Community Mapping Lab
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  • About
    • Our mission
    • Who we are
    • Partners
    • Contact
  • Activities
    • Community GIS (Geog4/6385)
    • CURO
    • Mapping with QGIS
    • CommGeog19
  • Projects
    • Athens Black history and places >
      • ACC Black-owned businesses
      • Black history sites in Athens
      • Brooklyn Cemetery
      • Linnentown
      • Hot Corner
      • Reese Street
    • Athens Wellbeing Project
    • Athens 1958 City Directory
    • Athens bike routes
    • Atlanta Community Food Bank
    • Evictions in Athens
    • Digitizing Athens Sanborn Maps
    • GA Hunger study: Proximity map
    • Georgia Initiative for Community Housing
    • Historic Cobbham Neighborhood
    • R-51 and urban renewal in Athens
    • Sparrow's Nest
  • Blog
  • Resources
  • Calendar

Resources

Other centers at UGA
  • Center for Geospatial Research
  • Housing and Demographics Research Center
  • Center for Community Design & Preservation
Tools
Desktop software
  • Quantum GIS: Open source mapping software comparable to ESRI's ArcGIS
    • GIS Practicum: Tutorial on QGIS from CUNY's website
    • QGIS Tutorial: Basics of QGIS by Mike Treglia
    • QGIS Tutorials: Community generated QGIS lessons
    • Up and running with QGIS: Training course for QGIS on the Lynda educational site (paid)
    • A Gentle Introduction to GIS: GIS basics on the QGIS site
  • R: Open source programming language that can be used to analyze and map spatial data. Best used with RStudio.
    • Swirl: Training on using R
    • Shiny: Data dashboard tool created by RStudio
Online tools
  • StoryMap JS: Mapping site with a focus on journalism from Northwestern. Allows a blend of maps and qualitative description.
  • ESRI StoryMap: Similar software from ESRI. Provides a variety of templates and is easy to use.
  • CartoDB: User friendly online mapping software
    • Odyssey is CartoDB's version of story map software
  • Mapbox: Create basemaps and map your own data
Mobile data collection
  • OpenDataKit: Open source tool for mobile data collection. A number of systems have been created using this framework, listed below.
    • KoboToolbox
    • Ona
    • Enketo
  • Fulcrum: Commercial mobile data collection with good visualization tools
  • Loveland Technologies: Access publically available parcel data and create survey tools
    • Motor City Mapping: An application of Loveland's platform in Detroit

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Courses

Projects

  • Home
  • About
    • Our mission
    • Who we are
    • Partners
    • Contact
  • Activities
    • Community GIS (Geog4/6385)
    • CURO
    • Mapping with QGIS
    • CommGeog19
  • Projects
    • Athens Black history and places >
      • ACC Black-owned businesses
      • Black history sites in Athens
      • Brooklyn Cemetery
      • Linnentown
      • Hot Corner
      • Reese Street
    • Athens Wellbeing Project
    • Athens 1958 City Directory
    • Athens bike routes
    • Atlanta Community Food Bank
    • Evictions in Athens
    • Digitizing Athens Sanborn Maps
    • GA Hunger study: Proximity map
    • Georgia Initiative for Community Housing
    • Historic Cobbham Neighborhood
    • R-51 and urban renewal in Athens
    • Sparrow's Nest
  • Blog
  • Resources
  • Calendar