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http://jystewart.net/process [a work on process] There seems to be quite a plethora of Ruby/Rails libraries appearing aiming to simplify handling geography and distances. In some cases these libraries do quite distinct things (zip codes vs.

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Geography.about.comhttp://geography.about.com [Geography.about.com] Microsoft MapPoint 2000 - Geography - 05/17/99: MapPoint offers a Data Mapping Wizard that uses the demographic data or imported data to create a "Shaded Area Map" (choropleth map), "Sized Circle Map" (graduated circles), "Shaded Circle Map," or "Pushpin Map." A description on the wizard tells the user which map to use based on what's being shown. When I attempted to create a map showing population by census tracts, the program froze on a 350 MHz machine with 96MB of RAM.

Libraries.mit.eduhttp://libraries.mit.edu [Libraries.mit.edu] Mapping Address Locations - Introduction to Geocoding and Address ...: Placement of points is an important issue to remember when geocoding, as parcels are often not equal sizes and the locations you geocode may be off by a building or two. This is usually not a problem when you are trying to find the general location of an address, but can be a real problem if you are a city utility trying to mark the entrance to a house.

Mathforum.orghttp://mathforum.org [Mathforum.org] The Math Forum - Math Library - Geography: GirlTECH is a teacher training and student council program that encourages young women to pursue careers in mathematics and science, offering intensive technology training to explore innovative teaching strategies for gender equity in the classroom through

http://mapzlibrarian.blogspot.com [Mapzlibrarian.blogspot.com] mapz: a gis librarian: Free Batch Geocoding: Juice Analytics Excel ...: As Meg Stewart stated in the GIS @ Vassar blog, "Geocoding in ArcGIS is not pleasant. Success rates hit a high of about 70 percent, in my experience." We all feel your pain, especially those of us in education where we are constantly put in the position where we need to explain this geocoding

http://blog.programmableweb.com [Blog.programmableweb.com] ProgrammableWeb.com » 2006 » June: * Free access to SRC’s Explorer geocoder, the industry’s only geocoder that is country independent, enabling developers in any country with a cartographic database to geocode any geographic component for international applications

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