hepplerj/makemaps

🗺 A collection of useful resources for making maps.

makemaps

A collection of useful resources for making maps. 🗺

geojson.io: For simple GeoJSON creation, and export to GeoJSON, shapefile, KML, WKT, CSV, or topoJSON.

GeoJSONLint: Another GeoJSON tool, export to GeoJSON.

bboxfinder: For finding lat/long or bbox values.

Projection Wizard: Finding the best projection to use for your map.

mapshaper: For fast simplification and cleanup.

Dirty Reprojectors: Reproject your WGS84 GeoJSON.

http://dropchop.io/: Geoprocessing in the browser.

turf.js: Advanced geospatial analysis for browsers.

Mapmakers Cheatsheet: Make maps with fewer tries.

kepler.gl: Geospatial analysis for large-scale datasets.

Geolocator: A small web utility to find your current latitude/longitude.

visualization

palladio: visualize complex historical data

carto: spatial analysis for location data

storymap: create spatial narratives

ArcGIS: create your own maps from scratch

neatline: an Omeka add-on for telling spatial stories

google maps: easily create maps with points and polygons

data

natural earth: Country, province, and geographical data.

us-atlas: GeoJSON and TopoJSON for United States features.

strava-geojson: Export Strava data to GeoJSON.

Historical US cities populations: Historical US city populations between 1790 and 2010.

historic maps / avoiding rubbersheeting / maps that don't easily map onto lat/long

Recogito

Leaflet adding points on click

Antirubbersheeter: Geocode your data using a Leaflet-friendly basemap created from your non-Mercator / fictional / etc. map.