Comprehensive Interactive Coffeeshop Map

Post by **Lemming** » Thu 15th Jun 2006 01:01 pm

Must be about time I chipped in here.

Firstly, the Nemesis and Amsterdamsat maps are great but not entirely accurate.

Secondly, I believe my Centrum map is very accurate although it covers a smaller area than Nemesis’ one:

https://www.coffeeshopdirect.com/MapCentrum.html

Some time ago, the people behind Amsterdamsat sent me a huge jpeg of an area roughly equivalent to that covered by the main ACD map (i.e. within the Singelgracht). My plan was to plot all of the shops on this picture but I haven’t had time to make much progress with it yet. There are various copyright restrictions on what can be done with the Amsterdamsat image and I’m a bit protective about my maps because they took a long time to draw. My maps are original and not based on existing ones so are my copyright.

I like the idea of making use of GoogleEarth. My time is limited but I’d like to help with this project if possible. At the same time, I’d also like to discourage any blatant plagiarising of other people’s work, especially mine!

711 · Post by **711** » Thu 15th Jun 2006 07:42 pm

Actually, I was hoping you'd host (or at least link to) the completed project somewhere within the directory, as a supplement to your maps (which is what I wanted to start this project for anyway.

). Providing you'd allow it, the map would be labelled as the Amsterdam Coffeeshop Directory Map, as your website provided not only the inspiration but the information to make.

I just wish we had some geocoding data for Amsterdam, that would save so much trouble, just batch process the whole list, and Presto! In seconds you've got a complete map.

Post by **Lemming** » Fri 16th Jun 2006 11:44 am

Sounds good. When I get a spare moment I'll pass on some material.

thepfy · Post by **thepfy** » Sat 26th Aug 2006 01:24 pm

That map is just google earth with coffee shop POI's.

There are some links for coffee shop POI's for google earth. I try and dig them out later.

thepfy · Post by **thepfy** » Mon 28th Aug 2006 07:34 pm

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded ... mber=96174

711 · Post by **711** » Fri 1st Sep 2006 06:17 pm

thepfy wrote:http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded ... mber=96174

I originally tried to reference that map, but I found it to be very incomplete, as well as quite innaccurate, some coffeeshops placed blocks away from where they should be. I found it easier to just manualy plot every one.

And as a footnote, due to a PSU malfunction, I lost all my work on this project (after about 150+ plotted coffeeshops), so I kind of lost interest for a long time, but with the the ACD forums back online, I might start anew. Im just glad my csv tables are still intact (they were hosted online), those took a long time to do.

cheese · Post by **cheese** » Thu 28th Dec 2006 08:13 pm

any progress??

Pala · Post by **Pala** » Thu 28th Dec 2006 08:17 pm

Boot-up your googleEarth and turn on the Google Community layer. There are three or four posts to bbs.keyhole.com that end up with pretty comprehensive coverage. One collection even links to photos and ACD info.

Be sure to right click and "Save to My Places" so you have access if you're offline.

Enjoy,
chuckje.

711 · Post by **711** » Fri 29th Dec 2006 12:55 pm

Pala's right. If you're looking for a good casual map of coffeeshops, just follow his instructions. I've put my project on hold for a while, and I'm not sure when I may start up again, as I keep hitting many setbacks. We'll see how things go from here. =D

pan4gold49 · Post by **pan4gold49** » Sat 30th Dec 2006 05:31 pm

711
What do you need ? I will comming to a-dam in march 24 to 28 for our honneymoon. I was plannig on taking gps locations and adding to my map base software . Also if you need processing power I have a amd x2 4400 with 2 gigs main memory 500gb storage.

Pala · Post by **Pala** » Sat 30th Dec 2006 05:47 pm

pan4gold49 wrote: I will comming to a-dam in march 24

I giggle each time I see you say that, it's my birthday.

I'll be in Amsterdam then as well!!

waiting,
chuck

711 · Post by **711** » Sat 30th Dec 2006 06:05 pm

Just need time. =P It's all manual work, comparing satellite photos to plat maps provided by Amsterdam city officials, making sure every single placemark is on the exact right building and geographic coordinates. Geocoding a list of addresses can only get you so far, virtually every plotted point will be off by anywhere from one building to 3 km. It's really just all about taking the time to plot some 200+ points. I can average about 2 per minute if I'm really concentrated, but I keep getting set back by one thing or another (lost my original work which was half done to a hard drive malfunction).

But I may soon be inspired to start work on it again. =D

courtjester · Post by **courtjester** » Sun 31st Dec 2006 11:03 am

Is there an English-speaking section on this Web site?

711 · Post by **711** » Sun 31st Dec 2006 06:53 pm

Not in this thread. >.>