(GISDay 2018) Open Source Cartography: Blending Data and Design for the Next Generation of Online Maps

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Open Source Cartography: Blending Data and Design for the Next Generation of Online Maps Alan McConchie, Stamen Design SFU / UBC GIS Day November 14, 2018 @mappingmashups // @stamen #GISDay sta.mn / cbp

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Open Source aka "Free Software"

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"Think free as in free speech, not free beer." — Richard Stallman

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Just a few open source mapping tools and formats: QGIS PostGIS CartoCSS Leaflet OpenLayers TileMill D3.js GeoJSON OpenStreetMap MapboxGL Tangram Maptime t-shirt sta.mn / v32

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Tile renderer (Mapnik) Feature layers (CSV, GeoJSON, TopoJSON, KML) Leaflet (or OpenLayers) Tile cache / server (TileServer, TileStache, Tessera) Database (PostGIS) Raster tiles Browser (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, IE) Styling language (CartoCSS) Vector data tiles OpenGL / WebGL Map Renderers (MapboxGL, Tangram) D3.js javascript mapping libraries javascript mapping libraries {.js} {.js} (non-map charts) canvas svg Don't read this whole chart now! Learn more at "Anatomy of a Web Map" sta.mn / qhg

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Just a few companies with an open source business model: ⚰ R.I.P.

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PostGIS + CartoCSS What is really?

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PostGIS + CartoCSS What is really? Because tomorrow is #PostGISDay!

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American Panorama dsl.richmond.edu / panorama @americanpano

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An interactive atlas of American history Built on CARTO + d3.js Funded by the Mellon Foundation

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sta.mn / yw2

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synced tables from Google Sheets GeoJSON D3 charts map tiles Leaﬂet markers, D3 overlays (svg + canvas) user interaction: react.js

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EPSG: 2163 US National Atlas Equal-Area (Lambert Azimuthal)

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SELECT cartodb_id, ST_Transform(the_geom_webmercator, 2163) AS the_geom_webmercator, ...

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MPG Ranch Raptor Map raptortracker.mpgranch.com

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raptor tracker sta.mn / 24k

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raptor tracker sta.mn / 24k

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raptor tracker sta.mn / 24k

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raptor tracker sta.mn / 24k

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railroads vs ladders

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bird wires: latitude over time sta.mn / cch

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Maps using Tilemill: Audubon climate change maps climate.audubon.org

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climate.audubon.org sta.mn / wf9

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Maps using MapboxGL: Culture Compass (coming soon at cast-sf.org)

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Culture Compass  coming soon: cast-sf.org

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Maps using MapboxGL: Superdiversity visualization with Max Planck Institute (coming soon)

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Maps using d3.js: Planet Labs sta.mn / nrq

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sta.mn / nrq

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Maps using three.js: Big Glass Mic vam.ac.uk / bigglassmic

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Big Glass Mic vam.ac.uk / bigglassmic

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Image: Tom Carden and Steve Coast, 2005 OpenStreetMap

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OpenStreetMap

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• OpenStreetMap: Every Line Ever sta.mn / rzx

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Volunteered Geographic Information: amateurs

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maps.stamen.com

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Stamen Toner maps.stamen.com

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Stamen Terrain maps.stamen.com

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Stamen Watercolor maps.stamen.com

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Watercolor process sta.mn / 622

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maps for dawdling not for navigation

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meetup.com / OpenStreetMap-Vancouver (show up to a meeting!) meetup.com / MaptimeYVR (you can get it started again!) Want to learn more?

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Thank you! @mappingmashups @stamen #GISDay sta.mn / cbp