Barry H. Welliver
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On Apr 19, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Bill Polhemus <bill@polhemus.cc> wrote:
> Please forgive the off-topic interjection, but as there's a good
> chance that someone here might have an idea on this score.
>
> I need software to make custom maps of a small area of the world -
> that is to say, an area about the size of the typical suburb. The
> software would ideally have the following capabilities:
>
> 1) Show local political boundaries (town, city, county, school
> district, county subdistrict, etc.)
> 2) Show streets and roads, including the names thereof.
> 3) Be able to be updated (free or otherwise) as changes to the above
> features occur.
> 4) Be able to pinpoint accurately a location, given an address.
> 5) Be able to show fine coordinates such that one could use GPS for
> geolocation.
> 6) Be able to add markers for address locations that could be
> annotated with resident names, phone numbers, and other family
> information.
> 7) Be able to make all sorts of charts of the above data, including
> paper map printouts as well as graphical representations such as JPG.
> 8) Be able to link data from a simple database (Xbase, Microsoft
> Office, etc.) for easy input of batch data.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
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