Mappable Toolset

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3	All tools we've so far used for our projects on mappable.info
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6	Generate & collect geodata
7	Python	Programming language (ideal for scraping)	medium	free	https://www.python.org/
8	kimonify	Scraping tool	simple	freemium	http://www.kimonolabs.com/
9	OutWit Hub	Scraping tool	medium	freemium	https://www.outwit.com/products/hub/
10	Tabula	Extract data from.pdf-files	simple	free	http://tabula.nerdpower.org/
11	OpenPaths	GPS-Tracking for Smartphones	simple	free	https://openpaths.cc/
12	Google Location History	GPS-Tracking for Smartphones	simple	free	https://maps.google.com/locationhistory
13	GPS-Logger	Device for recording GPS-positions	simple	under 100€
14	GPS-Visualizer	Geocoder for small to medium amounts of addresses	simple	free	http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocoder/
15	OpenStreetMap	Exporting OSM Data	simple	free	http://overpass-turbo.eu/
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17	Processing, cleaing and exporting goedata
18	MS Excel	Data processing	simple	cheap	http://www.microsoftstore.com/
19	MS Access	Storing and processing data	medium	medium	http://www.microsoftstore.com/
20	Notepad++	Texteditor (works well with large csv-files)	simple	free	http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
21	CSVed	Editor for .csv-files	simple	free	http://csved.sjfrancke.nl/
22	open / google refine	Data processing/cleaning	medium	free	http://openrefine.org/
23	DataWrangler	Data processing/cleaning	medium	free	http://vis.stanford.edu/wrangler/
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25	Geographical operations, converting fileformats
26	Mygeodataconverter	Online converter for diverse geodata file formats	simple	free	http://converter.mygeodata.eu/
27	GeoConverter	Online converter for diverse geodata file formats (incl. WFS)	simple	free	http://geoconverter.hsr.ch/
28	ShapeEscape	Data converter (shp to JSON and Fusion Tables)	simple	free	http://www.shpescape.com/
29	Mapshaper	Geodata simplification (reduces complexity and file size)	simple	free	http://mapshaper.org/
30	Google Earth	Displaying and creating .KML-files	simple	free	http://www.google.de/intl/de/earth/
31	QGIS	Geographic Information System (GIS)	medium	free	http://www.qgis.org/de/site/
32	ArcGIS Desktop	Geographic Information System (GIS)	hard	teuer	http://www.esri.de/
33	PostGIS	Database system with geospatial extensions	hard	free	http://postgis.net/
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35	Visualizing geodata, publishing results
36	Mapbox	Create individually styled webmaps	simple	freemium	https://www.mapbox.com/
37	CartoDB	Create individually styled webmaps, host geodata in the cloud	simple	freemium	http://cartodb.com/
38	QGIS2LEAF	Export-Plugin for QGIS (install via Plugin-Manager)	simple	free	https://github.com/Geolicious/qgis2leaf
39	Leaflet	Create and publish individual webmaps (Javascript)	medium	free	http://leafletjs.com/
40	Open Layers	Create and publish individual webmaps (Javascript)	medium	free	http://openlayers.org/
41	D3	Multitalented dataviz framwork (Javascript)	hard	free	http://d3js.org/
42	Processing	Java based programming language for data visualization	medium	free	http://www.processing.org/
43	Unfolding Maps	Create Interactive maps and geovisualizations in Processing	medium	free	http://unfoldingmaps.org/
44	Tableau	Analyzing and visualizing (geo-)data + publish to web	medium	freemium	http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/
45	Tilemill	Render your own map tiles	medium	free	https://www.mapbox.com/tilemill/
46	Fusion Tables	Data processing + creating webmaps	simple	free	https://support.google.com/fusiontables/answer/2571232
47	StoryMap js	Create animated (story) maps	simple	free	http://storymap.knightlab.com/
48	Odysee js	Create animated (story) maps	medium	free	http://cartodb.github.io/odyssey.js/
49	ColorBrewr	Color advice for maps	simple	free	http://colorbrewer2.org/
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