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Customizing and Sharing Google Maps

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Now that the semester has finished, you may have some “free” time to play with your mapping and web-design skills. While we have discussed the 2012 Election maps and held trainings for TileMill and Crowdmap in the past, the best-known internet mapping platform continues to be Google Maps. These maps are not only really useful for directions or to play Fantasy Job Search, they are also highly customizable and easy-to-share. Here are two ways to share your Google Map with friends: 1. Customize and share your map […]

Creating Your Own Free Columbia Website

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Well, “Free” in that we pay tens of thousands of dollars to attend here…. but still, each Columbia student already has a personal Columbia University web space available to her/him! That’s right, you can host your own site, display files and working class projects, and more. The initial set-up is not too difficult, but the CUIT website can be hard to navigate for this purpose. So here’s a nice run-through on setting up your own webspace from your ol’ pals at NMTF; soon you’ll have […]

Mapping Election Results with Cartodb and Mapbox

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How did those news agencies make such fancy / slick / interactive maps to display each party’s progress in last night’s US election? Surely they used high-tech solutions unavailable to the average person, right? Actually, No. Two of the main platforms utilized by news sites in the election are readily available to all! Mapbox (@mapbox): Development Seed utilized Mapbox maps to produce the visuals on USA Today’s site. Last semester we held a training with their powerful (and free) Tilemill software – check it out! Here’s […]