rgdonohue

This Python script utilizes the GeoPy geocoding library to batch geocode a number of addresses, using various services until a pair of latitude/longitude values are returned.

https://gist.github.com/rgdonohue/c4beedd3ca47d29aef01

clhenrick

Cartographic Design Resources

by Chris Henrick

Tools

• Color Brewer: Tool created by Cynthia Brewer that offers advice for using color on maps, specifically with thematic mapping. Lets you export color schemes to various formats.

• Mapshaper for generalizing your geospatial data which helps your maps not only look better but load faster. Mapshaper let's you preview how generalized it looks before you export it.

Guides & Tutorials

• Nathaniel Kelso's Geo How To wiki though now a little out dated still has lots of great info in it.

wboykinm

In case anyone is interested, I've been trying to use turf.js on both Mapbox and Mapzen vector tiles, and I've learned a few things I wish I'd known going in.

Background

This thing I've been working on for a month or so here and there, to make maps like this:

Purpose

TheMapSmith

Basemaps

Or baemaps if you're typing too quickly

First question:

How much work do you want to do

1. All teh works
   Then desktop GIS is for you! Go ahead and find every single background layer you could ever think of and download it! Parks, roads, cemeteries, buildings, streams, water bodies, railroads, wetlands, parking lots, forests, farms...
   Now load them all up in your desktop GIS of choice (who are we kidding. It's ArcGIS). Style away! Don't forget to think about scale ranges. So style each thing for each scale range!
   Not keen on GUIs? Then grab an old dusty copy of Tilemill, load up each of your layers per usual, and then start writing CartoCSS. It's fun!

fitnr

states = fl la nc ok va \
al ga ma nd or vt \
ar hi md ne pa wa \
az ia me nh ri wi \
ca id mi nj sc wv \
co il mn nm sd wy \
ct in mo nv tn \
dc ks ms ny tx \
de ky mt oh ut