Stickies and Frappr

Stickies is freeware for adding sticky notes to your desktop. Link to website

Frappr is freeware for adding contacts and places to a world map. Frappr (friend mapper) was developed by 3 programmers so they could keep track of where their high school and college friends went after graduation. People and places can be added as markers on the map.

The map is zoomable to street level, powered by Google, and can be displayed as a road map, a satellite map (Google Earth) or a hybrid map with the road map overlayed on the satellite map - something to see.

Using Stickies

The Stickies program is accessible from the system tray.

Right Click on title bar to change a stickies properties.

Save As

Print

Sleep For - minutes, hours, days,weeks, months, or until particular date or at regular intervals (daily... yearly).

Transmit To - Stickies can be sent to a networked computer or by email

Set Colour

Set Transparency

Always on Top

etc

Methods of producing maps with markers or flags - maps that can be a road map, a satellite map or the

road map superimposed on the satellite map

Using Frappr

< Draft >

To create a map. I created Great Sandy Desert Map

Login to Frappr

Under My Maps click on Create Map

Give it a name

Give yourself a marker

Creat the map - you can format the map later.

Edited Map by entering and updating the Name, Centre Location, Zoom Level, Map type and size - selected largest size: 800x400

Markers (eg Places) can be added to the map by clicking the edit button for the Map Markers dialogue box.

Click Add Place tab: Type in the Place Name and Location. Click on Add Place - window does not close.

Says no markers yet!

Tried the same process on another computer: Get an error message saying:

|Google Maps API key used on this website was registered for a different website. You can generate a new key at follow this link.

Flagr: Found it easier to work with than Frappr. Flags were easy to add, edit etc. One drawback - the flag location had to be found by moving over the map/satellite image. Frappr gave the option of entering latitude and longitude. Altogether I found Flagr more efficient. Flagr also provides a small piece of code that is added to a webpage to indicate the size of the map window.

Main website and The map I created: Kimberley Schools