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Re: Population Density & Mapping Application?
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
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Can you explain a bit more what you want to do? Mapping from addresses • sounds
like a GIS application (GIS is what makes GPS work, among other things... • it's
the data that the program uses when it shows you where on a map you are, • instead
of just what your lat/long are, and the data that you search when you put • an
address in to find out how to get there)

My mapping needs are "approximate", I don't need anything to any real level
of precision.  What I need to do is note that company XYZ has offices in San
Jose, Shanghai, and Bangalore and company ABC has offices in Boston, Austin,
San Jose, and Bangalore, etc.  I then need to look at the map visually so I
can see where our various customer population densities are.


Are you saying you have a DB with company addresses in it and you want • that
displayed on a rendered map? or something else.

No, but I'd like to be able to capture information in a single tool so data
isn't scattered across multiple applications - I have that problem already.
It would be nice to visualize population density when looking at a map but
it isn't absolute requirement.


Offhand I would say one person to talk to would be Ken Koleda (MichLTC • ILTCO
rep) as he works with GIS apps in his job, IIRC.

Thanks,

Mike


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(...) Mike, Most of my experience is with software from ESRI. I have not used this specific program from them, but I think it is probably a good fit based on what you've described: (URL) have not worked with this software in many years, but I think (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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(...) Can you explain a bit more what you want to do? Mapping from addresses sounds like a GIS application (GIS is what makes GPS work, among other things... it's the data that the program uses when it shows you where on a map you are, instead of (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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