Re: Great tool to easily make open-source maps

[Christina Xu]

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Christina Xu <christi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey crew,
>
> I just played with http://maker.geocommons.com/ for the first time in
> a while and it's become a really slick tool for easily creating maps!
> You can upload your own data sets, add any of the other publicly
> available datasets as layers, and style your map to look how you want
> it to. Then you can embed it on your own website.
>
> I'll be using it over the next weeks to create a map of empty
> storefronts in my neighborhood. I hope you can find a good use for it
> too!
>
> Christina
>

[Michelle Ferrier]

What a great tool Christina...I plan to play with it on LocallyGrown News to map the farmers markets and u-pick operations in North Carolina.
Michelle Ferrier

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Christina Xu [mailto:c...@MIT.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 05:18 PM
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Subject: [JTM-Detroit] Re: Great tool to easily make open-source maps

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Christina Xu wrote: > Hey crew, > > I just played with http://maker.geocommons.com/ for the first time in > a while and it's become a really slick tool for easily creating maps! > You can upload your own data sets, add any of the other publicly > available datasets as layers, and style your map to look how you want > it to. Then you can embed it on your own website. > > I'll be using it over the next weeks to create a map of empty > storefronts in my neighborhood. I hope you can find a good use for it > too! > > Christina > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Journalism That Matters-Detroit" group. To post to this group, send email to JTM-d...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to JTM-detroit...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/JTM-detroit?hl=en.