May 5th, Denver-area nonprofit staff and technical consultants met to discuss web-based mapping and view a few interesting projects.

General Notes

Some of the most difficult work is not the mapping, but getting the data together and convincing people to cooperate.

Sometimes you just need a good one-off way to map 1 or 10 or 100 addresses, not a full data integration setup.

Always keep the end user and their needs in mind. Know your audience. Keep the interface simple. Don't design autocad for the web; most people will be confused by maps and sites with a million features.