Mapping with Carto
The fundamentals
@JacopoOttaviani
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- Interactive (clickable, zoomable)
- Diverse (there are 6+ types of maps)
- Dynamic (change dataset > change map)
- Replicable (easy to duplicate a map)
- Embeddable (you can include them in your story)
Carto maps are:
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Types of map
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In the new CARTO interface,
aggregation is the new wizard.
We will learn how to:
- Load and modify your dataset on Carto
- Georeference it (as long as it has a valid location column)
- Play with Carto's interfaces
- Set up info-windows and make categories maps
- Visualise it on a simple interactive (working) map
- Take the embed code to integrate the map into our story
First of all: the dataset
Open Carto and load a dataset: http://bit.ly/entidades-religiosas-espana
First steps with Carto
- Two modalities: data view, map view
- One dataset can generate 1+ visualisations
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Infowindow
Wizards/Aggregation
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Publication (button: SHARE)
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Questions?
Now, feel free to play around
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Exercise #2. Make your first map
Delete dataset and visualisation, re-upload it and re-make the whole process from scratch.
Objectives:
- Make a «category map» showing the religious entities in Spain.
- Select the right category column
- Play with colours, marker size and stroke, filters
- Configure the info-windows (exclude data you don't want to show to the final user)
- Publish the map and get the embed code
#2 - Simple maps on Carto
By jottaviani
#2 - Simple maps on Carto
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