My Maps Session

View and download slide deck here.

Google My Maps

UVic Ethnographic Mapping Lab - Indigenous Mapping Icon Set

Stz’uminus Storied Places Project

The “Oka Crisis”: A Digital Atlas of the 1990 Events at Kanehsatà:ke

Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group Case Study

Inuit Heritage Trust - Inuit Place Names

Arizona Tribal Consultation Toolkit

1. Create a new map. In your web browser, go to mymaps.google.com
2. Click the red "Create a new map" button.
3. Click on the word "Untitled map" in the lefthand panel. Give your map a title and description.
4. If desired, change your base map style. At the bottom of the lefthand panel, click the arrow next to "Base Map". Click on one of the base map options like satellite.
5. Add three important resources for your community to the map. You can use points, lines or polygons:
   • Adding a point - There are two ways to do this:
     • Find the place you want to mark on the map (pan and zoom). Click the placemark button (under the Search bar), then click the map where you want to add the marker. Add a title (place name) and description (what is this place?), then click "Save".
     • Search for the place in the search bar by name, address or lat long. Click on the correct search result, then in the pop up that appears click "+Add to map". In the pop up that appears, the title (place name) has already been filled out by the search results, but you need to add a description (what is this place?). To do this, click the pencil icon in the pop up to make the point editable, then type in the description. Click "Save".
   • Adding a line. Click the "Draw a line" button under the search bar and select "Add a line or shape" from the drop down box. Click on the map to draw your line. Double-click the end point to end your line. Then add a title and description and click "Save".
   • Adding a polygon / shape. Click the "Draw a line" button under the search bar and select "Add a line or shape" from the drop down box. Click on the map to draw your line. Finish by clicking on the first point to end the polygon drawing. Then add a title and description and click "Save".

5. Give each resource a title and description.

6. Change the style of your icon, line or polygon.

• Change your icon style. Hover over a placemark and click the paint bucket that appears. Then click "More icons". Choose an icon and click "OK". Then color the icon by selecting from the color palette.
• Change your line or polygon style. Hover over a line or polygon and click the paint bucket that appears. Select a new color from the color palette and move the width slider to see the width of the line or border change.

1. Add a photo to your map.
   1. Click on a placemark, then click the camera icon in the pop up.
   2. Choose any of the options to add a photo (upload from your computer, take a picture with your web cam, get a photo from your Google Photo Album, search for a photo with Google image search, etc.). When you find the photo you want, click "Select" to add it to the map.
2. Add a video to your map.
   1. Click on a placemark, then click the camera icon in the pop up.
   2. Click the More option to get a drop down box and enter the YouTube url of your video or search for a video add. When you find the video you want, click "Select" to add it to the map.

1. Download datasets:
   • Excel File (XLS): Operating Mines as of February 2015 from the Australian Atlas of Minerals Resources, Mines & Processing Centres. The information was sourced from Geoscience Australia's OZMIN database
     • Download here
   • Google Earth File (KML): Aboriginal Freehold Lands in Northern Territory. Geoscience Australia. “Australia Aboriginal freeholder lands.” World Resources Institute. Accessed through Global Forest Watch on November 2, 2018.
     • Download here
2. In My Maps, import each dataset to the map by adding a new layer and clicking Import.
3. Style each new layer.