Introduction to Mapping
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Mapping
3 categories:
- for collaboration
- visualizing/communicating - use in marketing and outreach materials
- 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