Lessons and Resources
Part of opening the doors to cartographic possibility includes pointing to some helpful educational materials. Some of these we make on our own, and others we reference from the vast universe of the internet. That's where so many of us got stuck trying to make web maps on our own, which is why so many of us have gravitated towards Maptime in the first place!
Listed here is a collection of tutorials and slides presented by various Maptime chapters as well as external resources for learning. Have one you'd like to add? Submit an issue here to get it included!
OpenStreetMap
- OpenStreetMap 101
- Beginners Guide to OSM
- LearnOSM.com
- iD, a modern in-browser map editor for OSM
- Editing OSM with Tilemill and iD and satellite imagery
- Be A Mapper How to contribute to OpenStreetMap
- LearnOSM Step-by-step guides for getting started with OpenStreetMap
- TeachOSM Resources for educators
Web mapping
- Google Fusion Tables Our own Alan McConchie has a great guide
- Tilemill Crashcourse a really nice introduction to Tilemill and the basics of web maps.
- Leaflet examples page is very good; if you're looking to try your hand with Leaflet, it's a great place to start
- Mapping Chicago's Shooting Victims Uses Leaflet.js, Stamen base tiles, OSM, and Django
- HTML and CSS Crashcourse
- Scott Murray's D3 Tutorials
- Interactive Data Visualization for the Web An expanded version of this tutorial can be found in his book
- D3 Mike Bostock (creator of D3) has collected a list of D3 tutorials many written by him. They include links to talks and video examples
- Anatomy of a Web Map An in-depth presentation of the different pieces of a web map and how the work together
- Anatomie d'une Web Map [FR] a french translation of Anatomy of a Web Map
- Introduction to Geographic Data Formats
- An Introduction to Leaflet by MaptimeBoston
- Leaflet 101 for LuxembourgJS
- Making your First Map with Leaflet (NACIS14)
- Mapping Data Interactively on the Web with CartoDB
- Georeferencing Images with Map Warper learn how to georeference images of maps using the online Map Warper tool
Desktop mapping
- QGIS 101
- Great QGIS tutorial by Lex Berman at Harvard It's less of a tutorial than an entire website built to walk someone through QGIS, beginning with installation. If you've used QGIS before, or are familiar with the interface, you can start where you need to. Many sections include video
- A Very Short Introduction to QGIS by Alan McConchie
Cartography
- Cartography and Mapping Skills for Transportation A great collection of link explaining geographic and cartographic concepts
- Tilemill Crashcourse a really nice introduction to Tilemill and the basics of web maps.
- Cartographic Design by Alexa Todd; Notes and Resources Presentation notes and a list of resources from Alexa Todd's Cartographic Design presentation from the May 2015 MaptimePDX.
- Mapping Chicago's Shooting Victims Uses Leaflet.js, Stamen base tiles, OSM, and Django
- Mapping Millions of Dots by Eric Fischer
- CGPGrey - Countries Inside Countries. Bizarre Borders
- Fake-Dymaxion Map by Mike Migurski
- Map Projections a la XKCD
- Georeferencing Images with Map Warper learn how to georeference images of maps using the online Map Warper tool
Geography
- Cartography and Mapping Skills for Transportation A great collection of link explaining geographic and cartographic concepts
- Map Projections a la XKCD
- Mapschool.io A free introduction to geo
- Introduction to Geographic Data Formats
- The Wild World of Geodesy
- Georeferencing Images with Map Warper learn how to georeference images of maps using the online Map Warper tool
Visualization
- Scott Murray's D3 Tutorials
- Interactive Data Visualization for the Web An expanded version of this tutorial can be found in his book
- D3 Mike Bostock (creator of D3) has collected a list of D3 tutorials many written by him. They include links to talks and video examples
Command line
- OGR-SQL Learn to script geospatial processes from the command line
- Getting Started with Git and GitHub
CartoCSS
- Winter Wonderland
- 14th Street
- Run, Bike, and Hike
- Natural Earth
- Wheatpaste
- High Contrast
- Comic Book
- Pencil
- Pirate Map
- Satellite Afternoon
- Mapbox Outdoors
Jobs
- Geo Switchboard A place for finding great talent in the geo-space and posting your talents
