Re: Fwd: [Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org

[Jeffrey Dunster]

It worked for me, but the coordinates were not accurate. Several parallel 
streets were combined and other points were completely out of place. All points 
were mis-aligned with the streets.

I did something like this using Google Earth. I transformed a list of addresses 
to coordinates using a service on the web, then I manually created the KML file 
merging the ward list. The other service was more accurate, but still not 
aligned perfectly, on the E/W axis. I think that is G.E.'s fault though. Their 
own data is inconsistent between the images and street info. I don't think that 
they have corrected the nadir (elongation) effects for most of the images.

I have been wondering what the geocodes were, and if they were actual Lat and 
Lon. If so what format, decimal?


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JeffreyD




Richard K Miller wrote:
Did I mention this is very "beta"?  =)  I'd be curious if it even works 
for you.  So far, it has worked on 2 and failed on 1.




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Re: Fwd: [Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org

[Gary Thornock]

--- Richard K Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Did I mention this is very "beta"?  =)  I'd be curious if it even  
> works for you.  So far, it has worked on 2 and failed on 1.

It works for me, although the 'pins' aren't exactly in the right
spots, and about half of the ward is missing.
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Fwd: [Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org

[Richard K Miller]

Did I mention this is very "beta"?  =)  I'd be curious if it even  
works for you.  So far, it has worked on 2 and failed on 1.



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From: Richard K Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: April 6, 2006 2:01:30 PM MDT
To: LDS Open Source Software 
Subject: Re: [Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org

Here's my attempt at it:

https://www.moregoodfoundation.org/wardmap/

After entering your LDS.org username and password, it will fetch  
your ward directory, geocode the addresses, and map it.  Your  
credentials are transmitted entirely over SSL, and are not saved.


I'm using Geocoder.us for the geocoding, which works pretty well  
but isn't perfect -- some of my ward member's houses were in the  
wrong place.  But my BYU ward isn't very interesting anyway, since  
all the markers are in one tiny clump.


Richard


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Richard K. Miller
www.richardkmiller.com




On Apr 5, 2006, at 4:02 PM, Todd Miner wrote:

What I'd really like to see is a mashup of the posted addresses on  
the ward web site with Google maps.  Since I work at the stake  
level, I'd love to see all the stake members pinpointed on a map  
with different color pushpins for their ward assignments.  I'm  
sure this is possible, and I have even found websites that will  
publish my spreadsheet full of addresses via Google maps - but  
they charge for their services.



Sounds like a great open source project.  :)

> Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 07:02:39 -0600
> From: "Ed Ashton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Ldsoss] RE: Welcome to the "Ldsoss" mailing list (Digest
> mode)
>
> Besides the rudimentary mapping on the lds website using  
mapquest does
> anybody know of any other mapping or GIS related projects the  
Church has
> embarked on?  I'm a membership clerk in our local unit and have  
found using
> ESRI's Arcview very helpful for leaders, members and  
missionaries to know
> where members live.  Not to mention the the plethora of other  
useful

> information that a GIS can contain.


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