Some Mapping Resources

Mapping resources that have some kind of GIS or temporal data component:

1. TimeMap "TimeMap is a mature, Java temporal web mapping/animation application. Use as a standalone web site or CD-ROM app, or as a sophisticated client-server system using an XML or SQL metadata directory to source distributed, incrementally-loaded spatial data."
2. iDataMap "iDataMap software allows users to map economic and demographic data with different geographical boundaries on the same map. Our software contains an algorithm that allows users to create maps that represent one or more economic and/or demographic variables from a particular data source. iDataMap software also allows users to overlay two maps so that the user can visualize how variables from two different data sources interact. "
   
3. Starmapper:  might be useful for non-literal interpretation of map data.  "Starmapper is a maping utility that can read a map of "nodes", some files with "reports" and draw some pretty pictures. Originally for Stars! game, now it's Stars! and beyond! (you can make your own data model and plug it in)"  
4. Geodoggy:  "GeoDoggy (Perl CGI) is a web-based interface and national map dataset that enables users to render maps of specific portions of the US, DC, and US territories. The data is derived from the US Bureau of the Census Public Domain Tiger Line (TM) dataset."

NeatReceipts

Info about the NeatReceipts scanner:

Sample Screen:

Software Specifications

• Images can be saved in JPEG, PDF and other popular formats
• Data can be sent to .XLS (Microsoft® Excel®), RTF (Word), Outlook, .OFX and .QIF (Quicken®), .TXF (TurboTax®), .IIF (QuickBooks®), .CSV, HTML, and PLAXO
• Reads U.S. and Canadian receipts and business cards
• Database can scale to approximately 1.5 million receipts 

Given the support for up to 1.5 million receipts and the ability to export .csv files, it seems like this would be an ideal long-term solution for doing the data entry.  

Also, the technical specs for the two available scanners mean I can get either

1. the mobile scanner (scans up to 600dpi, weighs under 11 ozs) which I can carry around in my backpack to do immediate or frequent scanning of receipts rather than waiting 'til I'm home, ($230) and
2. the adf tabletop scanner -- automatic document feeding up to 10 receipts at a time, up to 600dpi, one- or two-sided ($500).