Maps Links and Resources
Additional reading, related software, training and more.
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Additional Reading
- How Maps are Being Used Online
- Blog of the Best Mashups Online
- Programmable Web Mashups Page
- Mashup Awards
- Wikipedia Mashups Page
- 100 Things to Do With Mashups
- Mapki, A Wiki for Google Map Mashups
- GPS Visualizer
- Spreadsheet Mapper
- This is the spreadsheet tool that we use in the Tech Training Workshops. With this tool you can "bulk map" dozens or even hundreds of points in good-looking balloons using the Google Spreadsheet Mapper 2.0 templates. This link takes you site where you can get the spreadsheet and where you can watch a short video on how to use the template.
- Map a List
- A non-Google tool for creating maps from a list of data. This is a step-by-step tool that has different display options than the Spreadsheet Mapper. I find the Spreadsheet Mapper a better tool. Your mileage may vary.
- Geocoder
- If you have a major geocoding project and need thousands of lookups, take a look at geocoder.us. 20,000 lookups cost only $50. This is also a good source of information on geocoding and the site has an active blog with information on new features and examples.
- San Diego Fires Mashup Example
- Oregon Wind Storm Mashup Example
- Weatherbonk Mashup Example
- Housing Maps Mashup Example
- Kansas Unsolved Homocides Mashup Example
- Houston Crime Map Mashup Example
- LA Times Crime Map Mashup Example
- Roanoke Snow Map Mashup Example
- Wordpress Tips Page about iframes
- 100 Things to do with Google Map Mashups
- CNN: A new way of looking at the world
- Information Aesthetics
- IBM's ManyEyes
- Media Vitals
- How The Guardian is pioneering data journalism with free tools
- An article in Nieman Journalism Lab that discusses how The Guardian is using Google Docs spreadsheets to compile and publish government data it has collected.
- Tutorial files
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Other Tutorials
- Data Visualization Tutorials
See this list of other KDMC tutorials for help on using the data in your spreadsheet to create a data visualization.
- How to Export a Table From a PDF File into An Excel Spreadsheet
- A great step-by-step guide to converting data in a PDF file into a spreadsheet format, published by the McGill University Library's Electronic Data Resources Service.
- KDMC Tutorial: Google Map Basics
- KDMC Tutorial: Using Spreadsheet Data in Google Maps and Google Earth
- KDMC Tutorial: Embedding Map Mashups
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Companies and Organizations
- Google API Page
- Demos of Maps by Google
- ZeeMaps online mapping service
- Zeemaps Homepage
- An NPR Sound-map
- Google Latitude
- FusionCharts
- Visual Complexity
- Information Is Beautiful
- Example: See, Click, Fix
- A collaborative map that allows readers to report problems in their community.
- Example: New Orleans Sound Map
- New Orleans residents contribute sound recordings to a collaborative map.
- Example: Commute Orlando Collaborative Map
- Orlando cyclists can note bicycle paths on a collaborative map.
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Recommended Hardware
- Garmin
