Simple Map Plotting Utility

This utility allows the plotting of Google maps with included proportional markers, based on a file accessible through an URL (e.g. a Dropbox share link).

File Formats:

• tab-delimited text file (no quotes) or .xls
• fixed column order/content

Example (using defaults):

http://compbio.ch/simplemap/?locfile=https://www.dropbox.com/s/miybztfwfa2voau/LSZGS_student_countries.xls?dl=0

General Structure:

http://compbio.ch/simplemap/?locscale=___nnn___&imgw=___nnn___&mapheight=___nnn___&locfile=____URL____

Parameters to modify the plot:

• locfile= …
  • table (see above) with the loc data
• locscale=5
  • factor to modify the size of the circle markers
  • a value of 0 (or a negative number) suppresses the marker
  • no circle markers will be displayed if none of the count values is >1
• imgw=794
  • width of the map, in pixels
• mapheight=480
  • height of map, in pixels

Example with parameters:

http://compbio.ch/simplemap/?locscale=20&imgw=1024&mapheight=512&locfile=https://www.dropbox.com/s/miybztfwfa2voau/LSZGS_student_countries.xls?dl=0