Tutorial: NYPL Labs Member Shares a DIY Primer on Creating Digital Maps Using Free Online Tools

An interesting and useful blog post/tutorial by Mauricio Giraldo Arteaga from NYPL Labs is now online. It provides a step-by-step tutorial for those who want to learn how to create digital maps using free online mapping tools.

The post is based on a workshop Arteaga gave at the National Library of Colombia’s 2^nd Digital Book Week.

Arteaga writes:

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)