School Data Management Challenges in Education Sector - Now Answered by a Mapping Software

NAPERVILLE, Ill. - Oct. 17, 2014 - PRLog -- The official school year of 2014 has begun. As schools deal with different challenges brought about by school data management. For many months, the education sector has been preoccupied in different school tasks primarily about modules preparations, scheduling, and others. But there is another task that school administrators deal with most of their time - data management. Each day, tons of inquiries are received by the administration about address locations. Location inquiries range from school district boundaries, students’ addresses, local realtors’ inquiries, and many more.

Mapline is offering new ways of mapping address locations - ways that are more effective, less tedious, and can last for a long period of time. The mapping software has been used by many schools around the world. They found out that its mapping tools allow them to create maps which are far better than paper maps.

Mapline’s Answers to Data Management Challenges

Building Maps to Save Time

For many years, the education sector has been dealing with problems on how to monitor school district boundaries regularly. With paper maps, schools struggle constantly when changes should be made (no matter how minuscule it is). When this happens all the maps no longer represent true facts so all paper maps should be discarded be replaced by new ones. This issue wastes tons of time in preparing and drawing maps over and over again.

To help schools manage their address locations data more accurately while refraining from time-consuming processes to keep the maps current, Mapline’s easy mapping tools are preferred by many schools.They just need to create an Excel spreadsheet of address locations. Once the spreadsheet data is pasted in Mapline, the mapping software will provide fast and accurate geocoding services to plot each address location accurately. It provides the actual latitude and longitude of the school boundaries.

Building Maps to Immediately Correct Errors

When mapping is done over the internet, users can immediately view the locations in just around 3 minutes after pasting the spreadsheet data. Unlike paper maps, when corrections are made, there is no reason to dispose all the maps. Mapline has unique features where users can search for the location and edit the address locations. Corrections can be done in an instant.

Building Maps to View More Insights

As schools view the maps, they can see additional insights as well as opportunities that may directly affect the school. Mapping aids in identifying risks and help the users protect their boundaries while mitigating risks.

Building Maps as Address Locator

With paper maps, administrators may waste up to 10 hours answering address location inquiries and searching the locations from the different sets of paper maps. With Mapline, the users can just enter part of address location and the map will direct the users to the exact location. When the map point is clicked, it displays all the information pertaining to that location.  Schools that use Mapline have chosen to embed the school maps on their websites for the students, parents and local realtors to see. With school information available online, school staff is no longer limited into taking calls and locating the address location inquiries.