Danny Dorling used Excel to make his Circle Cartograms. Use Lat/Long as x/y in a scatter plot. Use symbols for your variable. Viola! A map!
I'll have to set up a Winders box just to see the new Excel mapping stuff Steve is talking about. -Eric -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- Eric B. Wolf 720-334-7734 On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Steve Coast <[email protected]> wrote: > Related, GeoFlow is interesting in that it makes putting a map in Excel as > easy as putting a chart in there; > > > http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2013/04/11/public-preview-of-geoflow-for-excel-delivers-3d-data-visualization-and-storytelling.aspx > > > > On May 21, 2013, at 9:25 AM, Eric Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > > Geocommons.com: Because it works everywhere and doesn't have a steep > learning curve (like QGIS). > > OpenStreetMap.org: Because there's more to maps than just manipulating > data... you have to have data to manipulate! > > Google Earth: Because everyone knows about it but almost know one knows > how to do anything more than finding their house on it. > > -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- > Eric B. Wolf 720-334-7734 > > > > > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Catherine Burton < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I’m teaching an elective cartography/geospatial mapping techniques >> summer-school class at UC Berkeley this summer. The class is for >> junior-high school kids who are at UCB summer school taking advanced >> courses in other subjects, and doing the mapping for fun. I’m looking for >> a easily accessible open source map app that I could teach the students in >> an hour or so, and that they could easily play and create with for a couple >> hours after that (only one three hour class will be dedicated to the >> topic). During other sessions, I’ll be teaching remote sensing, GPS, GIS, >> and classic cartography. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Any new cool open source map apps out there that I should know about? >> Your help is greatly appreciated.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Much thanks,**** >> >> Catherine**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> Catherine Burton | Managing Partner, Endpoint Environmental >> LLC<http://www.endpointenvironmental.com/> >> **** >> >> San Francisco, CA. | *t/f* (415) 379-9296 | *m* (415) 902-0403**** >> >> <image003.jpg>**** >> >> GIS and remote sensing image analysis services**** >> >> Certified: ORCA SB, SBA SB WO, CA DGS SB, SF HRC LBE, EBMUD WO SBE, LA WBE >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Geowanking mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > > >
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