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 -
10 answers
I need to make relatively precise measurements, to the nearest half meter, of locations on my field site, which is on the floor of a Mediterranean cove (not more than 10m deep). One possibility is to swim on the surface above my locations and use a GPS to record the points - but so far my older-model GPS's have not been accurate enough for this.
I'm leaving in about a week, and just recently I was reminded that technology may have advanced to meet my needs, even since last year! Can anyone update me on the latest and greatest (waterproof) mapping instruments out there?
posted by seachange
on Apr 29, 2013 -
12 answers
There's
this for literature and
this for word meanings. Is there such a site that connects related visual artists? For example, if I were to type in "Egon Schiele" I could expect "Gustav Klimt" and "Oskar Kokoshka" to float around.
posted by cellura p
on Apr 22, 2013 -
1 answer
My (small) company provides services in people's homes. We'd like to use electronic maps to plan technician routes and better understand where our clients are geographically. What (Mac-compatible) software or web service might help with this?
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posted by Clandestine Outlawry
on Apr 16, 2013 -
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For a personal project, I'd like to be able to track my route as I'm walking using my iPhone and then share that route in some form that can be embedded in a blog post.
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posted by enn
on Mar 17, 2013 -
8 answers
What is the best online GIS mapping tool that you've found or used for Censuis data visualization?
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posted by waylaid
on Mar 13, 2013 -
5 answers
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 -
10 answers
I read a quote the other day, and now I can't find it. It was about mapping how different forms of disease spread. It wasn't here, where would I have seen it?
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posted by Marky
on Jan 4, 2013 -
2 answers
Looking for software or a website for this specific function: I have an image, a map from several hundred years ago. I'd like to put pins on it, marking addresses of people. Ideally, I'd be able to label these pins with names, and then be able to search through those later on.
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posted by estlin
on Oct 23, 2012 -
2 answers
Is there any kind of slick map-generation tool available online (preferably for free-ish) that I can use in my presentations?
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posted by shiu mai baby
on Sep 19, 2012 -
6 answers
Please give me a thorough, basic summary of open mapping (open source mapping) so I can add pretty, complex maps to websites without making it a full-time job.
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posted by kristi
on Aug 21, 2012 -
12 answers
How can I use some sort of GIS or market analysis software in the project I've been assigned?
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posted by aheckler
on Aug 16, 2012 -
4 answers
A researcher at my workplace has asked for help finding examples of his topic, early examples of "GIS (Geographic Information Systems) or GPS (Global Positioning Systems) technologies in film and TV", "examples of early precursors to map related technologies". I found someone else's Ask from earlier this year that hits on some likely ones, but he's on the lookout for older and more diverse instances if you can think of any. More details and examples below the fold!
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posted by theatro
on Jul 23, 2012 -
9 answers
I'm looking for an iOS app that will broadcast my current location to a page with an embedded map, so that I can share the URL with family and friends as I travel across the country.
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posted by nitsuj
on Jun 30, 2012 -
11 answers
I want to make a map-based interactive data visualization (to be accessed on the Internet) and I have no idea where to start.
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posted by Defenestrator
on Jun 14, 2012 -
12 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
I'm helping someone with their local political campaign and I've been given a voter list with about 2500 records - I'm estimating that it probably has around 1500 unique addresses. I've been asked to map them and produce street by street maps, identifying the address and which side of the street it's on to make it easier to go door to door. Some questions:
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posted by exhilaration
on Jan 27, 2012 -
7 answers
We have five area managers who look after a number of sites each (about 10) spread throughout the UK.
How can I visually represent this on a map that shows the illogical (or logical) spread of their site distribution (from a distance perspective)
Sub comment: I'd also like to be able to esimate the distances travelled if they visit each site x days per year and show the most efficient site per manager. Suggestions for this would be great too.
posted by trashcan
on Jan 23, 2012 -
3 answers
I have a fitbit. I have a dog. I would like to make a map of Canada displaying the distance I have walked with said dog. I am completely incapable of anything technical. Help me out?
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posted by kanata
on Jan 14, 2012 -
5 answers
A windows drive mapping error has ruined my day. Please please please tell me there's some way to recover my data.
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posted by shiu mai baby
on Nov 11, 2011 -
11 answers
I just gave my dad a Garmin etrex legend hcx for his birthday. I have a mac, he uses Ubuntu. Could anyone help me help him get the maps that he needs to make his new tool as useful as possible for him?
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posted by SpicyMustard
on Sep 18, 2011 -
7 answers
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 laptop spontaneously decides to treat every keypress as a character different from what I actually press. How can I fix this?
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posted by Green With You
on Jul 22, 2011 -
3 answers
Is there some kind of easy, intuitive, free trip-planner out there that goes beyond just "start here, end there?"
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posted by Ys
on Jul 12, 2011 -
4 answers
How can I make a 'map' or 'tree' of all the pages on a particular website and how they link together?
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posted by henryaj
on Jul 2, 2011 -
3 answers
You're a resident of (U.S.) state X; which of your neighboring states would the average resident consider "beneath" your own? (No really, I'm going somewhere with this.)
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posted by MsMolly
on Jun 27, 2011 -
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What is the name of that website that visually mapped or linked names of people and/or executives from various companies? Seems like I remember it gave the person's name, their current company, and a little "map" of how they were linked to the other companies and people.
posted by sandra194
on May 1, 2011 -
6 answers
Help me find a website where I can map out what towns/cities/countries I have received orders from on my webstore.
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posted by rinsemedown
on Apr 6, 2011 -
4 answers
How does one create a paper form/survey that can be scanned and have the info mapped to separate data sets?
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posted by lukeklein
on Mar 23, 2011 -
4 answers
Help me compile every obsessive geographical databasing (something like this) website around.
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posted by setanor
on Mar 8, 2011 -
1 answer
Looking for a free Mappoint alternative GIS program... any suggestions? I'd prefer not to use Google Earth, so something else...
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posted by fozzie33
on Feb 17, 2011 -
6 answers
I’m looking for mapping software that will let me import addresses from a spreadsheet, plot them on a map, and then allow me to draw arbitrary boundaries on the map and give me the count of addresses that fall within the bounded area. Also, is there a name for this functionality?
posted by Jasper Friendly Bear
on Feb 12, 2011 -
6 answers
I'm working on a few research projects that address early web mapping. What are the essential articles, texts & blog posts that I should track down?
posted by serial_consign
on Sep 19, 2010 -
3 answers
Where can I find an alphabetical list of all named roadways in the City of Toronto?
posted by setanor
on Sep 8, 2010 -
9 answers
I want to map the walking tracks and landmarks on a 2000ac property in Australia and produce a printable map image as well as a gps file others can download. I have a Garmin eTrex
Vista H but I don't really understand how to use it for my purposes.
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posted by Kerasia
on Aug 16, 2010 -
8 answers
I have a list of several hundred complete U.S. street addresses. For each record, I need to identify another record with the nearest address (in road distance), and its distance from the subject record’s address. Is there a free, easy way to accomplish this?
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posted by Snerd
on Apr 17, 2010 -
15 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 need to find the geographic center coordinates for each country worldwide. I can find county level data all over the place, but not country level. Not interested in postcode centroids, which seem to clutter up the results on searches significantly.
posted by Nothing
on Feb 16, 2010 -
12 answers
Does anyone know a good mapping software for an ontological map or a cognitive map for Mac OSX?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 4, 2010 -
4 answers
Movie Mapping: Great uses of maps/cartography/GIS/illustrations of spatial relationships on the screen (or other non-interactive, motion media)?
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posted by cadastral
on Jan 14, 2010 -
4 answers
Simple, online mapping of an imaginary trip via stationary bicycle or treadmill?
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posted by Forktine
on Jan 9, 2010 -
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