List of News Articles on Daft Logic.
Daft Logic has been updated for a more modern and cleaner look.
The HEX Colour Tester page now allows two colours to be previewed at once
Google Maps Distance Calculator now allows you to upload a GPX file to draw the route.
The KML Export of the saved route now includes elevation data
Daft Logic Blog is now up and running!
The demonstration on this page will log each time the page is made visible or hidden.
Taxi Fare Widget now allows the country to be selected. This let you bias the results towards your country when testing.
Demonstrates how to detect your current location then display it on a Google Map
Clicking on an elevation marker now removes it
The Taxi Fare Widget now includes an option to show a map of the fare route
Power Consumption of Typical Household Appliances now includes standby power and any online references to values used.
Cumulative distance is now output on the Find Altitude page
Added new function to delete a marker when you right click
Generate the code for a map you can embed in your own website that shows multiple destinations from a central point
An update has been made to allow a new marker to be added to the middle of an existing route
HTML 5 notification messages from browser with live examples and sample code
Calculate the distance from a single point to one or more other points on a map.
After you have drawn and measured an area on the map, you can create new areas and then export all areas to a KML file to open in Google Earth
New option to draw a line between the markers when you measure the elevation of multiple points on the map.
How to get round an issue with Microsoft Word where a TOC includes unwanted headings from the front page of the document.
A widget that provides a simple taxi fare calculation
Demonstrates how you can perform distance calculations between UK postcodes without the need for a database
New button [Estimate Address] to estimate the address of the map centre point
Allows you make a direct comparison between various online mapping services
We have a new Facebook URL... <a href="https://www.facebook.com/daftlogic.com">facebook.com/daftlogic.com</a>.
Added button [Toggle Markers]
Improved functionality in first round with byes
Added option to change fill and line colours.
New function to show an elevation chart for your route.
Updates such as live TinyURL link, map type gets saved, search for location and find my current location
Find USA States on Map is a simple game in which you have to click on a map to locate a state.
New option added to show the elevation of your route.
You can now share your route on Facebook, Twitter or by email
New option to upload and plot batch of addresses and calculate their elevation.
Implemented Google Maps API V3
Implemented Google Maps API V3
Now uses Google Maps API V3
Google Maps Remember Last location now uses Google Maps API V3
some updates...
Now uses Google Maps JavaScript API v3 AdSense Library
Find Haiti on Map has been Updated
Google Map on Desktop now uses Google Maps API V3
Minor updates
Some additions to List of the Power Consumption of Typical Household Appliances.
We are now hosted on a dedicated server so things should load faster!
Advanced Google Maps Distance Calculator now allows you to delete any marker.
Added perimeter output
You can use this YouTube URL generator to construct a URL that will play the video but will automatically start the video at a time that you specify.
Google Maps Distance Calculator now allows bulk upload of lat/lng coordinates.
Improved Search Facility on Google Maps Area Calculator Tool.
Allows you to create a fixture list in bulk for any event that uses a knock-out format.
Find Country on Map Game is now working (again).
Click For Country now uses google.maps.Geocoder()
Added full screen option
Google Maps Area Calculator Tool now outputs in hectares
You can now SAVE an Area on Google Maps Area Calculator Tool!
Use resources on your machine to mine for Bitcoins.
This tool will convert to and from Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS) and Decimal Degrees for latitude and longitude measurements.
List Folder Contents V1.1 available.
You can now download the code
Contact and follow daftlogic on twitter via @daftlogic
Quickly find out how various colours, expressed in hexadecimal format, are displayed on your screen.
Full Screen Option added.
Google Maps Area Calculator Tool can now export to KML.
Google Maps to Find Nearest Flickr Photo now uses Google Maps API V3
Map Time Zone Converter now uses Google Maps API V3.
Google Maps Reverse Geocoder now uses Google Maps API V3.
Google Maps Area Calculator Tool now uses Google Maps API V3
Advanced Google Maps Distance Calculator now lets you delete your account and all data (if you wish!).
Advanced Google Maps Distance Calculator has had some more updates. You can now rename a route, add notes to a route and quickly re-save an existing route. More stuff on the way!
Advanced Google Maps Distance Calculator now uses Google Maps API V3. Moe updates are on the way soon...
Plot Random Markers now uses Google Maps API V3.
Google Maps Marker Lasso Search Tool now uses Google Maps API V3.
Implemented Google Maps API V3
Find Haiti on Map now uses Google Maps API V3.
New option to input points manually by latitude and longitude pairs.
List Folder Contents can be used to report on the contents of a particular folder on your file system.
Added output to CSV option to allow export of latitude, longitude, meters and feet.
Google Maps Find Altitude now uses Google Maps API V3 and the Google ElevationService.
Added [Find My Location For Me] Button to Google Maps Distance Calculator.
Google Maps Distance Calculator now uses Google Maps JavaScript API V3
Clipboard Format Cleaner now has option to temporarily disable the tool on the context menu of the icon on the start bar.
The Google Maps Area Calculator Tool has been move from the sandbox area to the projects area.
Google Maps Area Calculator Tool now outputs Square Feet.
Use calendar controls to find the number of days between two dates. The number of days difference will then be displayed.
Text File Watcher is a utility that allows you to monitor a text file to see its contents live. As the contents of the file are changed, the viewer inside will automatically update to show them.
Google Maps Area Calculator Tool now has square nautical miles output.
Find Haiti on map is a simple application that asks you, the visitor, to try and identify where Haiti is on the world map.
While this application is open, you can use a combination of a Ctrl and a cursor key on your keyboard to control your mouse. You can also perform a Ctrl plus Space to simulate a left mouse button click.
Fixed another split route bug.
Google Maps Find Altitude now displays output in feet as well as meters.
Clipboard Format Cleaner is a software tool that helps remove text formatting when you are copying and pasting using the Windows clipboard.
Daft Logic now has a Software section.
This tool can be used to find out where you could travel to from a start point for a set distance.
Comments on Daft Logic have been updated to show only the last 30 comments on a page by default. You can see all comments with the click of a button.
The Google Maps distance calculator can now save your route to your local cookies so that when you return, the map can reload your route as you last left it.
The Google Maps Distance Calculator now has an embedded GGoogleBar.
Google Street View API Code Generator allows you to create custom code that includes an embedded Google Street View API object that starts at your defined location.
The online CSV polyline encoder can be used to create encoded polylines by inputting points in CSV latitude and longitude format.
Google Maps Area Calculator Tool now outputs measurements in acres.
Added quick find search tool to the Google Maps Area Calculator Tool.
A tool to allow differences in strings of text to be compared.
Locations of Concorde Planes now has a built in map to view the locations of the Concorde planes.
The cup fixture generator can now run with odd number of teams using buys to the next round.
Advanced Google Maps Distance Calculator Updatehas been updated with... Email validation on account signup,Route validation on save. There must be at least one point of the map and the route must have a name,Update to back-end saving mechanism
Online Javascript Obfuscator can now convert larger JS files.
The online Javascript obfuscator now makes use of Packer JavaScript en PHP (http://joliclic.free.fr/php/javascript-packer/en/).
Google Maps Distance Calculator has new JavaScript code that should work the same way but slightly faster etc... Please let us know if any new bugs arise!
Google Maps Find Altitude tool now has quick find option/
Google Maps Distance Calculator now saves the last position on the map for when you next visit to page.
A demonstration of two methods for saving and reloading a position on a Google Map.
The steps that can be used in order to embed a Google Map on the Desktop of your Windows XP computer.
This utility uses Google Maps to find Flickr photos near to where you click on a map.
The Find Country on Map Game has been broken recently but is now fixed. The high score list has also been reset.
A method of determining altitude when a point is clicked on a map.
How to split a route and add new markers.
You can now send a route to a friend via email. Sign up to the Advanced Google Maps Distance Calculator for free and once you create and save a route, you can send it as a link to an email address.
Advanced Google Maps Distance Calculator can be used to save and reload routes when you revisit the site. An ideal tool for runners, cyclists and hikers.
Concorde G-BOAD (210) has now been found at Floyd Bennett Field.
YouTube and Google Maps Mashup is an experiment to see how a map and a video can interact.
The Google Maps distance calculator now allows you to measure distances in nautical miles.
The free online JavaScript obfuscator is a new page in the Projects section. It will be improved as time goes on, but please visit and try it out.
The Northern Ireland Landmarks page now has a map to view all landmarks instead of having to download them.
There is now an RSS feed to allow you to know when there is an update to Daft Logic.
There is now a <a href="https://www.daftlogic.com/news.htm">news section on Daft Logic</a> with the ultimate aim of pumping out an RSS Feed on updates to the site.
The content on <a href="/">Daft Logic</a> is difficult to organise, but finding what you are looking for should be slightly easier as there are now 3 main areas ; <a href="projects.htm">Projects</a>, <a href="information.htm">Information</a> and <a href="sandbox.htm">Sandbox</a>.
Live World Map on Desktop added to the Information section.
A new easy to use AJAX based comment system is now in place on all pages on the site.
Over the last few days daftlogic.com has over gone a revamp in design (Thanks to Website template by Arcsin). The URLs to most pages have also changed, but any old links will be redirected to these new pages with 303 redirects.