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Re: SimplyMap Database
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Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]>
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Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Wed, 6 Oct 2010 16:15:53 -0500
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Subject:        RE: SimplyMap Database
Date:   Wed, 6 Oct 2010 16:23:27 -0400
From:   Redmond, Edward James <[log in to unmask]>
To:     'Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship'
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Greg:

Here at LC we subscribe to SimplyMap (www.simplymap.com) but we only bought one seat ($7,500 or so last I checked) and limit access to the Geography and Map RR and Business RR.

One can export maps as shapefiles and data in a spreadsheet form but, unless I am mistaken, one cannot import data.  The data that they use is generally Census data but they also offer some business related data from other sources.

One caveat - if you are thinking of ordering I would go for a free trial as we ran into issues about the size of the desktop. Fortunately, we were able to work with SimplyMap and they changed the design of the desktop slightly to accommodate us. (We wound up getting larger monitors for other reasons anyway.)

A similar resource to which we also subscribe is PolicyMap - www.policymap.com

Ed Redmond
LC, G&M

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From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope
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Subject: SimplyMap Database

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Subject:        SimplyMap Database
Date:   Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:16:02 +0000
From:   March, Greg<[log in to unmask]>
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Hello,

I thought I saw some posts about the product called SimplyMap in the past, but couldn't find any in the archives. I have a few questions to those who have subscriptions with SimplyMap, or who may have done some research on this database product:

Is this database worthy of the cost for a subscription?

How much does it cost for 5 simultaneous users?

I think I remember hearing that SimplyMap uses their own proprietary data, and other file formats cannot be imported into SimplyMap. Is this true?

Thank you,

-Greg

Gregory H. March

Assistant Professor, Map/GIS Librarian

University of Tennessee

Map Services

G21A Hodges Library

Knoxville, TN 37996

865-974-3878 (phone)

865-974-3925 (fax)

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