MAPSERVER-USERS Digest - 30 Sep 2006 to 1 Oct 2006 (#2006-273)

[percy]

Yahoo has a geocoder that is very nice and allows up to 5000 hits per day:
http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/rest/V1/geocode.html

this will return a lat/long point for any address in the US that you can 
use to zoom to in your map.

you might want to look at openlayers.org, as well...
percy
psu geology

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> Topics of the day:
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>   1. newbie needs help in mapping counties in color
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> Date:    Sun, 1 Oct 2006 19:39:49 -0700
> From:    Ravi <ravikapoor101 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: newbie needs help in mapping counties in color
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> Hi Guys,
>
> I am a newbie and need a very simple application. I am sure mapserver 
> (and kamap) support it out of the box. I just need to be pointed in 
> right direction. I have been working on this for 10 days, so I have some 
> idea of mapserver now.
>
> I need to show a map of US streets with each county colored differently 
> based on the cars/household density. If you zoom in to a state level, 
> then map should color each "block group" rather than each county. That 
> is all I need. Here are my problems with this:
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> 1. How can I convert TIGER street maps to shape files? I was able to 
> find commercial version of these files but without geocoding data. Since 
> I need geocoding data (to provide ability to zoom to an address), should 
> I encode the data myself to shape files? If so, how can I do it, just 
> some pointers would be very helpful.
>
> 2. Also, I put each county file on a separate layer and that works fine 
> but I do not think that is the right way to do it. Can I put all 
> counties in one layer? If so, how do I do it given that there is a 
> separate shape file for each county? If I join the shape files, how can 
> I color them differently?
>
> This is all I need. Any pointers, help, prebuilt "map files" etc. would 
> be very helpful.
>
> Thanks a lot for your help
> Ravi
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