{"id":7611,"date":"2009-03-29T07:21:12","date_gmt":"2009-03-29T14:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=7611"},"modified":"2009-03-29T13:46:31","modified_gmt":"2009-03-29T20:46:31","slug":"the-mapmakers-dilemma-what-the-hell-are-you-doing-with-your-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/7611\/the-mapmakers-dilemma-what-the-hell-are-you-doing-with-your-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The mapmaker&#8217;s dilemma: What the hell are you doing with your time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/MapHoundBeta.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a screen shot of the user interface of the beta version of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=7609\" target=\"_blank\">the mapping software I talked about on Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This version:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creates a Google Maps KML file from a list of street addresses\n<\/li>\n<li>Assigns a user-selectable map marker to those addresses\n<\/li>\n<li>Optionally creates a folder on the file server for that address &#8212; to serve as an engenu folder\n<\/li>\n<li>Optionally creates folders and folder structures, thus to create an engenu hierarchy\n<\/li>\n<li>Optionally builds links from the map markers to the individual street address folders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is me writing to the Swallow Hill Gang last night, a very brief outline of features and capabilities:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Any valid addresses, one to a line, will produce a KML file that can be imported into Google Maps.<\/p>\n<p>Like this, which is me and my best beloved:<\/p>\n<p>314 East El Caminito Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85020<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll have the map marker you choose. I&#8217;ll be adding more.<\/p>\n<p>If you select Folders, a folder will be created for that address:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;314_East_El_Caminito_Drive,_Phoenix,_AZ_85020&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you select Links, the folder will be linked from the map marker.<\/p>\n<p>If you select Links without Folders, neither one happens, for obvious reasons.<\/p>\n<p>If you precede a line with a tilde &#8212; &#8220;~&#8221; &#8212; a folder is created, and subsequent address lines and their respective folders and links are created hierarchically. Like this:<\/p>\n<p>~Top Level Folder<\/p>\n<p>would create a folder at the top level named &#8220;Top_Level_Folder&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This structure:<\/p>\n<p>~Top Level Folder<br \/>\n314 East El Caminito Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85020<\/p>\n<p>would create a link to a folder from the map marker for my house inside of the &#8220;Top_Level_Folder&#8221; folder, hence:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Top_Level_Folder\/314_East_El_Caminito_Drive,_Phoenix,_AZ_85020&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you do this:<br \/>\n~Top Level Folder<br \/>\n~Top Level Folder\/Second Level Folder<br \/>\n314 East El Caminito Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85020<\/p>\n<p>You would get this:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Top_Level_Folder\/Second_Level_Folder\/314_East_El_Caminito_Drive,_Phoenix,_AZ_85020&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You have to build each level of the hierarchy as you go. No harm, no foul if you try to create a folder that already exists.<\/p>\n<p>You can do this:<\/p>\n<p>~Love<br \/>\n~Love\/Barefoot Boy With Cheek<br \/>\n314 East El Caminito Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85020<br \/>\n~Love\/Barefoot Boy With Cheek\/Girl Next Door<br \/>\n322 East El Caminito Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85020<br \/>\n~Love\/Barefoot Boy With Cheek\/Girl Next Door\/And Baby Makes Three<br \/>\n402 East El Caminito Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85020<\/p>\n<p>and you will have created what I hope will be a by-now obvious hierarchy.<\/p>\n<p>If all you want to do is create a folder hierarchy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/7611\/the-mapmakers-dilemma-what-the-hell-are-you-doing-with-your-time\/#more-7611\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s a screen shot of the user interface of the beta version of the mapping software I talked about on Friday. This version: Creates a Google Maps KML file from a list of street addresses Assigns a user-selectable map marker to those addresses Optionally creates a folder on the file server for that address &#8212; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,6,5,19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-egoism-in-action","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","9":"category-technology","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7609,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/7609\/building-customized-google-maps-and-engenu-folder-structures-from-lists-of-addresses\/","url_meta":{"origin":7611,"position":0},"title":"Building customized Google Maps and engenu folder structures from lists of addresses","author":"Greg Swann","date":"March 27, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I have very alpha software that makes a KML file that Google Maps will eat to make something like this: View Larger Map It's kinda-sorta like ZeeMaps, except I get a true Google Maps map, which I can then customize and embed. 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