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		<title>Crowdsourcing And Coordinating Data Collection With Handheld GPS Units</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/crowdsourcing-and-coordinating-data-collection-with-handheld-gps-units</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Got an email today from someone with a data collection/coordination/assembly problem. They have multiple people out in the field with Garmin GPS units recording data, and bringing it back to a central location for collation/combination when they’re done. Since Garmin GPS units have limited capabilities for data storage – coordinates, name, comment, date and time, [...]
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<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2009/thematic-mapping-engine-api-for-displaying-your-own-data-in-google-earth' rel='bookmark' title='Thematic Mapping Engine API For Displaying Your Own Data In Google Earth'>Thematic Mapping Engine API For Displaying Your Own Data In Google Earth</a></li>
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		<title>Excel Add-On For Map And Data Visualization</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/excel-add-on-for-map-and-data-visualization</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/excel-add-on-for-map-and-data-visualization#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Claude Henri-Meledo writes to tell me about BeGraphic Lite, a free data visualization tool for Microsoft Excel. I don’t currently have easy access to Microsoft Excel (I&#8217;m working in OpenOffice exclusively), so I can’t try it out, but it looks interesting. It apparently does a wide variation of data graphics, not just maps; these include: [...]
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		<title>Creating A Thematic Map Using Just Excel</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/creating-a-thematic-map-using-just-excel</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/creating-a-thematic-map-using-just-excel#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A video/demo tutorial on creating a thematic map using just Excel, no GIS or extra programs required. I’d rather use a GIS, but if you’re really comfortable with Excel, it’s worth a look. Note: Any time the video demo stops, it probably means it’s waiting for you to click on something on the screen, usually [...]
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		<title>Excel Spreadsheet Data To  Google Earth Thematic Map</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/excel-spreadsheet-data-to-google-earth-thematic-map</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/excel-spreadsheet-data-to-google-earth-thematic-map#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 12:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After yesterday’s post on thematic mapping in Google Maps, John Stewart  of the University of North Carolina’s MEASURE program wrote to tell me about their own thematic mapping tool, the E2G Thematic Mapper. This Microsoft Excel macro spreadsheet data and links it with polygon data for countries and their administrative units to create thematic maps [...]
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		<title>Modify A KML Polygon File With Excel Data</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2008/modify-a-kml-polygon-file-with-excel-data</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2008/modify-a-kml-polygon-file-with-excel-data#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remy Paternoster writes to announce a new tool he&#8217;s created, an Excel app called KMLxl that imports a KML polygon/placemark file created in Google Earth, and lets you both attach data to each polygon and scale the height of the polygon to a variable value: The process is straightforward, involving creating polygons and associated placemarks [...]
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		<title>Online Spreadsheet To KML Converter</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2008/online-spreadsheet-to-kml-converter</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2008/online-spreadsheet-to-kml-converter#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Clark, the author of the useful Google Earth Public Land Survey System (PLSS) tool, has a new online app for converting spreadsheet data into point KML files, and opening them directly in Google Earth. Spreadsheet files can be in XLS (Office 2003 or earlier for now, Office 2007 support coming), CSV, or TXT (tab-delimited [...]
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		<title>XLS2KML &#8211; Another Excel To KML Converter, With A Few Extras</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2007/xls2kml-another-excel-to-kml-converter-with-a-few-extras</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2007/xls2kml-another-excel-to-kml-converter-with-a-few-extras#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Earth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: Original website seems to have disappeared; I&#8217;ve uploaded a copy of the spreadsheet here. I&#8217;ve posted before on several programs and websites that will convert spreadsheet point coordinate data (CSV or XLS) to Google Earth&#8217;s KML format (here and here). XLS2KML is another option, but it does a few things the others don&#8217;t: - [...]
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		<title>A KML To CSV (And CSV To KML) Converter For Spreadsheets And Garmin POI Files</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2007/a-kml-to-csv-and-csv-to-kml-converter-for-spreadsheets-and-garmin-poi-files</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2007/a-kml-to-csv-and-csv-to-kml-converter-for-spreadsheets-and-garmin-poi-files#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A multi-platform program for converting KML point files into CSV format, and vice-versa, for use in mapping programs or creating POI files for GPS units.
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		<title>EarthPlot Software Tools For Google Earth</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2007/earthplot-software-tools-for-google-earth</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in 2005, EarthPlot software released several shareware tools for plotting data and creating graphic overlays in Google Earth. The most recent versions of their software are now available as freeware. If you&#8217;re interested in plotting spreadsheet data or creating annotated overlays in Google Earth, you should definitely check these out. More after the fold [...]
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		<title>Creating A Network KML Link To A Google Spreadsheet</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2007/creating-a-network-kml-link-to-a-google-spreadsheet</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2007/creating-a-network-kml-link-to-a-google-spreadsheet#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I saw the article on the Google Earth Blog about the new Google Earth Outreach program, and was reading the tutorial page when I noticed that there&#8217;s now the capability to create a network KML link from a Google Spreadsheet to Google Earth. When did they do that?! There&#8217;s been the ability to create [...]
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