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[MapAList]
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MapAList is the brainchild of Brian Sobel. (Switching to first person...) I came up with the idea when some friends of mine asked me to do their wedding website. I begrudingly agreed, but told them we would have to do some fun stuff with it. About the same time I attended the 2007 Google developer conference and caught a breeze of excitement about the google data APIs.
I intially wanted to put a google map on their wedding website that showed a realtime map of RSVP status: who had been invited
 , who replied yes
 , and who replied no
 , and I wanted to feed the data from a google spreadsheet where they and their folks managed the RSVP list. After I got a prototype working I became quite excited by the idea, and started creating crazy maps off the same spreadsheet: Who was ordering what meals across the world (using different food images as icons:
 ); Bride-side Attendees vs. Groom-side Attendees; Friends vs. Family, Singles vs. Couples, Attendee Gender, etc.. They eventually decided not to use all those maps on their site, but the seed of excitement had been planted in me.
Following, I began to transition this from a custom job for their site, to a product all could use. I wanted to make this capability available to people without requiring any coding --- alas, development began on 'a codeless wizard for creating these customized maps with data that would be updated realtime' -- now daily. This 'project' has evolved into what is now MapAList. The original website can be seen at
http://robynandasaf.com/mapalist.aspx
and
http://robynandasaf.com/mapalist_alloptions.aspx. They now use private MapAList maps to track the status of their thank you notes geographically.
Thanks to all who have provided support to this endeavor via enthusiasm, brainstorming, testing, and other valued ways.
Anyway, I'm Brian, this is MapAList. Hope you are able to find a use for it.
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[The Team]
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Founder/Developer/Lead Miscreant: Brian Sobel
Lord of Test Data: Ryan Ash
Business Development: Benjamin and Cynthia Mokotoff
Research: Mike Myers
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[Contact Us]
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help@mapalist.com
202-683-8931
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[Noted Customers]
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Enprise Entertainment
Chicago Botanic Gardens
Botanic Gardens Conservation International
Congreso
Busters Parents To Wed
Many of my Family & Friends
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[Donate]
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Should you desire to show the team some love, kindly click the PayPal Donate link below.
Note: Email feedback of good experiences is equally appreciated/cherished
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[Premium Services/Consulting]
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Please send us a note if you are interested in a custom mapping solution -- projects big and small are welcome.
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[Press]
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Where we are in the news, or around the web:
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Noteworthy
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8/13/08
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MakeUseOf.com
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"MapaList is web service for mapping address lists onto Google Maps. Using MapaList you can pull an address list (spreadsheet) from your Google Docs account,map it on top of Google maps, and then share it with others."
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8/14/08
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LifeHacker.com
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"the combination of its easy grabbing from GDocs and its step-by-step creation wizard make plotting out the best pizza joints in town, the wedding party members who haven't RSVP'd, or any other data seriously simple...A cool tool for those of us without the skills to directly patch into Google Maps. "
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8/14/08
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AgentGenius.com
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"Mapalist to the Rescue!...It’s SO Easy"
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8/14/08
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Good Morning Silicon Valley (GMSV)
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"MapAList, which lets you turn an address list into a Google map"
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8/15/08
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Blackbaud.com
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"create an interactive map of constituents...You don't need to be super-techy to set this up."
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8/18/08
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CollegeMediaInnovation.com
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"Mapalist is a handy little site that quickly links Google spreadsheets to Google maps."
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8/19/08
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ziipa
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8/24/08
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Orlando Sentinel
Chicago Tribune
Baltimore Sun
Newsday.com
TMCnet.com
Erie Times News
Arizona Daily Star
Buffalo News
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How 2 ... Plot addresses on Google map
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8/26/08
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EdTech
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"You could use Map a list to build a map of the best restaurants in a city or in my case all the Starbucks in Texas. What ever you decide to map the step-by-step wizard makes it a breeze."
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8/26/08
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Emerging Technologies Librarian
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8/28/08
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10000words.net
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The latest in mashup technology lets users create a map from a Google Spreadsheet. And, like the best things in life, the service is free.
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9/7/08
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Search Marketing Insights by Dev Basu
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9/16/08
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TheViewFrom32
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More map magic: "To create [a] map using my new best friend, MapAList.com you simply tell it the Google Spreadsheet you want to use, fill in a few details about how you want the map set up, and click "Continue." In a few seconds you have a map"
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Hindustan Times (India)
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10/15/08
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The San Diego Home Blog
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There she goes making maps again: "It is a handy little visual when we find the need to convince someone we aren’t just on our way back from the licensing exam"
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10/13/08
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About.com
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"take a list of addresses from a Google Docs spreadsheet and turn it into markers in Google Maps"
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10/27/08
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FreeGeographyTools.com
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"This is one of the neater online mapping applications I’ve seen in a while"
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10/27/08
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slashgeo.org
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10/28/08
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baliz-geospatial.com
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"C'est simple et rapide en plus d'offrir assez d'options en cours de route pour personaliser l'application cartographique Google Maps qui en ressort."
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[Geocoding]
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Geocoding services provided by:
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View your maps via iGoogle!
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Try our facebook App: Map My Peeps!
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