Embedded Files
This session will focus on creating data visualizations with My Maps, a simple tool for creating interactive web maps. You’ll learn how to import and style geographic data from spreadsheets in My Maps, how to collect data using a form and add it to your map, and how to handle different types of map files that you download from the web. You will style your map to give it the maximum impact and then you will learn how to embed it in your website.
Use a form to build a map
Use a form to build a map
Resources
Resources
Hands-on Activity #1a
Hands-on Activity #1a
- Use this QR code to take a survey on your phone or tablet, or fill it out on the website (below) or use this URL https://forms.gle/5jRGdJY28JUTpb7m6
- Look at the response spreadsheet on the page below, it will populate as people fill out the form
- We can import the spreadsheet into the map below
Hands-on activity #1b
Hands-on activity #1b
Create a survey using Google Forms
Create a survey using Google Forms
1. Go to Google Drive and create a new folder and give it a name.
2. Create a new form in your folder. Give it a name.
3. Add questions; try creating different types of questions, like a short answer and a multiple choice question.
4. Add a question that has a location (city and province, for example).
5. Style your form using different color schemes and images for the header.
6. Create a spreadsheet for the responses (this should appear in the same Google Drive folder as your form).
7. Turn to your neighbors and send them the form through email, ask them to fill it out and submit it.
8. Take a look at the response spreadsheet and see what the columns and answers look like.
Use spreadsheets and KML files to build a map
Use spreadsheets and KML files to build a map
Resources
Resources
Hands-on activity #2
Hands-on activity #2
Data visualizations using Google Sheets and My Maps
Data visualizations using Google Sheets and My Maps
1. Download the Google Sheets and KML files in the Data Downloads folder (below).
2. Go to your Google Drive folder and upload the files (click the +New button on the upper left side to get to the upload menu). Hint: it will be easier if you create a folder on your laptop for all the files, and then upload the entire folder to your Google Drive folder (it will create a subfolder).
3. Open the spreadsheets and make sure they are saved as Google Sheets and not as Excel (see instructions in slides above).
4. In the same Google drive folder create a My Maps. Give it a name.
5. Now add one of the files to your Google Map by importing it from Google Drive. Take a look at it and decide how you want to style it. You will need to change the markers and colors so that the layers have distinct styles and can easily convey information to your viewer.
6. Add another layer and import another file. Keep doing this until you have all the information you want on your map. You can have up to 10 layers per My Maps. All of the data files come from public governmental sources. To create your own content, see the instructions in the first My Maps session.
7. Turn to your neighbor and explain what your map tells you.
Data downloads
Data downloads
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