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	<description>Exploring the world of free tools for GIS, GPS, Google Earth, neogeography, and more.</description>
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		<title>Personal Web Maps With StepMaps</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/personal-web-maps-with-stepmaps</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web apps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[StepMap lets you create distinctive personalized maps that you can save as an image, or embed on a web page. A step-by-step wizard walks you through the process.
Step 1: Choose a preset region and map style, modify the style as you wish, or upload your own map:

Step 2: Add points/icons, and connecting lines between points [...]


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<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2009/visitor-editable-google-team-maps-at-map-channels' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Visitor-Editable Google “Team Maps” At Map Channels'>Visitor-Editable Google “Team Maps” At Map Channels</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/easy-site-visitor-maps' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Easy Site Visitor Maps'>Easy Site Visitor Maps</a></li>
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		<title>Where Americans Are Moving</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/where-americans-are-moving</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/where-americans-are-moving#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web apps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Forbes Magazine has an interactive US map showing migration patterns between counties in the US for the year 2008.
Click on a county, and lines connect that county to other counties where 10 or more people have either moved to that county (black lines) or away from that county (red lines):

Mouse over a colored county to [...]


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		<title>Online Elevation Profiler</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/online-elevation-profiler</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/online-elevation-profiler#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KML]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web apps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Krystian Pietruszka emails about his new Geocontext Profiler site, based on the new Google Maps API version 3. Place two markers on a Google Maps view by clicking, and get the elevation profile between them:


You can add as many additional markers as you want in any direction; to fine-tune a marker position, just click and [...]


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<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/digipoint-2-export-of-google-maps-points-in-multiple-formats-and-elevation-data' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Digipoint 2: Export Of Google Maps Points In Multiple Formats, And Elevation Data'>Digipoint 2: Export Of Google Maps Points In Multiple Formats, And Elevation Data</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2009/maptool-goes-to-version-2-elevations-areas-and-distances-in-google-maps' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: MapTool Goes To Version 2&#8211; Elevations, Areas, And Distances In Google Maps'>MapTool Goes To Version 2&#8211; Elevations, Areas, And Distances In Google Maps</a></li>
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		<title>TopOSM &#8211; An Open Street Map Based Topographic Map</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/toposm-an-open-street-map-based-topographic-map</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/toposm-an-open-street-map-based-topographic-map#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 11:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web apps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[topographic maps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been checking in on Lars Ahlzen’s TopOSM site occasionally for a while now; he’s had a web-based map server with really nice Open-Street-Map-based topographic maps for Massachusetts and Colorado for a while now, but there hadn’t been any new additions for a while. Via the Mapperz blog, I see that there’s been a major [...]


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<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/google-maps-shaded-relief-site-updates' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Google Maps Shaded Relief Site Updates'>Google Maps Shaded Relief Site Updates</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2008/garmin-map-roundup' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Garmin Map Roundup'>Garmin Map Roundup</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>ArcGIS.Com Goes Into Beta</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/arcgis-com-goes-into-beta</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/arcgis-com-goes-into-beta#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 11:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web apps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lots of post on numerous blogs in the past few days about ESRI’s ArcGIS.com site coming online in beta format. From the help file:

Tools for building interactive maps
Maps and applications from the Web and GIS communities
Basemaps and specialty layers from ESRI
Developer resources for building Web mapping applications
Storage space for your map and application resources
Communities for [...]


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<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/free-arcgis-extensions-for-municipal-gis-applications' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Free ArcGIS Extensions For Municipal GIS Applications'>Free ArcGIS Extensions For Municipal GIS Applications</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/free-tools-for-arcview-and-arcgis' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Free Tools For ArcView And ArcGIS'>Free Tools For ArcView And ArcGIS</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>GISCloud &#8211; An Online Geographic Information System Application</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/giscloud-an-online-geographic-information-system-application</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/giscloud-an-online-geographic-information-system-application#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KML]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web apps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shapefile]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been playing around a bit with GISCloud, a web-based GIS program. Looks interesting, and promising, but still has serious limitations. Feature set includes:

Raster and vector data display
Vector layer import and editing, including shapefiles, MapInfo, KML, tab-delimited and GPX
Built-in datafile coordinate reprojection; recognizes prj files, and lets you select the output coordinate system (including the [...]


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<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2009/map-maker-gratis-free-map-editor' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Map Maker Gratis: Free Map Editor'>Map Maker Gratis: Free Map Editor</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/recap-of-intro-to-mapwindow-gis-series' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Recap Of Intro To MapWindow GIS Series'>Recap Of Intro To MapWindow GIS Series</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>WMS Inspector Extension For Firefox</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/wms-inspector-extension-for-firefox</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/wms-inspector-extension-for-firefox#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web apps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Adria Mercador writes to announce his WMS Inspector Extension (WMS = Web Map Service) for the Firefox browser:

Load all WMS requests in the current page and their parameters
Requests sorting by service or type
Individual WMS requests (images or errors) visualization
Copy services, requests or parameters to the clipboard
Direct editing of requests parameter values
Output GetCapabilities response as an [...]


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<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/pdfcreator' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: PDFCreator'>PDFCreator</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Overlay OpenStreetMap Data Transparently On Google/Yahoo Maps</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/overlay-openstreet-map-data-transparently-on-googleyahoo-maps</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/overlay-openstreet-map-data-transparently-on-googleyahoo-maps#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web apps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The transparent com site lets you select a base map layer from Google or Yahoo, and then overlay an OpenStreetMap (OSM) data layer on top with user-definable transparency. Zoom in to your area of interest, pick the base and overlay layers by clicking on the “+” sign in the upper right:

And see the base layer [...]


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<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2008/overlay-google-maps-windows-live-yahoo-askcom-and-openstreetmap-imagery-in-google-earth' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Overlay Google Maps, Windows Live, Yahoo, Ask.com and OpenStreetMap Imagery In Google Earth'>Overlay Google Maps, Windows Live, Yahoo, Ask.com and OpenStreetMap Imagery In Google Earth</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/overlay-your-own-maps-on-yahoo-maps-with-mapmixer' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Overlay Your Own Maps On Yahoo Maps With MapMixer'>Overlay Your Own Maps On Yahoo Maps With MapMixer</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>For Those Who Miss The Commodore 64</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/for-those-who-miss-the-commodore-64</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/for-those-who-miss-the-commodore-64#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web apps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A scrollable, zoomable, fully accurate map of New York City designed to look like an 1980s 8-bit videogame background:


Built using Open Source Map data.
Via CNet.


No related posts.


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		<title>ScribbleMaps Goes Pro</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/scribblemaps-goes-pro</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/scribblemaps-goes-pro#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web apps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Posted a few months ago about ScribbleMaps, a very cool web app that let you draw shapes and symbols freely in a Google Maps interface, then save the map in multiple formats:

JPEG
Print directly from browser
Embeddable widget (no Google Maps API key required
Facebook map
Regular Google Maps view
Google Earth plugin (though this didn’t work for me)
KML file [...]


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<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2010/export-google-maps-mymaps-data-as-kml' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Export Google Maps MyMaps Data As KML'>Export Google Maps MyMaps Data As KML</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/drawlabel-on-google-maps-and-generate-gpxkmlembeddable-maps' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Draw/Label On Google Maps, And Generate GPX/KML/Embeddable Maps'>Draw/Label On Google Maps, And Generate GPX/KML/Embeddable Maps</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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