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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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Mapping question: I have a list of (imaginary) cities. I also know each city's as-the-crow-flies distance from every
other city on the list. Based on this data alone, I would like to create a (hypothetical) map that shows all of these cities in their proper locations. I recognize that that the map's "rotation" would be arbitrary based on where & how you start plotting, but it seems that you should be able to plot out the relationships between cities properly. Is there software that can help me do this?
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posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell
on Oct 29, 2009 -
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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?
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posted by grrarrgh00
on Dec 22, 2008 -
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What's the best GPS mapping system for making trail maps (software/hardware)? I'm an Apple person.
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posted by wavejumper
on Nov 7, 2008 -
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Basically, I want to build mapping system, similar to google maps, using something like Map server & open layers. Take in my own image, such as a building map, define roads or “hallways”, and import points via a XML or RSS feed. I want an interface that I can take the xml feed and run it under the map in a box, displaying it under the map, allowing users to click on the event, and being able to see where they need to go, and using a current fixed position, being able to see how to get there.
posted by BoldStepDesign
on Aug 22, 2008 -
7 answers
What's the easiest way of generating a map similar to
this? I have several state-level data series I want to display on maps of India.
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posted by matthewr
on Mar 23, 2008 -
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What is a simple straight forward way to gather gps data, and sync it with my digital camera/ Digital recorder? And possibly create a GIS database out of it?
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posted by mrgreyisyelling
on Feb 9, 2008 -
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I want to build a website centered around maps, mapping, geography, GIS, etc., but I need help narrowing down my focus.
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posted by desjardins
on Dec 13, 2007 -
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What are the best essays, books, or scholarly articles regarding the social role of maps? Both pre- and post- web 2.0, google earth mash ups, and the like. I'm familiar with the Situationalist critique, but wonder where else to begin reading.
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posted by pinto
on Nov 25, 2007 -
5 answers
Looking for a little help building a Google Maps/Craigslist display applet.
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posted by Marky
on Jul 17, 2007 -
3 answers
Is there an easy-to-use, on-line mapping site that can optionally indicate magnetic north on large-scale map images?
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posted by Dave 9
on Jul 5, 2006 -
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Mapping & multi-stop driving directions: is there a free online mapping tool that will allow me to enter several locations in a US city and then display the quickest driving route to pass through all those locations? I've seen one called NavPro but it's not free.
posted by masymas
on Nov 30, 2005 -
5 answers
Why is it still taught that the Earth has seven continents, when it's obvious it has only six, or to be more precise, why are Europe and Asia considered two distinct land masses when it's obvious they are
one?
posted by Scoo
on Jan 19, 2005 -
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