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Follow on Google News |  Webmaps Made Easy - 5 tools that make webmapping easyWith the web and the Internet browser as the canvas, webmaps are the natural solution for telling a story using data, cartography, and graphics via an environment and user interface that is second nature to most web users. We look at 5 free tools
By: CloverPoint When it comes to selecting a tool for authoring and sharing a webmap there’s many options, some being more complex and detailed than others. With the explosion in publicly available, open data products being made available via government websites and Open Data portals, pretty much anyone can now mashup data and create a fun and useful webmap. The following are just 5 tools that any budding webmap author should consider for building awesome, shareable webmaps: Story Maps - Developed by mapping leader, Esri, Story Maps are lightweight, open source web apps that are housed in the cloud using the powerful ArcGIS Online. The Story Map service is complemented by an information rich blog with tutorials, examples, and tricks, and there’s also a number of easy to use templates to help you get up and running fast. Those familiar with ARcGIS Online and the Esri authoring environment will gravitate to this platform, however, anyone can jump in! CartoDB – This easy-to-use, open map visualization tool is very powerful and gaining lots of momentum. CartoDB, launched in 2012, is a cloud-based mapping, analysis and visualization engine that lets users build spatial applications for both mobile and the web. The service is free to try and also is offered as an enterprise solution and enables anyone to create visually stunning and cartographically pleasing webmaps. The open source fanatics and GeoGeeks really love this app and for the more tech-savvy coders participating in a hackathon or other competition this is likely the solution of choice! Google My Maps - Perhaps the favorite authoring tool of the novice map maker, Google provides an intuitive map creation and authoring environment via their “my map” service. All one needs is a google account and gmail, then import some data. Google supports fast import of popular spatial data formats like CSV, XLS, or KML, all of which are popular data formats used by government open data portals To use my Maps simply login to a google account and visit the myMaps service MangoMap – This user friendly map authoring and sharing tool is quite powerful and enables the user to create beautiful maps. Creating a map is free to start, with account holders also provided a free 30 day full access to a Business account. Using a simple 3 step wizard, users are walked through the process of uploading data, customizing the look and feel, labeling, and additional map customization. Once completed, you are provided with social sharing options and code to link to or embed the map into your website Avenza Web Map Author – Avenza Software develops powerful web authoring tools, created specifically for those who need to create beautiful maps (think NAtional Geographic). Now this may be overkill for Joe Average, however, there are likely tens of thousands of map makers out there who are already using Avenza software and creating their maps within the Adobe Illustrator environment. Using Avenza MAPublisher software users can easily generate an iframe using the Avenza Web Map Author tool, providing a map that can then be shared and embedded within a popular web authoring environment such as WordPress Here at CloverPoint, our main focus is supporting our clients and users of Insight(TM) software, however, we also realize that there’s a need/demand for simple, fast web authoring of your maps and spatial data. Hopefully the tools mentioned above can be useful for you and when you realize that you have a need for a custom, enterprise scale land management solution, perhaps you’ll consider Insight as an option. Happy mapping… More details and links are found in this how to feature - http://cloverpoint.com/ About CloverPoint CloverPoint (est. 1992) started as a cartographic company 20 years ago and is now an industry leading full services mapping company, delivering location based software and services around the globe. CloverPoint provides land management solutions to progressive organizations. Our mission is to simplify the connection between people, technology and their environment. We believe that everyone should be empowered to realize the full potential of their lands. We do this by making it easy for people to organize, discover and share their information. See http://cloverpoint.com and on Twitter @CloverPointVic About Insight Insight™ by CloverPoint is a system for maintaining records to aid in land title and facilities management. It provides a secure environment for storing and accessing information in order to support users and their need to make informed decisions on activities that may impact their land and resources. Insight is unique in its ability to collect information from multiple sources and share it with users based on their roles within the system. Insight™ is being used across North America by planning departments, local governments, engineers, architects, and first nations. See more at http://cloverpoint.com/ End
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