Introduction to Mapping

Mapping

3 categories:

1. for collaboration
2. visualizing/communicating - use in marketing and outreach materials
3. analysis/GIS

for collaboration:

• googlemaps
• create new map - "my places" >> "create new"
• embed in webpage - copy/paste embed code
• google data sheets - bulk import/upload data points

for visualizing/collaboration:

• mapbox - point to a space and describe, has a number of customizations

options

• batchgeo - can upload a batch of street addresses, has a number of
  • customization options >> puts info into google maps
• tilemill and mango map - require some additional css and GIS knowledge

peek democracy

for analysis:

• all of gis analysis maps use attribute tables assigning multiple metadata
• fields to each street
• tigerline shape files from the census
• arcmap and esri - check techsoup, arcmap steeper learning curve and only

works on windows

• quantumGIS - sophisticated geodata analysis

additional resources:

• stamen maps