Maptime MSP Presentations

Presentations, slide decks, and other resources from Maptime MSP Meetings. Newest content on the top!

2017

April: Turf.js and Node.js

• The Grass is Greener with Turf.js, presented by Andy Walz (GitHub repository)
• User presentation: Tee signs for Gunn Park, presented by Richard Rasch

Additional Resources

• Leaflet Tutorials, provided by Andy Walz
• TopoJSON, provided by Andy Walz
• Turf.js example: Nearest Starbucks, provided by Andy Walz
• Turf.js Buffering, provided by Michael Moore
• Turf.js Within/Inside, provided by Michael Moore
• Turf.js Distance, provided by Michael Moore
• Turf.js Midpoint, provided by Michael Moore
• Geospatial Advisory Council GovDelivery Subscription & Latest Bulletin, provided by Mike Dolbow

2016

August: Open Street Map + Open Data

Contributing to Open Street Map, presented by Joe Sapletal

July: Map Art

Make Map Art, presented by Jacqueline Kovarik

June: Maptime MSP + Open Twin Cities Map-stravaganza

Content coming soon!

May: Borchert Map Library Tour

• Borchert Map Library Online Projects & Resources, presented by Ryan Mattke

March: What We Are Working On

• Internal Map Applications for a Non-Profit, presented by Cory Teshera

  • Cory is in the process of scoping, designing, and selecting the technical solution an internal application for a non-profit organization.

• Map Interface for Downloading Custom Map, presented by Rick Cheney

  • Rick showed a prototype for selecting an area of the Quetico Provincial Park and then downloading a detailed map of the area. http://quetico.info/map-test.htm

• Experiments in Mapping with Leaflet and d3.js, presented by David Fawcett

  • David showed some examples of Web maps that he has been working on, and talked about when using Leaflet or d3.js may be more appropriate.
  1. Stormwater - Leaflet Example
  • http://fawcett.github.io/mpls-stormwater/lightup.html
  • https://github.com/fawcett/mpls-stormwater/blob/master/lightup.html
  2. Stormwater d3.js Example
  • http://fawcett.github.io/mpls-stormwater/lightupd3.html
  • https://github.com/fawcett/mpls-stormwater/blob/master/lightupd3.html
  3. Open Data Leaflet + d3.js Example
  • http://fawcett.github.io/openmap/index.html
  • https://github.com/fawcett/openmap/blob/master/index.html
  4. Open Data d3.js Example
  • http://fawcett.github.io/openmap/indexd3.html
  • https://github.com/fawcett/openmap/blob/master/indexd3.html
  5. Winter Camping Trip Map
  • http://fawcett.github.io/winter-camping-2016/
  • https://github.com/fawcett/winter-camping-2016

• Vaccination Outcomes in Relation to Environmental Risk and Social Vulnerability, presented by Claire Hofius

  • Claire summarized her honors project that examines the relationships between vaccination rates in California, and socio-economic and environmental factors. There was a question about one of the statistical tools that she used. You can read more about it at: http://www.satscan.org/

• Application for Bicyclists (from Geocode and Geocode 2.0), presented by Liz Puhl and Boyd Johnson

  • This application was started at the original Hennepin County GeoCode event, and it was one of the projects worked on at the recent GeoCode 2.0 event. The application is still in the prototype stage, but would provide routing for cyclists, notifications about current incidents, the ability for cyclists to report adverse conditions, and the pushing of notifications to local governments via their 311 apis.
  • Presentation

February: Cartography Tricks

• Illustrator in 15 minutes, presented by Nat Case
• Photoshop tricks, presented by David Montgomery

January: Python

• Python... The Beginning / er, presented by Rachel Koch
• Maptime MSP: Python, presented by Tyler Johnson
• Maptime Python, presented by Zeb Thomas

2015

December: OpenSteetMap Edit-a-thon

• Maptime Introductory Slides, presented by David Fawcett
• You've Got an OSM Account - Now What?!, presented by Brad Neuhauser
• OSM Resources

November: Pointclouds

• Maptime Introductory Slides, presented by David Fawcett
• Pointclouds, presented by Howard Butler
• Resource: Speck.ly

October: Favorite Resources & Maps

• Maptime Introductory Slides, presented by Kitty Hurley
• Census Reporter, presented by Mike Dolbow
• Census Data Visualizations, presented by Ryan Mattke
• NACIS Presentation Links, compiled by the NACIS Community
• NACIS Conference Notes, compiled by Kitty Hurley

September: Cartography & Typography

• Project Linework, presented by Marty Elmer
• Cartographic Typography (PDF), presented by Kat Cantner

August: Collaborative Work Session

• NACIS Interactive Map, presented by Kitty Hurley
• Group work session (NACIS map)

July: GitHub

• How to Git, presented by David Fawcett
• Group work session (NACIS map)

June: CartoDB

• CartoDB, presented by Paul Wickman

April: HOT Mapping for Nepal

• MapGive | Learn to Map, shared by Taylor Long
• Group work session (OSM HOT)

April: Pitch a Problem

• Group work session (Group projects)

March: Tools for Making maps

• Color Accessibility, presented by Kitty Hurley
• QGIS Resources, presented by David Fawcett

February: All About Data

• LiDAR Data, presented by Zeb Thomas
• Free and Open Data, presented by Geoff Maas
• Introduction to Geographic Data Formats, presented by Kitty Hurley (slides by Lyzi Diamond)

January: Maps We Love

• Google maps' imagery updates, shared by Devon P.
• Battle of Gettysburg, shared by John Nerge
• Go Running, shared by Ryan Mattke
• Wind Map, shared by Ryan Mattke
• 19th Century Shipping Routes, shared by Ryan Mattke
• Ecoregions of North America, shared by Bryan Kennedy
• Marty's 2014 Favorite Maps, shared by Marty Elmer
• Marty's 2013 Favorite Maps, shared by Marty Elmer
• Hawaiian Seafloor, shared by Taylor Long
• The Dude Map, shared by Taylor Long
• Ya'll Map, shared by Taylor Long
• Lord of the Rings Project, shared by Paul Wohlert

2014

December: OSM Edit-a-thon

• Edit OSM!, presented by David Fawcett
• Group work session (OSM)

November: The Legend Begins

• First Meetup!