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Andrew W Hill
December 10, 2013
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Yale 2013 Workshop
Free workshop given in New Haven in December 2013
Andrew W Hill
December 10, 2013
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Transcript
@ANDREWXHILL INTRODUCTION TO CARTODB
BACKGROUND
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MAYBE AN OPEN SOURCE TOOL THAT MAKES MAPS EASY AND
BEAUTIFUL WOULD BE USEFUL… COMMON NEED?
2.5 YEARS AGO
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WITHOUT THE TOP IN SIGHT THE RELEVANCE OF MAPS IS
AT AN ALL TIME HIGH
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FAST FORWARD 5 YEARS
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AN IMPORTANT GOAL FOR ANY MAP MAKER LET’S THINK ABOUT
STORYTELLING
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you most ! people
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http://bit.ly/1cZSry2
NO BIAS HERE :) MAPS ARE A POWERFUL STORYTELLING TOOL
MAP LITERACY
MAP LITERACY
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A LOT WRITTEN ON OBJECTIVES
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CONSIDERING ALL THAT FOUR TYPES OF MAPS TO USE TO
TELL A STORY
THE DATA OR THE DESIGN IS THE WHOLE STORY TYPE
1: DATA SHOWCASE
http://aitor.is/iceland-contour/
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HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING ABOUT THE VIEWERS WORLD TYPE 2: YOUR WORLD
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HOW ABOUT MORE EXCITING ONES?
OPENSTREETMAP
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http://nychenge.com/
http://nychenge.com/
http://bit.ly/1dT2wSj FULL STORY
http://bit.ly/1aDGM5g
TO THEMATIC MAPS AND BEYOND TYPE 3: TRENDS & CHANGE
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http://bit.ly/16SQXk5
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http://bit.ly/18G7YWH
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blog.cartodb.com
TAKE THE VIEWER THROUGH A STORY BY THE HAND TYPE
4: NARRATIVE MAPS
http://bit.ly/12edGe2
bit.ly/19fjB6R
http://bit.ly/1kgcw5K
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BETTER MAPS & BETTER DATA VISUALIZATION WILL MAKE FOR BETTER
STORYTELLING
http://bit.ly/1cZSry2
SOME GOOD WAYS TO MAKE MAPS GETTING FROM HERE TO
THERE?
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cartodb.com/ academy 4500+ Students | 1.5 Hour Lessons | Free
OVERVIEW
LIBRARIES
http://bit.ly/16SQXk5
http://bit.ly/16SQXk5
http://bit.ly/16SQXk5
BASEMAPS
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DATA
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INTERACTION
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INTEGRATION
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THIS ALL TAKES TIME
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THAT’S WHY WE’RE GOING TO USE CARTODB
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FIRST MAP IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES
CARTODB WHAT’S IN THE BOX
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Tile API
SQL API
simple
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Data in
GO!
PART ONE CARTODB BASICS
http://cartodb.com/ academy
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PART TWO BASIC SQL http://bit.ly/1cuqyji
a. SELECT BASIC SQL
b. LIMIT,ORDER,ETC BASIC SQL
c. FILTER BASIC SQL
d. MATH BASIC SQL http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/functions-math.html
PART THREE GEOMETRY http://bit.ly/1cuqyji
POINTS
POLYGONS
LINESTRINGS
PROJECTIONS https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki/Geo-Projections
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CARTODB CONVENTIONS
POINTS MULTILINESTRINGS MULTIPOLYGONS
the_geom PROJECTION WGS 84 SRID 4326
the_geom_webmercator PROJECTION WEB MERCATOR SRID 3857
the_geom ALL EDITS SHOULD HAPPEN ON: the_geom_webmercator ALL MAPS COME
FROM
ST_GeometryType
ST_SRID
ST_AsText
ST_XMax
CDB_LatLng
GEOMETRY CALCULATIONS
ST_Area
ST_Length
ST_NumGeometries
ST_Distance
::geography
PART FOUR MORE SQL http://bit.ly/1cuqyji
KANSAS CITY ST_DWithin
Bedford city ST_Intersects()
UPDATE ST_Intersects()
PART FIVE OTHER SQL
ST_Buffer
ST_MakeLine
ST_Centroid
ST_Simplify
ST_Union
PART SIX WHATEVER YOU WANT