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

https://medium.com/@SunlightFoundation/houston-is-showing-us-why-open-data-should-be-part-of-every-citys-disaster-and-recovery-plan-c070362dc477

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