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limpyhobbler

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3. ok so

Reply to ChromeFoundry (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 03:22 PM

Jan 2012

that looked promising but I have Excel 2003. I did a few more web searches and I think that map feature was something that existed in Excel up until maybe Office 2000 and then they stopped including it? That's what it looks like as best I can tell.

I'm looking into maybe doing something with SVG graphics. Might take a small amount of programming though, and I'm a bit rusty.

This is what I'm looking at:
http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/12/how-to-make-a-us-county-thematic-map-using-free-tools/

I want to generate image files based on data, so I'm not sure if Google Maps is going to do that with just the basic map tools. It might require the Google maps API. So then it's getting kind of programmy again.

thanks for the tips.

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Good way to make color coded map graphics? [View all] limpyhobbler Jan 2012 OP

Here is a way to do US States in MS Excel ChromeFoundry Jan 2012 #1

ok so limpyhobbler Jan 2012 #3

Worked fine in Office 2010 ChromeFoundry Jan 2012 #4

Using Google Maps ChromeFoundry Jan 2012 #2

I've done hundreds of them in MapInfo. It isn't cheap, but it works. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #5