MapsGeek Forum

General Forum

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:14:00 +0200

The General forum is dedicated to all maps talks. You can request here needed layers, technical information, make announcements etc...

Alex

Help Forum

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:29:00 +0200

The help forum is here to help you make your maps on MapsGeek. Don't be afraid to call for help, though we've put a lot of energy in designing MapsGeek to make it simple and accessible for everybody, we understand that some parts can look dark.

Alex

Bugs Forum

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:30:00 +0200

MapsGeek is young, very very young. It's also full of features. We're testing it thoroughly but some bugs are still around. So if you ever come across an error message, a blank page or anything that's not normal, please let us know here !
Thanks,

Alex

Scalebar ?

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:55:00 +0200

Hi !

Great website very useful !!!!!

I can't find how add a scalebar to my maps ? Can someone help me ?
thanks,

Scalebar ?

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:58:00 +0200

Hi there,

There's no scalebar feature right now, but you're right, it's highly needed. Give me a day or two and it will be added.

Alex

Scalebar ?

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:02:00 +0200

I just added the Scalebar. It's a checkbox below the map background. Right now it's pretty basic and set to kilometers but I'll add setup options later.

I'll post an announce in the news.

Hope it helps !

Alex

MapsGeek on GoogleEarth

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:29:00 +0200

Hi all,

I'm trying to get the MapsGeek public maps on GoogleEarth but I can't get it to work properly. It's working on other WMS Server but GoogleEarth keeps misplacing the maps.

Has anyone an idea ?

Thanks !
Alex

Order legend

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:50:00 +0200

the topic was brought up by Alavaro_sp in a comment but a way to order the legend would really be nice! how is it ordered right no ?

Order legend

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:28:00 +0200

Hej Sarah,

Yes, it would be nice. That shouldn't really be a problem, but right now I'm working on the possibility to import more than just Shapefile vector files: KML, MapInfo, GML, GeoConcept etc...

Right now, the legend is sorted in this order : Labels on top, then the unique Value, then the Minimum value and then the Title you enter. The problem Alvaro had is with ordering numerical values, 40 goes in between 3 and 5. That's mainly because it sorts it out by converting it to text, I'll add that to the huge todo list!

Nice job on the Norway map by the way!!

Alex

WMS on preview

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:11:00 +0200

hello alex

i think it's a problem on the preview map when you put a wms layer and set the extent to the layer extent the wms is wrong !

sorry for my english

Alva

WMS on preview

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:37:00 +0200

Hi Alvaro,

I've seen the problem myself. Working on a fix. It actually only occurs when you set the extent via the layer's extension. I doesn't happens when you use the OpenLayer set extent application.

It happens because the WMS image is not resized at the same time as the vector layers. Only happens on some WMS Server, not all of them though...

Anyway, thanks for pointing it out !

Alex

WMS on preview

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:32:00 +0200

Just a quick follow up on this bug, it's now fixed !

If one of your map still display it incorrectly, just reset the extent with the set extent option or by matching one of the layer's.

Alex

WMS on preview

Sat, 1 Aug 2009 22:32:00 +0200

hola alex!!!!
i see the problem is fix thanks

Alva

Fonts and moving a layer

Mon, 3 Aug 2009 20:10:00 +0200

hello mapsgeek
I did then Teen Births map and was wondering how to change the font for the labels??? Also you should puut an arrow to show you can dragdrop the layers to move them!

Fonts

Tue, 4 Aug 2009 22:08:00 +0200

You can now choose the font of the labels.

Tutorial?

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 05:24:00 +0200

Is there a tutorial for building a map? I have to say that I struggled a little to make my first one!!!

Tutorial?

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 00:25:00 +0200

You got it! Man is it long to write a tutorial!!!

Class calculator

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:40:00 +0200

I like the new class calculator screen!

Class calculator

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:20:00 +0200

Yes it's good ! Have to rewrite the tutorial and help though...

Unusual and Marvelous Maps

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:40:00 +0200

A nice collection of maps on Dark Roasted Blend !
See http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/08/unusual-and-marvelous-maps.html

Connecticut Pop map

Thu, 3 Sep 2009 17:16:00 +0200

Hi,

I am trying to make a thematic county map for Iowa using polygon outlines. How to center on Iowa and gray out the states around it, like in the Connecticut map?
Thanks!

Connecticut Pop map

Thu, 3 Sep 2009 23:56:00 +0200

Hi Mashicuna,

First, use the States layer. We'll add the counties later.

To center on Iowa, use the Set Extent tool (top bar, third from the left). A new window will open, hold SHIFT on drag around Iowa. Click Set Extent.

To gray out the neighbors, create a data layer on the States layer. Name it quickly, and choose List. Give the value 1 to all the States except Iowa. There's only 8 states available at that zoom level so it's not too long. Hit Send, that creates a new layer containing all the States except Iowa. You can now set the color for the States outside Iowa and the state of Iowa separately.

You can now add the Counties layer.

Hope it helped...
Alex

Apostrophes ?

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:22:00 +0200

Bonjour, j'ai remarqué que les apostrophes ' dans les noms de classes et de couches engendrent des erreurs...

Sinon j'aime beaucoup votre application, merci !

Marie

Apostrophes ?

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:05:00 +0200

Salut Marie,

C'est corrige! Merci pour l'info!

Apostrophes ?

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:08:00 +0200

Merci j'ai vu ça !

Marie

Bugs Forum

Mon, 5 Oct 2009 16:06:00 +0200

I created a .csv file from a UN database but when trying to upload it returned the message
The filename /var/www/vhosts/mapsgeek.com/httpdocs/xls/UNdata Mobile phone users 2006 world5.csv is not readable

csv files are listed as a readable file
Any advice?

Bugs Forum

Mon, 5 Oct 2009 20:29:00 +0200

CSV is not enabled yet for data upload, only for geometry.
You can either wait a couple of days so I write the csv upload script or convert your csv to .xls and upload it. Excel file work fine right now.

Alex

Bugs Forum

Wed, 7 Oct 2009 17:48:00 +0200

edhawldj, the CSV import of data is now possible...

Bugs Forum

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 00:51:00 +0200

Thanks Alex

Our To Do list

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:19:00 +0200

Hi all,

Here is our To Do list, that's what we're working on at the moment:
- A new Design, with Amaury from Elixir's help!
- More than one key per data. So far it's only possible to link on one key column, well, given the limitations that implies we're working on allowing any column as the key.
- Live data feed, to map data streams from your site.

And that's it for the moment.
Don't hesitate to give us any idea!

Alex

U.S. Census TIGER/Line

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:35:00 +0200

Can't get U.S. Census TIGER/Line or KML file to upload

Bummer

U.S. Census TIGER/Line

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:39:00 +0200

I just tried with a 2008 Washington UNSD 2.3Mo file straight from the US Census FTP to MapsGeek and it's working just fine...
What file do you need ? I'm not sure but I think there's a 4Mo limit for upload, that might be the problem...

Alex

CVS Problem

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:03:00 +0200

Hello Alex
There's a problem with the upload of CSV Files: when affecting the rows only the first row of the file appears? Not sure it's a bug but it would be nice to see all columns...

Thanks and keep up the great work!
Sal

CVS Problem

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:10:00 +0200

Thanks Salome! Indeed it is a bug, it should be corrected today or tomorrow.

Alex

CVS Problem

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:48:00 +0200

It's done !

Our To Do list

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:44:00 +0200

Hello !

A little follow-up on what's cooking!

- The new design is on its way, we have a new logo (probably temporary), the rest of the website should follow soon...
- The live data stream feed thingy is up and running ! It's working great actually, have a look at our sample script !

Coming next:
- Working on enabling more than one key per data source. That should be ready in a week or two.

Alex

Mapserver 5.6.1

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:14:00 +0200

We just switched to Mapserver 5.6.1, which should change absolutely nothing for you. If it does please let me know !

Google Maps / Wikipedia mashup

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:31:00 +0200

Hi !

This is an interesting site, encouraging the community to collaborate on maps.

Here's another site, also using a creative commons license: The Full Wiki maps

Some examples:

See what happened all around the world in 1945.
See where the drug trade is carried out.
Barack Obama has the most international background of any recent US president. See it mapped.
The 2010 Haiti earthquake and the international response.

Uploading Excel Data

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:23:00 +0200

After I upload my data from excel and the "Please affect the rows" window comes up, the labels I'm asked to choose between are all a bunch of nonsense characters, rather than the actual labels from the excel file. Any idea why?
Thanks!

Uploading Excel Data

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:26:00 +0200

Hi maleeks,

It's corrected, thanks for the info !

We had a major cleanup yesterday and some file went down the drain...

Let me know if you need help,
Alex