ABCD-GIS and ABCD-WWW combined meeting

Survey of Web Mapping Projects

Part 2 of 8: The “Hello World” web map, and how to get started web map mashing.

Jeff Blossom, CGA jblossom@cga.harvard.edu

Places to begin web map mashing1 minute map:

Google Maps: http://maps.google.com zoom to an address, and click the Link button:

5 map:BatchGeo – Quickly geocode and map data, and create an embeddable map: http://batchgeo.com

10 minute map:Google MyMaps – log in at: http://maps.google.com Add your own markers, lines, shapes, information, and symbology.

CGA’s Google Maps Tutorial – Getting started with the Google Maps API for the complete novice.

http://maps.cga.harvard.edu/gmaps_instruction/

Google Maps Playground:http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/

More places to begin and continue web map mashing

Google Maps Playground:http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/

OpenLayers tutorial:http://openlayers.org/QuickTutorial/

Yahoo! Maps API tutorial:http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/ajax/#ex1

Bing Maps Interactive SDK:http://www.microsoft.com/maps/isdk/ajax/

Mapquest JavaScript SDK:http://developer.mapquest.com/web/products/featured/javascript

ArcGIS.com Make a Map:http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html