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Making Beautiful Maps: Geodata, Spatial Analysis, and Map Design
Discover your inner cartographer in 3 hours! From the first human maps on cave walls to real-time, continually-updated, crowdsourced geodata, mapping has come a long way in the last 8,000 years. Maps are currently used in an endless number of ways by artists, designers, developers, scientists, urban planners, city officials, tourists, explorers, and more.
In this class, in a matter of hours, you will discover how to:
Use free, open-source mapping and design software to start playing with the countless datasets available on the web
Create your own geo-data
Bring it all together into a beautiful map using GIS and vector graphics programs
Whether you want to peruse census data, map your favorite bike routes, make awesome geo-art, or just have another skillset under your belt, this class will quickly take your mapping skills to the next level!
This workshop will be led by Jake Levitas, Research Director, GAFFTA
Jake Levitas is a designer, consultant, and community activist based in San Francisco. His work is focused at the intersections of sustainability, community, geography, journalism, art, and technology. He has led and worked on a number of creative technology projects, and currently serves as Project Director of TenderVoice, an interactive audio map of community resources in San Francisco's Tenderloin district. His multidisciplinary background includes several years of experience in urban planning, mapping, information design, and sustainability consulting, as well as work in graphic design, audio production, and architecture. He holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies and Economics from Washington University in St. Louis, and has taken postgraduate classes in Geographic Information Systems and Science from Kingston University London.
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LocationIntersection for the Arts
925 Mission Street Suite 109
San Francisco, CA 94103
United States
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