And Exports!
Posted by Charlie Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:19:00 GMT
We've been able to import data, such as GPS tracks and ESRI shapefiles, into MapBuzz for quite some time now. And we provide access to our content via Atom feeds. But some of our users have asked us to support exporting our content to good old-fashioned shape files. Always wanting to please, we are happy to announce that we now support exporting data to shape files.
To see it in action let's export the Lunch Near CU map. If you follow the link to the map you'll see an Export button. When you click it, you'll download a Zip archive that contains a shape file for each type of geometry shown on the map (in this case points and lines).
You can use almost any GIS product to view the files. Free options include:
Here is a screenshot from uDig:
Its not very pretty without the base map or any stylinging information, is it?