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Andrew Turner replied on December 21, 2009 21:59 to the problem "500 Error message: webserver has a problem" in GeoCommons:

Helps if we spell our email addresses correctly! :)

support@fortiusone.com and kevin@fortiusone.com

Andrew Turner set one of Andrew Turner's replies as an official response to "Why must the Visual Theme option be limited to one attribute?" in GeoCommons

Andrew Turner replied on December 21, 2009 14:00 to the question "Why must the Visual Theme option be limited to one attribute?" in GeoCommons:

Both excellent suggestions! We'll see about adding them in an upcoming release (definitely the attribute order, that's quite annoying in my own experience as well!) :)

Andrew Turner replied on December 21, 2009 13:59 to the problem "500 Error message: webserver has a problem" in GeoCommons:

Hi Tara - sorry you ran into a problem.

We're very busy making uploads faster and smoother. Can you provide information on the dataset you were trying to upload? How many rows of data, and was it being geocoded?

You can send us a copy of your data to support@geocommons.com and we can give it a try.

Thanks!

Andrew Turner set one of Andrew Turner's replies as an official response to "Maker embedding: zoom to location?" in GeoCommons

Andrew Turner replied on December 21, 2009 13:57 to the question "Maker embedding: zoom to location?" in GeoCommons:

Hey Paul - excellent question. There is a full JavaScript API to the embedded map. However currently it's not exposed very well. You have to get the Flash object from the instances array.

So for example, if you embedded the map in the 'maker_map_10024' div, then the call to set the zoom is:

F1.Maker.Map.instances['maker_map_10024'].swf.setZoom(11);

There is a full list of JS methods: http://wiki.github.com/geocommons/api...

The interface will be much better in the very next release, so don't fret! :)

Andrew Turner replied on December 09, 2009 18:22 to the praise "Sittin on top of the pack." in GeoCommons:

Thank you very much! You're feedback is definitely appreciated. We wouldn't be happy with just "good enough" but are excited to keep pushing what's possible to provide open data and an easy to use, powerful, mapping visualization.

Do you have any particular maps you'd like highlighted?

Andrew Turner replied on December 09, 2009 18:20 to the question "Why must the Visual Theme option be limited to one attribute?" in GeoCommons:

Hrm, the Map Brewer should give you the option to choose the attribute you want to theme by.

Here is a screenshot of what you should see on Step 2:

So that should allow you to set the attribute explicitly. Is this what you're seeing?

Andrew Turner replied on November 24, 2009 20:59 to the problem "Parsing problem on polylines." in GeoCommons:

By the way - here are some of the re-uploaded working versions:

http://finder.geocommons.com/overlays...
http://finder.geocommons.com/overlays...

so we need to check out the parsing of the original datasets to see if the issue is resolved.

Thanks!

Andrew Turner replied on November 24, 2009 20:56 to the problem "Parsing problem on polylines." in GeoCommons:

Hey plarkin! sorry for the late response.

We're actually finishing up some new features specific to polyline visualization that will make this better.

However, just talked with Kevin and apparently downloading and re-uploading your dataset seems to work. Can you send us the original dataset to support@fortiusone.com so that we can try it out here to see what the original parsing problem is?

Andrew Turner replied on November 10, 2009 22:58 to the question ""An unknown error has occurred" when uploading data" in GeoCommons:

Heh - well, glad you got it working. Definitely let us know if you figure out what the specific issue was.

Andrew Turner replied on November 09, 2009 17:04 to the question ""An unknown error has occurred" when uploading data" in GeoCommons:

It looks like there was a problem trying to geocode your data. What types of columns or data were you uploading?

Andrew Turner replied on November 09, 2009 12:20 to the question "Homework Blues HELP!!" in GeoCommons:

Hi Veronica - what do you mean by "uploading" your map? What kind of map do you have that you want to host on GeoCommons.

Andrew Turner replied on November 05, 2009 12:48 to the problem "The Details popup in Maker isn't closing" in GeoCommons:

What browser are you using?

I just tested on Firefox on Mac and it worked. I'll test on Windows.

A comment on the question "Why can't my lat/lon data be mapped?" in GeoCommons:

Good point about adding it to the documentation (and Bill is fast at work updating all of our videos. he's a rock star like that :)

The reason we don't grey it out is that people can still upload data and keep it private, which is why the "Make a Map" button isn't visible. – Andrew Turner, on November 05, 2009 12:39

Andrew Turner replied on November 05, 2009 12:30 to the problem "Share link in My Layers (Finder!) are not working" in GeoCommons:

Hi Stephanie - thanks for the feedback.

Perhaps you can clarify about how your choosing the "Share link"? Is the data you're trying map data that you uploaded, or did you "Edit a Copy"?

Currently, you can't map overlay copies, just the original ones. But if it's data you uploaded you should definitely be able to Share it.

Andrew Turner replied on November 03, 2009 11:19 to the problem "Sign up link for new users is going directly to the Sign In page instead" in GeoCommons:

Hi Stephanie - you're right, looks like there is a problem with the /register location. Typically Sign Up is via a pop-up box, but it sounds like instead you're getting sent to the login page.

One thing to try while we fix this problem is to wait until the page entirely loads, so wait 20 seconds the first time. (the Javascript has to finish loading).

We'll get this issue fixed quickly.

Andrew Turner replied on October 08, 2009 19:02 to the question "share panel not working" in GeoCommons:

Yep - PNG/PPT export... stay tuned.

Regarding simplified basemap - there are a few options. We are making some new styles that are very simple, and will checkout Tom's Natural Earth.

I'm curious - though - do the Scholars have historic maps they might like to use as the basemap instead?

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Andrew Turner replied on October 08, 2009 14:07 to the question "share panel not working" in GeoCommons:

Hi!

I assume you mean the Share icon button in Map Edit mode? This panel is actually going away (confusing for many users as well). Instead, save the map, then in the Map view page click on "Details" and you get the embed and links you can use to share the map.

Curiously, would you also like to have a "Share" that provides links to Reddit, Delicious, etc? (kind of like the 'Add this' buttons?)