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Archive for December, 2006

Geocoding with Web applications

Friday, December 29th, 2006

People ask where they can get the latitude and longitude of a specific address for web applications such as Google Maps. Here are the top places I visit.

  1. geocoder.us (Uses Tiger)
  2. batchgeocode.com (Uses Yahoo)
  3. Eagle (Geocode.com / Tele Atlas)
  4. TravelGIS.com

6 applications to send large files over the web

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

I am often asked by clients how to send large files. They usually want to FedEx a CD or they start asking me questions about FTP. Don’t mess with it! Just use one of the apps below.

  1. You Sent It (web based, no registration required for 100mb or less)
  2. Send This File (registration required, no limit)
  3. Drop Send (registration required, 250mb or less)
  4. Drop Load (registration required, 100mb or less)
  5. Upload.sc (web based, free for 100mb or less)
  6. Pando (downloadable app, free to use)

The wedding bells have rung

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

With my recent wedding, honeymoon, and merge with Maria, I have been unable to do any work on my site. Maria and I are almost settled in so I am back to doing a little freelance and I hope to start updating my site again. Thanks for everyone’s support over the past few months! You can view our wedding site at www.mariaandmatthew.com.