Exporting Archives of Frappr Maps

Today we are offering a new way to export and archive your "classic" Frappr maps for offline use. Classic Frappr maps are any maps that still talk directly to the frappr.com domain.

Just click on this badge from any embedded map:

Or go to the map page on frappr.com and look for this link:

(we have segmented the files into chunks of 1000 entries)

After the locations and images are all zipped up (this may take a while for image heavy maps, or if the servers are under heavy load) your download should automatically start and you may be offered a choice to save the file or to open it with an application.

These are fully self contained archives that can be shared or viewed offline.

The classic Frappr maps have been superseded by a more robust and efficient guest map available directly from Platial. Many Frappr users have already upgraded, have you?

Comments

[Art]

Okay, dumb question. I'm looking at my Frappr map, and am not seeing any option to "upgrade" - only back up to a kmz file.

I signed up on Platial, and am not seeing an option to import a kmz file.

You have steps to download the kmz file in this blog entry, which is good - could you have a follow up entry on how to transition to the new system?

Much thanks.

[Jason]

Hi Art,
Unfortunately we don't have a working KML importer on Platial right now. The only think I can really suggest would be to keep the kml somewhere safe, and if you have the map embedded somewhere on the web, replace it with a "new" guest map (from platial.com/frappr). The new one won't have the previous content, but in the future there may be a way to do KML imports again.

[Adam]

Will palatial automate exporting the photos that people have uploaded to the the classic map?

It is a shame to use all that user-generated content.

[Jason]

Hi Adam, yes the Frappr export tool does include all the images, it is technically in a KMZ format (a zipped collection of resources and a kml file)