Let's Map LA!
A introduction to GIS, Open Data
and Open Source Tools
Omar Ureta
Urban Designer by Day
Civic Hacker by Night
Exploring LA on github with
Twitter: @theworksla
email: omaru@theworks.la
A message from the Organization of Cartographers for Social Equity
From the West Wing
So what are we gonna do?
- Collaborative Mapping with OpenStreetMap
- Geographic Information Systems
- Open Source Tools (QGIS, GITHUB)
- Open Data
what is OpenStreetMap?
It's a Wikipedia of Maps
Let's Learn OpenStreetMap (OSM)
- OpenStreetMap Website
- LearnOSM
- HumanitarianOSM
- MissingMaps (RedCross)
- Tools you can use with OSM data
what is GIS?
(Geographic Information System)
The True Size of... (in Mercator)
QGIS
A message from the Organization of Cartographers for Social Equity
From the West Wing
Let's Map LA! A introduction to GIS, Open Data and Open Source Tools