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Make your ownGoogle Map
Samantha Sunne | #IRE19
Google My Maps | http://google.com/mymaps
Google My Maps | http://google.com/mymaps
Google Maps Platform | https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform
What can you do with Google My Maps?
Import data
Sheets to Google MyMapsScraping with Sheets
Draw lines, shapes, pins, directions
Embed a map
Embed a satellite image
Embed a Street View
Let's do it!
Step 1Find some data
A few places to start looking for data…
Computers:
Google "[topic] open data"
Google Dataset Search
Your local library's databases
Filetype:xls or Filetype:xlsx
Humans:
PIOs
Expert Sources
Public Records requests
[From my How to Use a Spreadsheet tutorial]
Today, we'll use...
Houston Restaurant Inspections
or
Houston Hurricane Shelters
Step 2Create a blank MyMap
Step 3Import the data
Step 4Customize your map's
appearance
Full instructions here
Some last minute inspiration...A live map of people dropping "f-bombs" on Twitter