Make Some Maps

This is a collection of my favorite (mostly free) resources that allow you to play with maps, data, and cartography.

I just wanna play around

• Google Maps
  • Duh. I’ve spent way too much time on this. Probably why I’m here now.
    • Favorite challenge: Pick a place in the world, like your grandma’s house or that ice cream shop in Italy and zoom straight in on it without ever zooming back out.
• ArcGIS Online (ESRI)
• Strava
  • Use this on your smartphone to map anything you do as you move around doing stuff. It’s made for working out, but really it’s just a GPS tracker with some social buttons. Free and simple!

I wanna actually make some legit stuff

• ColorBrewer
  • Awesome tool for picking colors on your maps that will look good and function well. Make sure to check the box that says “colorblind safe”.
• EPA dasymetric toolbox