How-to
Create an Easy & Free Web Map
USING ARCGIS ONLINE
TERMINOLOGY ALERT!
GIS: Geographic Information System - a system to manage, edit, create, analyze and visualize Geospatial data.
TERMINOLOGY ALERT!
GIS
MAPS &
CARTOGRAPHY
GEOSPATIAL
DATA &
ANALYSIS
The GIS-Mapping Exchange is an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)-funded partnership between academics, geospatial data professionals, and public libraries. Our goal is to establish an innovative training program and collaborative networking platform between public library staff, geospatial data professionals and patrons. ��More simply, we want to support librarians that want to learn how to create maps, work with geospatial data, and more!
GIS-Mapping Exchange
The GIS-Mapping Exchange is an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)-funded partnership between academics, geospatial data professionals, and public libraries. Our goal is to establish an innovative training program and collaborative networking platform between public library staff, geospatial data professionals and patrons. ��More simply, we want to support librarians that want to learn how to create maps, work with geospatial data, and more!
GIS-Mapping Exchange
Why are Maps Important?
How are Maps Made?
Map Projects to do at your Library!
Add Data to Map
Save and Share
Questions?
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Create Free Web Map in ArcGIS Online
How-to
Create an Easy & Free Web Map
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Why are Maps Important?
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Why are Maps Important?
Persuasive
Maps are persuasive information objects that give the impression of objectivity. They “affirm the existence of the what is on them” (Dennis Wood).
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Why are Maps Important?
Persuasive
Maps are persuasive information objects that give the impression of objectivity. They “affirm the existence of the what is on them” (Dennis Wood).
Maps often display and justify authority
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Why are Maps Important?
Persuasive
Maps are persuasive information objects that give the impression of objectivity. They affirm the existence of the what is on them.
Maps are also used to justify action
Map used to argue that Iraq had Weapons of Mass destruction in 2002
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Why are Maps Important?
Compelling
Maps tell stories. Many of the stories are from the top-down. We believe anyone should harness the story-telling power of maps.
Maps can be used to fight injustice, tell “counter stories”, and shine the light on inequality
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Why are Maps Important?
Revealing
Maps reveal value systems. What is or isn’t included on a map may be related to what is or valued.
How do the features shown on Google Maps get chosen?
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Why are Maps Important?
Revealing
Maps reveal patterns that can help us find solutions, make plans,and understand the nature of certain phenomena.
A hand drawn map by John Snow of cholera deaths and water pumps in 1854 helped his argument that Cholera was caused by contaminated water
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Why are Maps Important?
Maps are made by people who make decisions about what to show and what not to show. ��They are persuasive, compelling, and revealing objects. They are tools of power.
Key Takeaway
How are Maps
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How are Maps Made?
Geospatial Data
Data that includes information about where something is.
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Keyword: “Shapefile”, “Geospatial Data”
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How are Maps Made?
Geospatial Data
Data that includes information about where something is.
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Keywords: “Coordinates”, “Addresses”
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How are Maps Made?
Geospatial Data
Data that includes information about where something is.
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Keywords: “Coordinates”, “Addresses”
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How are Maps Made?
Geospatial Data
Data that includes information about where something is.
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Keywords: “Coordinates”, “Addresses”
An address is spatial information!
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How are Maps Made?
Geospatial Data
Data that includes information about where something is.
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Keywords: “Coordinates”, “Addresses”
Each line in the table is a point on the map
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How are Maps Made?
Geographic Information System
Something to read and display the GIS data.
Together, the Data and the System make the map.
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Keywords: “GIS”, “Mapping Software”
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How are Maps Made?
Geographic Information System
Something to read and display the GIS data.
Together, the Data and the System make the map.
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Keywords: “GIS”, “Mapping Software”
Map Projects
to do at your Library
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Map Projects to do at your Library!
Invite teens, seniors, and other patrons to…
**include the addresses to all these locations**
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Map Projects to do at your Library!
Invite teens, seniors, and other patrons to…
Create Free Web Map in ArcGIS Online
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TUTORIAL STARTING! �
YOU WILL NEED:
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Step 1: Gather Data
Patrons can collect addresses from Google Maps.
TUTORIAL CSV:
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Create Free Web Map in ArcGIS Online
Step 1: Gather Data
Patrons can collect addresses from Google Maps.
Note: formatting is important for mapping addresses, so copying addresses from Google Maps is highly recommended
TUTORIAL CSV:
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Step 1: Gather Data
Then, they can indicate the type of place and why is important to them.
TUTORIAL CSV:
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Step 1: Gather Data
Then, they can indicate the type of place and why is important to them.
Save the table
as a “CSV”
(Comma Separated Values)
file.
This can be done in Google sheets or Excel.
DOWNLOAD DATA FOR TUTORIAL HERE: https://tinyurl.com/PLATutorialData�
DOWNLOAD WRITTEN TUTORIAL HERE:�https://tinyurl.com/PLATutorial
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Step 2: Create a Public Account
Start here: https://www.arcgis.com/home/index.html and click “Sign in”
CREATE AGOL PUBLIC ACCOUNT:
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Step 3: Log in to ArcGIS Online
Start here: https://www.arcgis.com/home/index.html and click “Sign in”
CREATE AGOL PUBLIC ACCOUNT:
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Step 4: Make a Map
Click on the word “Map” on the top ribbon.
USE AGOL PUBLIC ACCOUNT:
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Step 4: Make a Map
A new “Web Map builder” opens. This is where you can add your data!
USE AGOL PUBLIC ACCOUNT:
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Add Data to
your Map
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Add Data to Map
Click “Add” and then
“Add Layer from File”.
Step 5: Add Data
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Step 5: Add Data
Click “Choose File” and then navigate to table of places (Saved as a CSV).
Click “Open” and then “Import Layer”.
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Add Data to Map
Click “Choose File” and then navigate to table of places (Saved as a CSV).
Click “Open” and then “Import Layer”.
Step 5: Add Data
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Add Data to Map
Click “Import Layer”.
ArcGIS Online will recognize that you are mapping Addresses. ��Click “Add Layer”.
Step 5: Add Data
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Add Data to Map
Your points will appear on the map!! ��Click “Done”.
Note: To change color or symbol of points, click the “options” button under “Types (Unique Symbols)”.
Step 5: Add Data
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Click on points to access a pop-up which includes information from the original table!
Step 6: Review Map
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Save &
Share
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Save and Share
Click on the “Save” button on the top ribbon and then click “Save”.
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Save and Share
Add a Title and Summary and then click “Save Map”.
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Save and Share
Click “Share”.
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Save and Share
Check the “Everyone (public)” box to make your map public and then copy the link to share with friends/coworkers!
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Save and Share
If you click “Embed in Website” you get html code to embed your map on your own webpage!
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Save and Share
If you click “Embed in Website” you get html code to embed your map on your own webpage!��You also get options for customizing how your map displays on your website.
Our project aims to ensure library professionals have easy access to developing their own geospatial data abilities and knowledge. ��GIS-Mapping Exchange for Public Libraries toolkit: https://sites.google.com/pdx.edu/imls-gis-toolkit�includes free learning resources that help users...
GIS-Mapping Exchange
Our project aims to ensure library professionals have easy access to developing their own geospatial data abilities and knowledge. ��GIS-Mapping Exchange for Public Libraries toolkit: https://sites.google.com/pdx.edu/imls-gis-toolkit�includes free learning resources that help users...
GIS-Mapping Exchange
GIS-Mapping Exchange: Funding for Libraries!
GIS-Mapping Exchange: Funding for Libraries!
GIS-Mapping Exchange: Contact us!
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