one single map? [more inside]
posted by hypocritical ross on Dec 26, 2008 - 2 answers

What's the best (quickest, most functional, most maintainable) way to put a collection of geoareas into an interactive map without the assistance of a programmer? [more inside]
posted by grrarrgh00 on Dec 22, 2008 - 6 answers

Is there a free (cheap) KML editor, like NorthGates' KML Editor or KaMeLwriter, for the Mac? [more inside]
posted by brokekid on Oct 28, 2008 - 1 answer

Beautiful hive mind, Please tell me the best way of making a map/calendar duo that I can embed into my blog. [more inside]
posted by omnigut on Oct 18, 2008 - 5 answers

How can I quickly and easily print an A3 sized Google map? [more inside]
posted by mary8nne on Sep 11, 2008 - 3 answers

What are useful/fun/collaborative things that can be done with a PDA, computer and a small GPS device these days?
posted by vizsla on Aug 20, 2008 - 4 answers

I am looking for songs that describe a mappable journey (ideally together with the map). For example here is a map of the destinations mentioned in "Route 66" and here is the wild journey described at the end of Tom Waits' "Don't Go into that Barn!".
posted by rongorongo on Aug 8, 2008 - 20 answers

I plan to drive from Venice, Italy to Valenica, Spain in April or May 2009 using the following route. I will stay for a few days or weeks in little spots along the way. I should have about six weeks in total. I mostly want to see a little of Spain and Italy, the French Riviera, Montpellier, Marseilles and finish at Valencia. Apart from that anything else I should try to see? Any parts of the chosen route I should avoid? What's driving like along that route? Any rental car companies which will let me pick up in Italy and drop off in Spain?
posted by zaebiz on Aug 8, 2008 - 12 answers

You know the little draggable overview map in Google Maps? What's that kind of UI control called? [more inside]
posted by rodii on Jul 14, 2008 - 13 answers

I find this to be fascinating and uncanny. Are there other documented cases of people finding themselves on Google Maps Street View? [more inside]
posted by netbros on May 21, 2008 - 30 answers

I want to project the Ordinance Survey Grid (UK) on Google Maps. This site which to have a KML file that might do that (it's 9 on the list), but I have no idea how to get it to work. I downloaded the file, but it doesn't seem to do anything. I say I down oaded it, I've also clicked on it a few times mindlessly too - and this has not worked either. [more inside]
posted by munchbunch on Apr 18, 2008 - 5 answers

The post office, Google Earth, and all other mapping systems are wrong about my address. Help! [more inside]
posted by Phyltre on Apr 2, 2008 - 14 answers

Using Google Maps to track Himalayan climber's progress: an easy way? [more inside]
posted by klinefelter on Feb 19, 2008 - 4 answers

If someone has set up a public custom map in Google Maps, is it possible to grab the set of points from that map and incorporate them in a new one? [more inside]
posted by patricio on Feb 18, 2008 - 2 answers

When embedding a map using Google's MyMaps, it is not possible to display a sidebar listing locations on the map. No problem, because this can be done using the Google Maps API. The names of the locations marked are generated by javascript. However, I'd like the marker names on the side to display a regular link (to another page) instead of loading the infowindow on the map. I could do this simply embedding a map using Google MyMaps and coding links next to it, *but* I'd also like to display a small map icon next to the marker name and have *that* load the infowindow on the map. [mockup]. Is this possible and would you show me how?
posted by ArcAm on Feb 5, 2008 - 0 answers

Using the BlackBerry 8830 on Sprint, what software is available to upload my exact, current location (via internal GPS) to a custom Google Map every X number of seconds? Similar to what this guy did.
posted by nitsuj on Nov 29, 2007 - 3 answers

Does anyone know what this facility is (google satellite image, Action, California.) It looks like a nursery, or something similar, but I'm trying to get more specifics for a hiking guide I'm working on (without taking the long, long drive out there.)
posted by soulbarn on Oct 18, 2007 - 9 answers

Google's "My Maps" feature is doing very string things when I try to embed. Why? [more inside]
posted by nitsuj on Sep 25, 2007 - 5 answers

Help me find a Google Maps mashup to replace Wayfaring (for personal use). [more inside]
posted by intermod on Aug 26, 2007 - 8 answers

How do I control the size of the info window on my Google Maps? [more inside]
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord on Aug 24, 2007 - 3 answers

I'm starting a new tourism website for my local area. It's a mash of google maps, with photos and information of a given area featuring some of the neat stuff happening, or that has happened. And now I need some help with the wordpress theme. [more inside]
posted by sethwoodworth on Aug 12, 2007 - 2 answers

I'm working for a political campaign who wants to produce a Google Maps application for their website showing the impact of the issue in various neighborhoods. I've played around with the Maps API just a little bit, but not enough to really pull this off on my own. [more inside]
posted by OverlappingElvis on Jul 27, 2007 - 6 answers

I recently bought “Google Maps Applications with PHP and AJAX” and am already having a problem with the first chapter. Going over KML files and how they can be used to mark certain areas on a Google Map, the book gives an example of multiple points in Toronto. I followed the same example to try and mark a point in Yokosuka, Japan. When I view the Toronto example, it works fine. When I try my Yokosuka example, it just displays a point marker on a blank grey background; the map never loads. [more inside]
posted by jimdanger on Jun 30, 2007 - 6 answers

What's the easiest way to turn the Google Maps for a certain area (at the highest resolution) into a big JPEG? [more inside]
posted by skryche on Jun 25, 2007 - 5 answers

What are these hoofprints in Turkmenistan? [more inside]
posted by fish tick on Jun 14, 2007 - 7 answers

Does my documentation accompanying this JavaScript function as implemented on this page of my site demonstrate an adequate understanding of the use of trigonometric functions therein? [more inside]
posted by The Confessor on May 13, 2007 - 1 answer

How to integrate a Google MyMaps map with a Drupal website so my map displays in a node? [more inside]
posted by spitbull on Apr 7, 2007 - 3 answers

Roadtrip technology. Which would you prefer, high-tech solutions (web-enabled phone/Palm, laptop, GPS) or low-tech solutions (maps, AAA Triptiks, GoogleMaps printouts) or some combination? [more inside]
posted by Dreama on Mar 27, 2007 - 29 answers

I need to populate a database of a Google Maps mashup with the names and addresses of restaurants in the U.S. and Canada. Where can I find this info in digital form? [more inside]
posted by dripdripdrop on Mar 9, 2007 - 4 answers

I do web work with a local government. We are wanting to put a lot of GIS related data on the web, and I'd like to use Google Maps before we lobby for a larger solution like ArcServer. I'm specifically having a problem with drawing polygons/polylines and the ordering of points. [more inside]
posted by bofe on Mar 8, 2007 - 9 answers

Help me bend Google Maps to my will.... [more inside]
posted by anastasia on Jan 26, 2007 - 8 answers