mapschool resources

README.md

A curated set of resources for anyone looking to solve spational problems, setup an opensource geo stack, and learn about basic web-based mapping techniques.

• Mapbox Guides - carto the Mapbox way

  • start with How Mapbox Works

• Map School - Tom MacWright's quick intro to geo/carto terms and techniques

• Mapmakers Cheatsheet - Tom MacWright's carto FAQ

• GeoJSON Overview

• Techniques for Spatial Problems - Tom MacWright's survey of basic techniques for spatial problems

• Let's make a map - Mike Bostock's tutorial for map making with D3

• Map Academy - CartoDB's four course sequence

• Geo How To - Nathaniel Kelso's HOWTO for open source geo workflows (last updated 2 years ago, but still useful and worthwhile)

• Let's talk about your geostack - Eric Theise's tutorial, walking through the setup of an open source geostack

• Installing PostGIS on OSX - quick walkthrough of the install process

• OGR SQL Tutorial - demonstrates how to use the OGR utility to query and transform geo data for cartographic rendering

• Learn OSM - resources for learning OpenStreetMap

• Teach OSM - resources for teaching OpenStreetMap

• GeoIQ API - a well-designed RESTful API for geo data

Tools

• turf.js - client-side GIS tools for the most common geospatial operations

• greiner-hormann.js - efficient polygon clipping algorithm