> Danny Dorling used Excel to make his Circle Cartograms. > Are you sure Eric? >
That's what Danny told me. At least initially, he did it in Excel. I never thought of using a scatter plot with lat/lon as the x/y before talking to him about it. -Eric > **** > > ** ** > > Andy > http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/people/a.turner/ > **** > > *From:* Geowanking [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf > Of *Eric Wolf > *Sent:* 21 May 2013 16:32 > *To:* Steve Coast > > *Cc:* geowanking > *Subject:* Re: [Geowanking] Open Source Map App for Teens?**** > > ** ** > > 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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