Geospatial web - reading list

I moved the reading list to a separate page under the blog title.

I moved it on August 26, as I have begun to discover the limitations of using a blog for adding, searching and retrieving particluar types of information:  general messages, lists...

Clearly the blog is effective for capturing the temporal release of information but maybe a website is better for???

Online Mapping

I'm a little overwhelmed by the number and variety of online mapping applications.  In this post I will try to limit the selections to applications that allow users to create their own maps, rather than the more speciliased functions of trip planning, mapping and display, etc.

Scribble maps

Mapme.com

OpenStreetMap

Wikimapia

Map Tools

 Google Planimeter   measure areas using Google Maps

Maptimize   clusters multiple markers that are in proximity

Online Mapping Services

Here's the start of a list of online mapping services.  I expect the list to grow, have URLs added, be sorted into different categories of functionality, and have brief annotations.  

• Google
• Yahoo
• Ask
• Multimap
• Mapquest
• MSN
• Maporama
• Maps.Com
• Rand McNally
• Maps On Us
• Map24
• maps-for-free
• Holiday Maps 
• StepMap

Geocoding addresses

Here is how to quickly assign geographic coordinates to street addresses using the online program called, batchgeo

First, prepare a set of  street addresses in a tab delimited format.  Here's an example I typed into a spreadsheet:

Name Address City Province Cafe 175 West Ave Kitchener  Ontario WLU  75 University Ave. W   Waterloo  Ontario Kitchener  200 King St. W.  Kitchener  Ontario Second, cut and past this table into batchbgeo Third, follow the remaining steps laid out by the batchgeo software to set the options and geocode the table.  The map can be displayed online and/or saved as a kml file.  The kml file can then be loaded into Google Earth or imported into Google Maps, as shown by the map below.

Trip Display

Another category of applications related to trip planning and trip mapping is for the presentation of pictures from one's trip using various enhanced display functions. 

TripWow

SmugMug

loc.alize.us

Trip Planning

The most prevalent use of online services today may be for mapping, and in particular for route planning and wayfinding. This is not surprising given that to aid navigation is the most fundmental function of the map, (along with measurment and visualization). This posting begins a list of route and trip planning software.

MapQuest  

Trip Advisor

MapMyRide

Gmaps Pedometer

Trans-Canada Trail

Trans-Canada Highway Trip and Vacation Planner