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.

What is GIS?

Online Mapping

Google Maps

• Local Search
• My Maps
• Street View

Google Earth

• Google SketchUp

Geotagging

Photos

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

Fun applications

• EveryBlock
• MN Speak
• FlickrVision
• TwitterVision

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)

OS GIS

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