Online Maps and Geotagging

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Rondo Workshop Schedule -- A schedule of Monday night workshops at Rondo Library presented by St. Paul E-Democracy.

Thanks to online mapping tools, you can now create professional-quality maps from your home computer for free. Join E-Democracy for an exploration of some of these tools and their uses.

Contents 1 What is GIS? 2 Online Mapping 2.1 Google Maps 2.2 Google Earth 3 Geotagging 3.1 Photos 3.2 Fun applications 4 Government Maps and Data 5 OS GIS

[edit] What is GIS?

[edit] Online Mapping

[edit] Google Maps

• Local Search
• My Maps
• Street View

[edit] Google Earth

• Google SketchUp

[edit] Geotagging

[edit] Photos

• Flickr
  • Map of geotagged flickr photos
• Picasa
  • An example of a Picasa album

[edit] Fun applications

• EveryBlock
• MN Speak
• FlickrVision
• TwitterVision

[edit] Government Maps and Data

• MN State Leg
• MN DNR
  • DNR Data Deli for GIS
• US Census
  • http://factfinder.census.gov/jsp/saff/SAFFInfo.jsp?_pageId=thematicmaps&_submenuId=maps_1
• Ramsey County (go to Property Info and Taxes, then GIS)

[edit] OS GIS

• http://www.osgeo.org/
• http://www.maptools.org/