[Ldsoss] Ward mapping application

[John Harrison]

I'm actually working on that for our ward.  I'm starting from an
existing paper map and I'm going to use CSV output from MLS to
populate it.  The manual process of updating the map using MS paint is
too much of a pain.  I'll report to the list as I make progress.  It
will be aimed at "Utah Wards" that cover a small area.

I also have a program that generates an OpenOffice document containing
a photo directory that needs some polish before releasing into the
wild.

-John


On 1/26/07, Jesse Stay <jesse at thestays.org> wrote:
> On 1/26/07, Jay Askren <jay.askren at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm on an email list for ward clerks, and there's been quite a bit of
> > chatter about the following web site:
> > http://wardmap.theballfamily.org/intro.asp
>
> I would like to see one better.  I would love to have a client-side
> app that works similar to this, uses Google maps or such to generate
> the map, and then plots more than just membership data on the map.  As
> Ward Mission Leader, I'd like to see names of non-members and have the
> ability, on my own computer (not stored remotely anywhere), write
> notes about each name, creating a mapped area book of sorts.  Ability
> to store pictures of individuals (for members, perhaps downloaded from
> the ward website), notes about visits and individual circumstances to
> pass on to missionaries and other ward leaders, ability to color code
> perceived inactives vs. actives vs. non-members.  Then I'd like to
> take these mapped reports and print them out in various forms.
>
> Right now I am manually doing this with a plot map of our ward
> boundaries.  I will probably use photoshop to color-code things.  It
> would be really nice to have all this database-backed and organizable
> in many different ways.  Does anyone know where Zillow gets their plot
> maps from?  I'd love to have access to an API that can pull down not
> just street and satellite images, but actual plot maps of where each
> house in a Ward boundaries is.  If I had access to something like
> that, it might just be worth it to me and my calling to write a
> client-side app that does something like what I mention.  I guess I
> would also need an API to the stake and ward websites as well.  Tom
> (Welch) - any word on if the church might allow access to this info in
> the future for certain registered software developers?  I'd be happy
> to sign an NDA or release if necessary in order to write an app that
> does this, and donate it to the Church.  This would give me huge power
> as Ward Mission Leader.
>
> Jesse
>
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