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Designing with geospatial data on the web

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This 4 hour workshop will give you a solid foundation in web map design principles, with an emphasis on styling geospatial data as part of a data visualization interface.

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OtherDesigning With Geospatial Data On The Web

This 4 hour workshop will give you a solid foundation in web map design principles, with an emphasis on styling geospatial data as part of a data visualization interface. We will learn about the main considerations when communicating data geographically, and have hands-on experience styling your own maps in Javascript using d3.js and Leaflet. At the end of the day you should feel confident that you can put communicate your geographic data clearly and beautifully using your own web-based map.

Price: $350

General cartographic principles applied to geospatial dataviz

Choosing between d3.js and Leaflet

Basemap vs data layers, rasters vs vectors

Choosing off-the-shelf basemaps vs creating your own

Or do you even need a basemap?

Map projections

What are they? Why do they matter?

In d3.js: how to use map projections

In Leaflet: how to lie to Leaflet to get projections other than Mercator

Map scale and generalization

How much detail does your map need?