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		<title>Earth Survey Plugin: NGS Benchmarks, PLSS Data, USGS Quad Data And More</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2011/earth-survey-plugin-ngs-benchmarks-plss-data-usgs-quad-data-and-more</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2011/earth-survey-plugin-ngs-benchmarks-plss-data-usgs-quad-data-and-more#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back, I posted about a free web app from Metzger and Willard that shows National Geodetic Survey control points (benchmarks) near a specific area, and lets you view data for those landmarks. I’ve just noticed that they’ve created a newer web app called the Earth Survey Plugin, running in a Google Earth browser [...]
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		<title>Free Open GeoData Server Package (With Geocoding)</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2011/free-open-geodata-server-package</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2011/free-open-geodata-server-package#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via geothought comes word of the latest project from the developer of OpenHeatMap, Pete Warden. The Data Science Toolkit wraps up a number of open-source data tools into a combined server/data package that you can install as a VMware image or Amazon EC2 package (downloads/instructions included). You can also set it up as a stand-alone [...]
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		<title>Convert An Excel Address Spreadsheet Into A KML File (And Then Into A Geocoded CSV Text File) With KMLGeocode And KMLReport</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/convert-an-excel-address-spreadsheet-into-a-kml-file-and-then-into-a-geocoded-csv-text-file-with-kmlgeocode-and-kmlreport</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/convert-an-excel-address-spreadsheet-into-a-kml-file-and-then-into-a-geocoded-csv-text-file-with-kmlgeocode-and-kmlreport#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 12:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KMLGeocode (available here under the Google Geocoder listing) takes an address file in Excel (or XML) format, and creates a Google Earth KML file that plots geocodable addresses in the correct position. Load an address XLS file into the program (like this sample data also available on the download page): You have to specify the column [...]
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		<title>Georeferencing A General Textual Location With BioGeomancer</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/georeferencing-a-general-textual-location-with-biogeomancer</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/georeferencing-a-general-textual-location-with-biogeomancer#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the good old days, before 1994 or so, when commercial handheld GPS units first came onto the market, locations were often described in general textual terms, like “28 miles NNW of Gila Bend”, or “5 kilometers east of Mount Whitney”. BioGeoMancer Classic and BioGeomancer Workbench can parse these kind of textual descriptions, and convert [...]
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		<title>Digipoint, Export Of Google Maps Point Coordinates, Upgraded To Version 3</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/digipoint-export-of-google-maps-point-coordinates-upgraded-to-version-3</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/digipoint-export-of-google-maps-point-coordinates-upgraded-to-version-3#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve posted before about Digipoint (version 1 and version 2), a web app that lets you select points in a Google Maps interface, then export their coordinates in a variety of formats. Version 3 of Digipoint is now out, with some modest improvements: A new interface, a bit easier to use, and which works better [...]
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		<title>Online Geocoding, Address Verification And Shortest Path Utilities From the USC GIS Research Laboratory</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/online-geocoding-address-verification-and-shortest-path-utilities-from-the-usc-gis-research-laboratory</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/online-geocoding-address-verification-and-shortest-path-utilities-from-the-usc-gis-research-laboratory#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The USC GIS Research Laboratory offers a number of online geographic applications and Web APIs. You have to register for the services, and you’ll get 5000 use credits. After those are used up, the services are free for non-profit and non-commercial enterprises, as long as you cite/reference their use somewhere. For commercial use, if you [...]
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		<title>Tiny Geocoder</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2008/tiny-geocoder</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2008/tiny-geocoder#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[geocoding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tiny Geocoder is a small, simple web geocoder; type in an address or geographic location, and get back the approximate latitude/longitude for that location, and a Google Map view with that location plotted: If you have a Google Map API key (free), you can generate code to create a static link to this map (static [...]
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		<title>GIS-Like Functionality In Google Maps With ZeeMaps</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2007/gis-like-functionality-in-google-maps-with-zeemaps</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2007/gis-like-functionality-in-google-maps-with-zeemaps#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The classic functionality for Google Maps is the computerized equivalent of &#8220;sticking a pin in a map&#8221;, albeit a very fancy pin with the ability to hold and display additional information. ZeeMaps takes that simple Google Maps functionality and moves it towards something a lot closer to a Geographic Information System. With ZeeMaps you can: [...]
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		<title>The Geonames.org Geocoding Database</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2007/the-geonamesorg-geocoding-database</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2007/the-geonamesorg-geocoding-database#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 13:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Geonames website offers a number of useful geocoding services: Enter a name, and get back: A list of the first fifty geographic features in their database that include that name The feature coordinates A link to let you plot the location of that feature in Google Maps, along with fifty other nearby features Links [...]
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		<title>Convert A Google Maps Point To Multiple Text Geographic Formats</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2007/convert-a-google-maps-point-to-multiple-text-geographic-formats</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2007/convert-a-google-maps-point-to-multiple-text-geographic-formats#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2007 16:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a handy Google Maps site that lets you place a marker, gives you the position, and then lets you convert that position into a number of geographic text formats. At the geo:truc site, zoom into the desired location, and click on the Google Maps interface to enter a marker; you can also enter coordinates [...]
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