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Howdy. Just a quick post to announce we recently launched support for the new Google Sheets -- I think they were previously called Google Spreadsheets, but alas, the new name and UI are more aerodynamic... MapAList has recently been updated to support the new Google Sheets. To harness these new features, one must re-authorize MapAList's access to one's Google Docs.  (Note: This is only required for legacy users.) Take no action and only (the old) Google Spreadsheets will be supported. Follow the steps below, to keep up with the Joneses, and  be able to map from the new Google Sheets, as well as the old format. Steps: 1) Go to mapalist.com and log in 2) Go to MapAList's Google Auth Page 3) Click "Accept" on the Google page to enable MapAList to use your Google Sheets on your behalf 3.5) 10 push-ups, because if you don't have your health... 4) Try creating your map again 5) Let us know how you fared What you are doing is switching your account...

As the MapAList user base has grown over the past couple of years, one of the things we’ve noticed is that we have a ton of organizations leveraging our toolset to map their member/user bases. Religious organizations use MapAList to track their congregations; alumni associations use MapAList to track their members; campaigns and non-profits use MapAList to track their supporters/donors…you get the point. The reason I bring this up is because a few of these organizations have gotten smart and realized that they could push the work of updating their maps out to the user based directly using Google Forms. It’s like self check-out at the grocery store – the users love it because they are empowered (and because it’s a novelty to scan those barcodes) and so does the store because it reduces labor. Sounds cool – right? Well, implementing such a solution on your site with MapAList is not terribly difficult. Those folks at Google have made Google Forms easy to design and feed to a G...

Hello MapAList Faithful - it's been a while! Our most recent release includes a new map type called "Concentration/Heat Map." This new map type is great for large data sets with many addresses. It essentially creates a map in which the density of color (red) displayed is higher in areas with more addresses. The creation process is super simple...just choose "Concentration/Heat Map" in step 4 of the mapping process and you're good to go. Check it out: The rest should be very straightforward with a result that looks like the map you see below (note that I have about 4000 points in my Google Spreadsheet): Unfortunately, right now Concentration/Heat Maps don't allow you to see actual points on the map or click on them and get a pop up bubble, but if you have a big data set this might be just what you're looking for. If you have a large data set, give it a go and see what you think...

Roughly 18 months ago we launched MapAList with no publicity whatsoever. Brian, our founder, head developer, and resident visionary, shared his excitement around the solution with friends and family triggering our user base to slowly begin growing. Within a few months a handful of publications picked up on the simplicity and utility of MapAList and started to help us spread the word. LifeHacker .com was one of the first and gave us a huge boost. A week or so later The Chicago Tribune , The Orlando Sentinal , and The Baltimore Sun featured MapAList in their "How 2" column and things really started to heat up. From churches and wine distributors to real estate agents and news organizations , our users were finding creative and unique ways to make the most of MapAList . International press soon followed with articles in Russian , Indian, and French publications just to name a few. An influx of Brazilian users soon made us aware that we had been featured in Info Exame (...

If so you should definitely check out our most recent endeavour - an IPhone app called  AreYouSafe Atlanta . AreYouSafe Atlanta  lets you know how safe you are at any given time based on your current location within the city. All it takes is a quick tap to see a simple visual depiction of your safely level in addition to hyperlocal crime data broken down by type. Detailed crime statistics for the entire city of Atlanta, GA are pushed through a series of algorithms before producing a relative safety level for your exact geographic location. Walk/drive/bike/bus/canoe around the city and see your safety status update as you go! More cities coming soon...

If so you should definitely check out our most recent endeavour - an IPhone app called AreYouSafe DC . AreYouSafe DC lets you know how safe you are at any given time based on your current location within the city.  All it takes is a quick tap to see a simple visual depiction of your safely level in addition to hyperlocal crime data broken down by type.  Detailed crime statistics for the entire city of Washington, DC are pushed through a series of algorithms before producing a relative safety level for your exact geographic location. Walk/drive/bike/bus/canoe around the city and see your safety status update as you go! More cities coming soon...

What are we talking about here? So let’s say you have a map that depicts all of the countries you have visited.   It’s one thing to have a pin in France and show “Paris, 2008” in the pop up bubble, but it would be a heck of a lot cooler if you could click on that pin and see an image of you next to the Eifel Tower. Alternatively, maybe you’re looking to provide some information about France to the person looking at the map.   The ability to integrate an IFrame into the pin pop up bubble makes it easy to show the user a fully functional website about French tourism when they click on the pin. If you followed the couple tutorials that talked about hyperlinks, e-mail and Skype this should be a piece of cake…   What does it look like from a spreadsheet perspective? Just like our last 2 tutorials, the key here is all in the way you enter data into your Google Spreadsheet.  Again, a bit of HTML is all you need.   Take a look at the second column in the spreadsheet titled Image. ...