Course Resources

IS415 GeoSpatial Analytics for Business Intelligence

About

Weekly Session

Assignments

Geospatial Analytics Project

Course Resources

Desktop GIS: QGIS

• QGIS Home [1]
• QGIS Online User Guide[2]
• QGIS Plugin Repository [3]

• Learning QGIS
  • A Gentle Introduction to GIS [4]

• QGIS Blog
  • Planet QGIS [5]
  • QGIS-SEXTANTE cookbook [6]
  • Quantum GIS (QGIS) Tutorials [7]
  • QGIS Tutorial [8]
  • Misanthrope's Thoughts: QGIS [9]

All About R

Geospatial Data Handling and Processing

• sp
• sf

Geospatial Mapping and Geovisualisation

• ggplot2 & ggMap
• tmap

Geospatial Data Analytics

• spdep
• stplanr

Geospatial Database

• PostGIS [10]

• Learning PostGIS
  • Introduction to PostGIS [11]

Geospatial Server

GeoServer

• General
  • GeoServer Home [12]
  • GeoServer download [13]
  • GeoServer User Manual [14]
  • GeoServer Developer Manual [15]
  • GeoServ Blog [16]

• Learning GeoServer
  • Introduction to GeoServer [17]

• GeoServer Implementation
  • City of New York: A Hybrid Architecture [18]
  • RAE Utilizes Open Source Tools to Create an Interactive National Utilities Map [19]
  • TriMET [20]
  • Supporting FAO Fishery department with a custom GeoServer DataStore for Oracle [21]
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility Data Portal [22]

Geospatial Web Client API

Leaflet

• General
  • Leaflet Home [23]
  • Leaflet download [24]
  • Leaflet User Manual [25]
  • Leaflet Blog [26]
  • Leaflet Plugin [27]

• Learning Leaflet
  • Leaflet Tutorials [28]
  • Getting started with Leaflet [29]
  • Leaflet Visualization: Places Traveled [30]
  • Leaflet: Setup & Basemap [31]
  • Leaflet: GeoJSON Data [32]
  • Build stylish, scalable maps using Leaflet.js [33]
  • The ‘Why Not The Best’ map: thematic mapping with Leaflet [34]
  • Leaflet: Make a web map! [35]
  • CSVs and Leaflet: the ultimate resource [36]
  • How to create cluster points in Leaflet [37]
  • Time Series Proportional Symbol Maps with Leaflet and jQuery [38]
  • Let's make some web maps using Leaflet.js! [39]

• Learning Video
  • Leaflet Story in 13-minute [40]
  • Leaflet Mapping Library [41]
  • Web Cartography: Creating a Tiled Map Using Leaflet [42]

• Leaflet related blogs
  • Thematic Mapping [43]

• Leaflet Applications
  • Mapbox [44]
  • Tripbirds [45]

OpenLayers 3

• General
  • OpenLayers 3 Home [46]
  • OpenLayers 3 download [47]
  • OpenLayers API document [48]

• Learning OpenLayers 3
  • Quick Tutorial [49]
  • OpenLayers 3 Workshop [50]
  • OpenLayers 3 Introduction to OpenLayers 3 [51]

• OpenLayers related blogs
  • Thematic Mapping [52]

• OpenLayers Applications
  • OpenLayers Examples [53]

• Practical OpenLayers 3 & Leaflet [54]

d3.js

• General
  • d3.js home page [55]
  • D3.js Tips and Tricks [56]

• Geospatial
  • d3.js Geo API [57]
  • Projection systems supported by d3.js [58]
  • Let's make a map [59]
  • Choropleth classification systems [60]
  • Chapter 12. Geomapping [61]
  • TopoJSON [62]
  • Mapping with d3.js overview [63]
  • A simple d3.js map explained [64]
  • US Census Visualization with D3.js [65]

• Sample application
  • Choropleth with interactive parameters for NYC data visualization[66]
  • Flows of refugees between the world countries in 2008 [67]
  • Creating the Earth with D3.js [68]
  • Calculating quadtree bounding boxes and displaying them in leaflet[69]
  • DataMaps [70]
  • Cartograms with d3 & TopoJSON [71]
  • Earthquakes in Chile since 1900 [72]
  • White House Petitions [73]
  • US airports [74]
  • Drought during Month[75]
  • Drought Extends, Crops Wither [76]

Useful Tools

• Mr Data Convertor: Tool to convert Excel/CSV into json/actionscript/xml
• ogr2ogr:Steps to convert shp file to geojson
• My Geodata Converter This page helps you to convert a SHP file to GEOJson online. Also allows you to select the headers of the data that you actually want
• CSV to HTML101 webmap [77]