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2 New Options Added

2 new options added : URL loads full screen? AND URL loads unclickable map?

Added on Tue, 07 May 2013 22:21:42 GMT in New Feature

Square Feet

Added square feet output

Added on Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:48:53 GMT in New Feature

Duplicate Australian Postcodes

Duplicate postcodes are no longer output.

Added on Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:05:26 GMT in New Feature

Find UK Postcodes Inside a User Defined Area

A map of the UK where you can define an area and then search to return all outcode postcodes inside the custom area.

Added on Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:33:48 GMT in New Page

Updates to Radius From UK Postcode

Radius From UK Postcode now uses Google Maps API V3. Also (1)Added extra options for line thickness, line colour and transparency of the radius fill AND (2)Add / Show marker now works retrospectively on all radii

Added on Sun, 13 Jan 2013 12:40:15 GMT in New Feature

UK Postcode Map

Postcode text now appears on the marker.

Added on Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:33:34 GMT in New Feature

Find French Postcodes Inside a Radius

Added on Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:59:35 GMT in New Page

Distance from the centre point in km

Each marker now shows the distance from the centre point in km when you hover over.

Added on Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:01:05 GMT in New Feature

Find ZIP Codes Inside a Radius API V3

Find ZIP Codes Inside a Radius now uses Google Maps API V3

Added on Thu, 14 Jun 2012 06:58:54 GMT in New Feature

Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius API V3

Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius now uses Google Maps API V3 and has a few more options.

Added on Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:17:29 GMT in New Feature

API V3 UK Postcode Map

UK Postcode Map now uses Google Maps API V3.

Added on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:18:18 GMT in New Feature

Download UK Postcode Outcode Boundaries

Added on Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:09:13 GMT in New Page

Area Calculator

Area Calculator now uses Google Maps API V3 and has some new features.

Added on Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:44:56 GMT in New Feature

Full Screen Radius Around Point Map

Radius Around Point Map now has a full screen option.

Added on Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:56:13 GMT in New Feature

UK Postcodes Inside Travel Time

Find UK Postcodes Inside a Travel Time map.

Added on Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:11:08 GMT in New Page

Many Radii Around Point

You can now upload multiple points in CSV format to plot many radii.

Added on Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:53:25 GMT in New Feature

Walking Distance Between UK Postcodes

Used to show the walking distance between postcodes in the UK.

Added on Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:31:49 GMT in New Page

3 New Features

3 new features on How Far Can I Travel...
(1)Added notification when processing is finished
(2)Added option to show/hide markers
(3)Added option to switch between km and miles

Added on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:08:40 GMT in New Feature

Resizable Radius

Radii can now be resized while onscreen.

Added on Fri, 03 Jun 2011 06:50:47 GMT in New Feature

Radius Around Point

Radius Around Point now uses Static Maps API V2. No key is required.

Added on Tue, 10 May 2011 07:48:46 GMT in New Feature

Delete Last Radius Around Point

You can now delete just the last radius drawn on the Radius Around Point tool.

Added on Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:08:42 GMT in New Feature

Follow Us On Twitter

@freemaptools is now on Twitter!

Added on Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:14:47 GMT in New Feature

Find Sunrise and Sunset Time at a Location

Find out the next sunrise and sunset of any point on the earth.

Added on Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:01:31 GMT in New Page

Find Candian Postcodes Inside a Radius

Map of the Canada where you can specify a point and a radius to search within and return all the post codes found inside that radius.

Added on Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:53:34 GMT in New Page

Distance Between Canadian Postcode

Find the distance between 2 postcodes in Canada.

Added on Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:35:47 GMT in New Page

Multiple of radii for KML

Multiple output of radii for KML now avalible for Radius Around Point.

Added on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:52:21 GMT in New Feature

Radius Around Point Now Uses Google Maps API V3

Radius Around Point Now Uses Google Maps API V3.

Added on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:24:16 GMT in New Feature

Measure Distance Map Update

Markers now show their latitude and longitude when you over over them.

Added on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:17:05 GMT in New Feature

Find UK Hospitals Inside a Radius

Specify a point and a radius to search within and return all known UK hospitals inside the radius.

Added on Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:25:21 GMT in New Page

Elevation Finder

This tool can be used to find an estimate for the elevation of a point on the earth.

Added on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:58:42 GMT in New Page

Distance Between Australian Postcodes

Find the distance between 2 postcodes in Australia.

Added on Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:44:01 GMT in New Page

URL Out For How Far Can I Travel

How Far Can I Travel now has an option to allow you to send a link with the map criteria to someone else.

Added on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:15:40 GMT in New Feature

Area Calculator Crosshairs

Added crosshairs and option to switch on/off crosshairs.

Added on Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:27:59 GMT in New Feature

Upload KML to Measure Area

You can now upload a KML file to the Area Calculator.

Added on Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:24:14 GMT in New Feature

KML Export for How Far Can I Travel

How Far Can I Travel now has an option to export the polygon to a KML file.

Added on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:03:35 GMT in New Feature

Time Zone Converter

Use this map to convert a time in one location to the time in another location.

Added on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:04:47 GMT in New Page

UK Postcode Map Address

UK Postcode Map now sends back the estimated address of the centered location on the map.

Added on Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:51:31 GMT in New Feature

Find ZIP Codes Inside a Radius

Specify a point and a radius to search within and return all the ZIP codes found inside that radius.

Added on Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:44:18 GMT in New Page

Area Calculator with Perimeter Output

Area Calculator using maps now with Perimeter Output in m and km.

Added on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:11:09 GMT in New Feature

999 on How Far Can I Travel

The How Far Can I Travel tool can now search over a range of 999km instead on 99km.

Added on Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:37:15 GMT in New Feature

Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius of a Postcodes

Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius can now use a postcode or address as the center point.

Added on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:31:38 GMT in New Feature

Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius in Miles

Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius now accepts miles as the radius input parameter.

Added on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:30:37 GMT in New Feature

Radius Around Point Export to Google Earth

Radius Around Point can now export to KML. This can be loaded by Google Earth and then printed.

Added on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:38:32 GMT in New Feature

How Far Can I Travel Accuracy

How Far Can I Travel tool now has option to control the accuracy of the results.

Added on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:48:10 GMT in New Feature

Golf Shot Distance Calculator in Beta

Try out the new Golf Shot Distance Calculator.

Added on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:34:08 GMT in New Page

Faster How Far is it Between

How Far is it Between now brings up the suggested cities and countries much faster. It also shows the most popular places at the top of the list.

Added on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:53:22 GMT in New Feature

How Far Can I Travel

Discover how far you can travel on land from a fixed point. Specify the start point, then input either how far you can go or your mode of transport with time avalible. This tool will then show you the range of locations that you can reach in that time.

Added on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:39:14 GMT in New Page

Paged Page Comments

Pages on Free Map Tools now limit the initial number of comments shown to 30. There is an option to see all comments.

Added on Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:43:57 GMT in Website

International Meeting COG Tool

Find the best place to hold a meeting for its attendees by inputting various international addresses.

Added on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:18:39 GMT in New Page

Travel Time for Measure Distance Map

Measure Distance Map now can estimate how long a route would take to travel depending on your speed.

Added on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:17:54 GMT in New Feature

Measure Distance Map Terrain

Measure Distance Map now has a terrain map option.

Added on Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:43:28 GMT in New Feature

URL to Last Radius

Radius Around Point can now output a URL to show the most recent radius on this page.

Added on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:54:00 GMT in New Feature

Find More UK Postcodes Inside a Radius

Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius now searches up to 50KM from the centre point.

Added on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:57:16 GMT in New Feature

Radius Around Point Can Now Be Output

The Radius Around Point tool now has a Google Maps Static API Image Output. This allows you to make a map with radii and export the code to use the same map on your website via Static Maps V2 API.

Added on Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:28:28 GMT in New Feature

Improved Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius

Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius is now faster and also outputs data to csv format.

Added on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:41:00 GMT in New Feature

Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius

Map of the UK where you can specify a point and a radius to search within and return all outcode postcodes inside the radius.

Added on Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:46:42 GMT in New Page

Meeting COG For ZIP codes

Meeting COG For ZIP codes has had some updates.

Added on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:53:12 GMT in New Feature

Map Tunnelling Tool Unlink Zoom

Map Tunnelling Tool now has an option to unlink zoom between Map 1 and Map 2.

Added on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:05:07 GMT in New Feature

UK Postcode Map Update

Added option to plot single postcode.

Added on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:47:37 GMT in New Feature

Radius Around Point Update

Added latitude and longitude input option to radius around point tool.

Added on Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:48:19 GMT in New Feature

How Far Does Santa Have To Travel

Find out how far Santa has to travel this year!

Added on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:26:57 GMT in Website

Meeting Centre of Gravity for ZIP codes

There is now a Meeting Centre of Gravity for ZIP codes tool where you can find out the best place to hold a meeting so that multiple attendees travel on avenge the shortest distance.

Added on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:26:34 GMT in New Page

Dual Control Map Tunnelling Tool

The map tunnelling tool now allows vice versa control so that both maps can be dragged.

Added on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:07:35 GMT in New Feature

New Postcodes Added

Some new postcodes have been added to the Download UK Postcodes with Latitude and Longitude page.

Added on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:46:41 GMT in New Feature

Radius Around Point

The radius around point tool now has the option to draw a radius with clear fill.

Added on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:41:01 GMT in New Feature

Radius Around Point Now Accepts Locations

The radius around point tool now lets you specify a point by typing in a location.

Added on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:33:22 GMT in New Feature

Find Free Wi-Fi Points

The Free Free Wi-Fi tool is a way of finding out where various free Wi-Fi points are.

Added on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:45:33 GMT in New Page

Map Tunneling Tool Now With Coordinates

Tunnel to the Other Side of the Earth AKA the Map Tunnelling Tool now shows the latitude and longitude on both maps as well as the nearest county to map 2.

Added on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:59:00 GMT in New Feature

Radius Around Point with Miles

Radius around Point now accepts miles as the input for the radius of the circle.

Added on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:58:02 GMT in New Feature

UK Postcode Map

There is now a map of the UK where you can see the locations of all area level / out code postcodes.

Added on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:21:24 GMT in New Page

Download UK Postcodes with Latitude and Longitude

Download a list of UK out code postcodes with their latitude and longitude coordinates.

Added on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:06:30 GMT in New Page

Meeting Centre of Gravity for Postcodes

You can now use a centre of gravity tool for meetings. This takes a list of postcodes and will work out where the COG is between them so that the meeting is held in the most central place.

Added on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:22:54 GMT in New Page

RSS News Feed

You can now subscribe to an RSS feed of any news to Free Map Tools so that you can be kept informed when things are added and updated.

Added on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:33:03 GMT in Website

Radius From UK Postcode

The Radius From UK Postcode tool now shows the area covered and allows you to change the fill colour.

Added on Sar, 17 May 2008 14:12:06 GMT in New Feature

Draggable Markers on Measure Distance Tool

The measure distance tool now has draggable markers to allow easy re-routing.

Added on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:11:18 GMT in New Feature

UK Postcode Tool

You can find distance between two UK postcodes using the UK postcode tool.

Added on Wed, 16 Dec 2007 23:10:23 GMT in New Page

How far Santa has to travel

Find out how far Santa has to travel to get to your house.

Added on Sat, 14 Nov 2007 14:11:38 GMT in New Page

Save the URL

The how far is it between tool allows you to save the URL of that distance so that you can save it or send the map to someone else. For example, See how far it is between New York and Paris.

Added on Sun, 06 Nov 2007 19:32:19 GMT in New Feature