Tutorial: NYPL Labs Member Shares a DIY Primer on Creating Digital Maps Using Free Online Tools
An interesting and useful blog post/tutorial by
The post is based on a workshop gave at the National Library of Colombia’s 2nd Digital Book Week.
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I thought it would be useful to share that workshop since it encompasses a lot of different processes and tools that make digital cartography today very accessible. It is a primer on working with various free web mapping tools so you can make your own awesome maps.
Even if you don’t begin creating digital maps the tutorial is still a great way to at least get an idea of the concepts, tools, and tech used to create them.
Direct to Complete Blog Post: “From Paper Maps to the Web: A DIY Digital Maps Primer (via NYPL Labs)
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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