Filter marker groups by clicking legend
I am not sure why I didn’t do this a long time ago…. You can now filter the markers on the map by clicking on the particular icon in the legend. This is useful to mappers who have large datasets and use the grouping functionality.
To undo the filter just click anywhere in the legend that’s not a marker or label.
Store Locator Creator using BatchGeo
You can now create a locator for multiple locations of a store front, business, office (or anything for that matter) for your website using BatchGeo.
Here is some simple HTML you can add to your website to find the closest location on your map to the users address. Just replace the value=”592e382d1c8aa6b2e50ca5fb376967a1″ with the URL alias of your map. This example is for the map at http://www.batchgeocode.com/map/592e382d1c8aa6b2e50ca5fb376967a1
<form action=”http://www.batchgeocode.com/map/”>
<input type=”hidden” name=”i” value=”592e382d1c8aa6b2e50ca5fb376967a1″>
<label>Search for nearest location<input type=”text” name=”q” value=”"></label>
<input type=”submit” value=”Search”>
</form>
Try it:
Another way to use this is by linking it:
http://www.batchgeocode.com/map/?i=592e382d1c8aa6b2e50ca5fb376967a1&q=Newark,NJ
Edit Maps, Disable Ads, Disable Expiration
You can now edit your maps after they are created. Just add your email to the options when you are saving your map initially, you will get an email with a link to edit your map. For existing maps, just use the link you got in the email for deleting (don’t worry it won’t delete your map.)
The new edit screen will give you access to the following new options:
- You can change the title, description, and URL of your map
- You can change the email address associated with your map
- You can change the privacy status of your map
- You can set your map to never expire even if it doesn’t receive page views for over 2 months
- You can disable ads on your saved map
The map screen is also full screen now, which makes for a lot easier map to navigate especially when you have lots of points. You might need to tweak your browser size before printing is the only draw back.
Although the new edit features don’t currently include a way to update the markers, you can set a URL for your map. So next time you want to update your map, you can just delete the old one and set the new map to the old URL. The URL can be anything you like, maybe set it to something easy to remember.
Let me know what you think of these latest features.
Name change
With all the other big changes lately, why not change the name?
I have never liked the name “BatchGeocode” … its not really even a name, its a function. Its kind of old school thinking to name your site after what it does. When this service was first launched geocoding was all it was about, but I think we’ve grown way past that.
So I have had this “batchmap.com” domain name for awhile, and always thought some day I would make the switch. Well the day has come, so welcome to BatchMap.com! Hope you like the new name and new interface tweaks.
BTW, the latest changes are:
- Google Map markers now match those in map
- Draggable markers for fixing problem geocodes
- New host, seems a bit snappier to me
Cheers!
What’s up with Chrome?
I love Chrome. Its just the fastest, most efficient way to surf the web in my opinion.
Ironically, Chrome and other Webkit browsers like Safari, are the only browsers that don’t work well copying and pasting from BatchGeocode.com
Pasting into BatchGeocode from Excel works fine, but pasting back to the spreadsheet produces just one field with all the results in it. A workaround, if you first paste the results to a text editor like notepad, then copy/paste those results into a spreadsheet, it works fine.
I’ve registered the bug here, please post on there too if you feel my pain…
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33384
日本語バージョンで住所から地図を作成！
日本語のバージョンができました。このバージョンでは、住所を日本語形式でジオコーディングできるようデフォルトで設定されていますが、日本国内が対象です。下記の日本語バージョンで何か問題がありましたら、お知らせください。
http://www.batchgeocode.com/jp
Please post any feedback on this version here, thank you!
New Features List… what’s next? (you tell me)
Well this site remained relatively unchanged from 2006-2009, then in the last couple of months I have done quite a bit:
- Moved to Google Maps API
- Significantly simplified interface
- Graphical upgrades (we got a logo, yay!)
- Added ability to remove maps
- Reverse geocoder interface
- Translations to different languages
I have gotten some positive feedback, and some “constructive” feedback about the changes. Hopefully I have resolved most the issues since the Google Maps move.
Let me know what you think of all these changes and where you’d like to see the site go next. Thanks!
Géolocalisez des adresses en France/Suisse/Belgique
Maintenant vous pouvez utiliser Batchgeocode pour cartographier vos adresses en utilisant notre interface en français!
http://www.batchgeocode.com/fr
Traduction vérifiée par S. JOURDAN
Deutscher-Geocoder verfügbar
Unser Batch-Geocodierungsservice steht nun auch deutschsprachigen Anwendern zur Verfügung.
http://www.batchgeocode.com/de
Mit diesem Service können Sie aus einer Adressliste mit sämtlichen Adressdaten eine Karte erstellen. Ebenso können Breiten- und Längengrad-Koordinaten (GPS)abgerufen werden. Standard für die Deutsche Website ist Google Maps API Deutschland, die Geocodierungsdaten sind entsprechend ausgerichtet.
Please post any feedback here, thanks!
