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Old 07-07-2010, 01:25 PM
 
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Okay well I had been thinking of doing this for a while now for myself. In light of recent discussion it seemed like an ideal time to begin.

I am hoping to cover the following cities eventually:

Winter Park
Maitland
Altamonte
Casselberry
Oviedo
Winter Springs
Eatonville (might be including in Maitland)
Apopka
Lake Mary
Longwood
Sanford

After I spend a few days doing these I'll move south and try to cover Dr. Phillips, Ocoee, Orlando

If anyone would like to partake feel free to grab a city and have at it. If you're not good graphically you can state exact directions around the border and then I can quickly go in and trace the field later.
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Old 07-07-2010, 01:27 PM
 
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Winter Park

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Old 07-07-2010, 01:54 PM
 
Location: N Atlanta
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What is this for ? Aren't there maps available on the Internet ? Or did I miss something ?
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Old 07-07-2010, 02:25 PM
 
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There are no maps of this nature available on the internet. If you do know of any feel free to link it but I have not seen a single City boundary map that shows Roads in it. Most are completely impractical rough cad drawings that are about as helpful as a star.

For example this is what Wikipedia's map of Winter Park looks like:
File:Orange County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Winter Park Highlighted.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Which one do you find more useful mine or theirs?
Mine is fairly precise right down to trying to keep the side of the roads accurate for example south side of Howell Branch is Winter Park but North side is not. I went in and got as precise as I could on every border to pinpoint where the exact change from one city (in this first case Winter Park) to another city occurs using postal address as my reference.

Its actually funny to me that Google doesn't have a simple option to show either "City Borders" or "County Borders" but alas they do not.
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Old 07-07-2010, 02:32 PM
 
Location: N Atlanta
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Can't see your map but I'm in the office and the link could be blocked.
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Old 07-07-2010, 05:45 PM
 
Location: Orlando - South
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Winter Park
How did you do that. I wanna map out all of the different areas in metro Orlando.
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Old 07-07-2010, 06:30 PM
 
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I'll send you a pm.
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Old 07-07-2010, 09:15 PM
 
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Originally Posted by EndersDrift View Post
There are no maps of this nature available on the internet. If you do know of any feel free to link it but I have not seen a single City boundary map that shows Roads in it. Most are completely impractical rough cad drawings that are about as helpful as a star.

For example this is what Wikipedia's map of Winter Park looks like:
File:Orange County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Winter Park Highlighted.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Which one do you find more useful mine or theirs?
Mine is fairly precise right down to trying to keep the side of the roads accurate for example south side of Howell Branch is Winter Park but North side is not. I went in and got as precise as I could on every border to pinpoint where the exact change from one city (in this first case Winter Park) to another city occurs using postal address as my reference.

Its actually funny to me that Google doesn't have a simple option to show either "City Borders" or "County Borders" but alas they do not.
Greattt idea! Myself being new to the area, having something of this nature would be really helpful to learn the different city boundaries and areas. I personally appreciate you putting this information out there.
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Old 07-08-2010, 05:32 AM
 
Location: Orlando
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The map is great. Since a lot of people like to search by zip codes is it possible to add those?

I know...I just like to be difficult.
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Old 07-08-2010, 06:28 AM
 
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This would be great, especially for Seminole County. When I'm driving through there, it seems like one second I am in Casselberry, then Longwood for a split second, then Lake Mary all of a sudden.
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