NEED: free map making software like iMapBuilder

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Does anyone know any?
it has to be free or at least the free version can not be restricted to number of objects.


What I have to do is make a map that has marked on it certain establishments which are sorted into groups ( different colour of dots ). Also there has to be option to label them so you can see the name next to the dot/square/whatever mark. It has to let me put the marks on map by using postcode.

Also need to be able to print it later.

iMapBuilder was good but the free version is restricted to only 8 or something objects and I need few hundred.


Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Phoenix
 
I don't know of any entirely free software but Microsoft MapPoint should do what you need - you can download a 60 day free trial to see, I don't think has any limitations.

http://www.microsoft.com/mappoint/en-us/mappointeu.aspx

Cool but I don't think they will let me download 3gb at work : (.
Also there is a question if your files get locked after those 60days.

Thanks anyways !

Google Earth. If you have your objects in kml format it's as simple as adding a layer.

I didn't know google earth had that option but then I havnt used it for over 2yrs so it might have evolved bit since then.

Will check it out later on, thanks !


Meanwhile, any other suggestions?
 
Several, none free (unless you're a student) :D

The simple truth is with on demand access to googles gis databases google maps is probably the best free option around now. It combines the ease of web gis with the functionality of a basic desktop gis without then messing around for basic data sets e.g. type in a post code and it just works. You can always get fancy and start adding models via google sketchup too :p

No where near as powerful as esri software - no where near as painful either ;)
 
Google Earth. If you have your objects in kml format it's as simple as adding a layer.

how do you get the object or image into KML format in the first place ?

I am trying to do that with this image http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/6990271/img/6990271.jpg

Imapbuilder was easy just placed the image in and away I went making markers etc.
I have been trying to fool around with google earth all night and I can never get just my image loaded it always just lays over something then I have a hell of a time scrolling around on it.

I have actual coordinates from this map from the games ini files but some of the text is in korean so need to decode the korean into english somehow

here are the 2 ini files
teleportpoint.ini
teleportfee.ini
 
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