246 – Summer Software Showcase: BatchGeo
Taking the WELSTech Summer Software Showcase stage this week is BatchGeo, a Web 2.0 map generation tool.
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The discussion:
Map It! – Harnessing the power of Google Maps to map a collection of data is just what this week’s Summer Software Showcase featured web site, BatchGeo, is good for. Listen as Martin and Sallie discuss site features and ideas for use in ministry settings. An added mapping bonus mention is made of Google Earth. Listen for more on Google Earth in the WELSTech archives – Episode 172.
Ministry Uses
- Map your church membership or school families
- Map ministry groups – for Elder assignment, small group Bible study and more
- Geo-locate addresses and import into other software such as Google Earth and various church management software
- Use in education – great for Geography and other Social Studies subjects as well as many others
- Map lists of prospective church members or school families for outreach
Sample Map
View WELS & ELS FinalWeb Customer Sites in a full screen map
Picks of the week:
- (12:01) Online Image Editor for creating transparency in images
- Google’s Nexus 7 Tablet by Asus
- YouVersion Reading Plans
Community feedback:
- (21:00) In response to our recent Vimeo podcast, listener Jimmy Pautz shared his thoughts on online video hosting services
- Recent links shared in our WELSTech Diigo group include:
- Face blurring of video – when footage required anonymity
- Ninja Program
- AirPrint Activator for Mac
- Right Inbox now has e-mail reminders – Video overview
- ChatStep
- 10 Ways to Create Videos Without Installing Software
- The 7 Benefits of Keeping a Daily Journal
- The New Roman Roads
- Using the #WELSTech hashtag on Twitter, listeners shared these links:
- Teacher Karl Henselin from St. Mark’s in Watertown, WI posted on the WELSTech Listserve that he will have up to 40 computers to giveaway soon
Coming up on WELSTech:
(40:07) Episode 247 – Next week Martin and Sallie countdown the 7 Best Ministry Gadgets. What is your favorite shiny thing? (Release date – 08/01/12)
The featured artist:
(42:40) We close the podcast with the music of Corban Creek – It Seems To Be The Day
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You might also want to try out our feature rich mapping service ZeeMaps at http://www.zeemaps.com. Let me know if I can provide any additional information. Thanks.