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Seeking a Mapping Solution

  • 13-06-2014 08:56AM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭


    First off, I hope this is the right forum. If not, I apologise.

    I'm looking for advice/suggestions around a product I can use to map some data. What I'm looking for, is something similar to Microsoft MapPoint, which would allow me import a customer base, in Excel format, and which would then map that data onto a map of Ireland by way of push pins (or similar) for each address that I have. The MapPoint software would be ideal, but it doesn't recognise Irish addresses more specific than county, so if I have 1 customer or 501 customers in Co Meath for example, it will just put down 1 pin in that county. What I would like, is that if I had 27 customers in Co. Meath, it would place 27 pins in the specific areas etc.

    I hope what I'm saying makes sense, and that someone can recommend a product.

    Thanks

    Richie


Comments

  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,716 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    HI Richie,
    I am not familiar with anything out there like that. Would google maps offer anything like that?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,849 ✭✭✭professore


    Google Maps can do this alright: Here's a guide ...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,349 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    If you have latitude and longitude data, you could use Google Earth too. There are online tools to build a KML file from CSV data, that I've used ( but is now unavailable, Google for others)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭threebeards


    Thanks for the replies guys


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,020 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    Try openstreet maps.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Developers: there's probably a market for better Irish mapping software. Cos your addresses are ****ed up :)


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