This presentation was delivered to the London Circuit Riders meeting on Tuesday 9th Dec 2008. It explains the process of mapping volunteering opportunities from vBase to Google Maps

1. Powered by Mike Veitch IT Project for West London

2. Demonstrate Live system

4. Demonstrate Live system

5. How it was done

6. Edit your data Create KML file Extract the data Export from Google Earth Import to Google Earth FTP to website

7. From V-Base Create secondary database Select tables Write a query Export data to CSV/Excel Edit your data Create KML file Extract the data Export from Google Earth Import to Google Earth FTP to website

8. Edit your data Create KML file Extract the data Export from Google Earth Import to Google Earth FTP to website

9. Edit your data Create KML file Extract the data Export from Google Earth Import to Google Earth FTP to website

10. Data now in Excel No data editing Change some variables Change filenames Edit your data Create KML file Extract the data Export from Google Earth Import to Google Earth FTP to website

11. Edit your data Create KML file Extract the data Export from Google Earth Import to Google Earth FTP to website

12. Edit your data Create KML file Extract the data Export from Google Earth Import to Google Earth FTP to website

13. From Excel VBA in a macro Running the macro Writes out the KML file KML saved to local drive Keyhole Markup Language Edit your data Create KML file Extract the data Export from Google Earth Import to Google Earth FTP to website

14. Edit your data Create KML file Extract the data Export from Google Earth Import to Google Earth FTP to website

15. Edit your data Create KML file Extract the data Export from Google Earth Import to Google Earth FTP to website

16. Why Google Earth V-base contains postcodes Google Maps requires coordinates Google earth supports UK postcodes Gives visual check on data Test click through Edit your data Create KML file Extract the data Export from Google Earth Import to Google Earth FTP to website

17. Edit your data Create KML file Extract the data Export from Google Earth Import to Google Earth FTP to website

18. Edit your data Create KML file Extract the data Export from Google Earth Import to Google Earth FTP to website

19. Why Google Earth Can write out KML/KMZ files These files now contain UK postcode And coordinate data Can be read by Google Maps Edit your data Create KML file Extract the data Export from Google Earth Import to Google Earth FTP to website

20. Edit your data Create KML file Extract the data Export from Google Earth Import to Google Earth FTP to website

21. Edit your data Create KML file Extract the data Export from Google Earth Import to Google Earth FTP to website

22. What do we FTP? Our overlay file (KML) Any graphics referenced in the KML file - Map Pins Edit your data Create KML file Extract the data Export from Google Earth Import to Google Earth FTP to website

23. Publish URL Monitor Traffic Evaluate

24. You have seen a working prototype There are unresolved problems Questions