Plotting zipcode data May 15, 2001 10:15 PM Subscribe
Anyone have ideas on how to plot zipcode data? I haven't found anything free or near free on ESRI's site or at any of the ColdFusion code exchanges. Are there any opensource simple GIS programs? I could have sworn there was a mapping component to ArsDigita's ACS some group was working on. Anything in PHP? Perl?
I'm looking for something that can spit out a simple map of the US with little dots where the zip code data shows up.
I'm looking for something that can spit out a simple map of the US with little dots where the zip code data shows up.
Perhaps more to the point, there is a file of zipcodes with latitude and longitude (warning: bigass text file) linked from this U.S. Census page. Caveats about the data are here.
All an offset of the Tiger mapping service. Your tax dollars hard at work to make a better MeFi.
posted by anildash at 12:12 AM on May 16, 2001
All an offset of the Tiger mapping service. Your tax dollars hard at work to make a better MeFi.
posted by anildash at 12:12 AM on May 16, 2001
Matt, I think you'll find what you need to here. It's not free, but it's cheap. It looks like the US Map Browser does exactly what you want, real-time, and you can make the resulting map clickable (click the dot to see users there, for example).
posted by ewagoner at 6:39 AM on May 16, 2001
posted by ewagoner at 6:39 AM on May 16, 2001
Now that I've done it, I see that the US Map Browser is free. And looks nice, too. It looks like the free version isn't automatically clickable, but since you didn't ask for that, I suppose that's OK.
posted by ewagoner at 6:46 AM on May 16, 2001
posted by ewagoner at 6:46 AM on May 16, 2001
Yay midwest!
posted by iceberg273 at 9:10 AM on May 16, 2001
posted by iceberg273 at 9:10 AM on May 16, 2001
I see nothing. Admittedly, I am running NN 4.5, but I also opened up 6.0 and still see nothing. I'll check it when I get to my IE computer tonight, but still...
posted by norm at 12:20 PM on May 16, 2001
posted by norm at 12:20 PM on May 16, 2001
Here is a GIF version. Note that the GIF version is about 5% the size of the BMP.
posted by kindall at 4:56 PM on May 16, 2001
posted by kindall at 4:56 PM on May 16, 2001
I think it would be cooler looking without the little black boxes that denote cities. But I'm just picky.
posted by norm at 7:48 AM on May 17, 2001
posted by norm at 7:48 AM on May 17, 2001
And that red stuff looks like paprika. But, I'm just kidding. Cool.
Wait, the black boxes are cities? I thought those were the members. The cayenne pepper denotes the members? I didn't think that many people had updated their zip-codes.
(gravy, and smothered corn... sorry I'm hungry)
posted by mblandi at 8:37 AM on May 17, 2001
Wait, the black boxes are cities? I thought those were the members. The cayenne pepper denotes the members? I didn't think that many people had updated their zip-codes.
(gravy, and smothered corn... sorry I'm hungry)
posted by mblandi at 8:37 AM on May 17, 2001
All that you're looking at is configurable. I made it in about a second and a half, just to get the idea across for Matt. Try it yourself, and make one that's aesthetically right for you. It's actually a neat little tool.
posted by ewagoner at 10:38 AM on May 17, 2001
posted by ewagoner at 10:38 AM on May 17, 2001
The little black boxes are members, the red stuff is some demographic data that you can turn on or off.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 10:50 AM on May 17, 2001
posted by mathowie (staff) at 10:50 AM on May 17, 2001
Oh man... I'm there: right in the middle of nothing. I'm not sure if I feel important, or just hella lonely.
posted by silusGROK at 4:41 PM on May 17, 2001
posted by silusGROK at 4:41 PM on May 17, 2001
I need a UK/international version of this tool! Seriously speaking that look very fun.
posted by nedrichards at 4:54 PM on May 17, 2001
posted by nedrichards at 4:54 PM on May 17, 2001
Now what we need is a Metafilter-membership proportional map of the US....
posted by dhartung at 11:21 AM on May 18, 2001
posted by dhartung at 11:21 AM on May 18, 2001
Matt: "The little black boxes are members..."
A MeFi map without Baylink? (There should be another black box in the west coast of Florida.)
posted by tamim at 12:42 AM on May 20, 2001
A MeFi map without Baylink? (There should be another black box in the west coast of Florida.)
posted by tamim at 12:42 AM on May 20, 2001
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Not live, I know. That's the short answer with no added expense. I emailed the webmaster of the pop vs. soda site to see how (s)he did it....
posted by anildash at 12:02 AM on May 16, 2001