Mapping toolkit
for peace builders
Jorge Luis Sierra
Salama Project
@latinointx
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1. Why Maps?
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2. Examples
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3. Available tools
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4. Resources
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Why maps?
Why maps?
Maps help us to...
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Visualize trends and patterns.
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Understand actors.
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Analyze impacts on civilians and CSOs.
Why maps?
Maps help us to...
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Inform programs.
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Inform policy makers.
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Offer accessible and better visualized data.
Examples
Crossing points of refugees from Afghanistan
Attacks to journalists in Venezuela
Available tools
Tools
My Google Maps
- Nine base maps available
- Able to import KML files
- Create and customize your map with styles, layers, lines, polygons.
- Share the map in editable or non-editable form with collaborators.
Google Fusion Tables
- Able to import KML files.
- Analyze data.
- Create heat maps and customize them with layers.
- Share the data in editable or non-editable form with collaborators.
- Make the data public.
- Create charts.
- Embed iframes.
Carto
- Able to import KML files.
- Analyze data.
- Create ten different map visualizations.
- Customize them with layers.
- Share the data in editable or non-editable form with collaborators.
- Make the data public.
- Embed iframes
- Embed iframes.
Openheatmap
- Analyze data.
- Create intensity maps.
- Share the data with the public.
- Embed iframes
- Embed iframes.
BatchGeo
- Analyze data.
- Map grouping
- Share the data with the public.
- Embed iframes
- Optimized for mobiles
- Embed iframes.
Easymapmaker
- Analyze data.
- Map grouping
- Share the data with the public.
- Embed iframes
- Optimized for mobiles
- Free
- Embed iframes.
Storymap
- Storytelling.
- Time and space
- Timeline in a map
- Add pictures and videos
- Free
- Free
- Embed iframes.
Crowdmap
- Crowdsourcing
- Timeline
- Analyze data
- Add categories
- Add pictures and videos
- Free
- Embed iframes.
Ushahidi
- Crowdsourcing
- Timeline
- Analyze data
- Add categories
- Add pictures and videos
- Free
- Embed iframes.
Thank you
jsierra@icfj.org
@latinointx