This guide was created to introduce new interns to potential tools, skills and workflows which our may be required in our office.
map school http://macwright.org/mapschool/ a free open introduction to geo
GIS-Advice https://gist.github.com/celoyd/7966247 advice on getting into GIS/imagery
geo-how-to https://github.com/nvkelso/geo-how-to/wiki tips and tricks
caltopo https://caltopo.com/
sartopo https://sartopo.com/
Mapbox https://www.mapbox.com/
TileMill https://www.mapbox.com/tilemill/
Mapbox Studio https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox-studio/
CartoDB https://cartodb.com/ also see Data
CartoDB tutorials http://developers.cartodb.com/tutorials.html
ArcMap Highway Shields http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=13715 ArcMap DDV CA Highway shields
Paper size(s) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size ANSI, ARCH, etc.
Font Library http://katydecorah.com/font-library/ An Open Source Project To Tag And Organize Google Fonts
ColorBrewer http://colorbrewer2.org/ color advice for cartography
Adaptive Composite Map Projections http://cartography.oregonstate.edu/ScaleAdaptiveWebMapProjections.html
GitHub: create an account! https://github.com/
GitHub Guides YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/GitHubGuides
Git Basics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oRjP8yj2Wo
Codecademy http://www.codecademy.com/ focus on HTML, JavaScript, Python
Learn Code The Hard Way http://learncodethehardway.org/
Leaflet http://leafletjs.com/
Fire Incident Mapping Tools (FIMT) http://gis.nwcg.gov/links_tools.html an extension for ArcGIS ArcMap
NIFC FTP http://ftp.nifc.gov/incident_specific_data/ access to incident data
Fire Mapping 2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M730zJ8HZ5g
GPS for Fire Operations http://gis.nwcg.gov/training_gps.html
SLO County REST Services http://gis.slocounty.ca.gov/arcgis/rest/services
SLO REST aerials in QGIS http://data.slocountyfire.org/WMTSCapabilities.xml use the menu Add a raster layer, and choose the XML
Bounding Box Tool http://boundingbox.klokantech.com/ Bounding Box Tool for Metadata Enrichment
bbox finder http://bboxfinder.com/ bbox finder
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FRAP (Fire and Resource Assessment Program) http://frap.fire.ca.gov/data/frapgisdata-subset.php
USFS Region 5 http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/r5/landmanagement/gis
NRCS Geospatial Data Gateway https://gdg.sc.egov.usda.gov/ Green 'Get Data' button
SSD Fire Data (smoke data) http://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/fire.html download button > choose HMS product
The National Map - Service Endpoints http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/example/services/serviceList.html
Adding a WMS Map Service from the National Map to QGIS http://www.northrivergeographic.com/qgiswms
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Reg. Ex. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression
geojson.io https://github.com/mapbox/geojson.io fast, simple map creation
gdal-cheat-sheet https://github.com/dwtkns/gdal-cheat-sheet Cheat sheet for GDAL/OGR command-line tools
Mapping a Google Doc Spreadsheet https://www.mapbox.com/blog/mapping-google-doc-spreadsheet/
geocodio http://geocod.io/
batchgeo http://batchgeo.com/
Data Science Toolkit (DSTK) and Google Refine http://mattbriney.com/2011/08/geocoding-using-google-refine-and-data-science-toolkit/ and https://gist.github.com/pdbartsch/6039457
USGS Topo Map Overlays http://www.gelib.com/usgs-topographic-maps-2.htm
postgis-intro http://workshops.boundlessgeo.com/postgis-intro/ Introduction to PostGIS
Fiona User Manual http://toblerity.org/fiona/manual.html Fiona provides uncomplicated Python interfaces to functions in OGR, the best open source C/C++ library for reading and writing geographic vector data.
Official QGIS Documentation http://www.qgis.org/en/docs/
CGA Harvard University QGIS Workshop http://maps.cga.harvard.edu/qgis/ This introductory workshop will cover basic methods listed below. No previous knowledge of GIS or statistics is required.
Fulcrum
PDF Maps http://www.avenza.com/pdf-maps
BeyondCompare http://www.scootersoftware.com/ utility that combines directory compare and file compare functions
GPS Babel http://www.gpsbabel.org/ converts waypoints, tracks, and routes between popular GPS receivers
Clover http://ejie.me/ an extension of the Windows Explorer, to add multi-tab functionality similar to Google Chrome
GIMP http://www.gimp.org/ GNU Image Manipulation Program
Inkscape https://inkscape.org/en/ vector graphics editor
Viking GPS http://sourceforge.net/projects/viking/
GPS
tablets/devices
SatCom + kit
- http://session.wefunkradio.com/
- http://www.discobreak.com/
- http://kexp.org/
'x-drive'/file structure/naming convention
timesheets/copy machine
plotter/printer
passwords
Dropbox
calendar/scheduling
vehicles/fueling
SBTC opening/alarm/closing/storage room
CalMAPPER
HipChat/Slack
Div 6 apparel
fuel moistures
welcome-osm http://osmlab.github.io/welcome-osm/ Welcome to OpenStreetMap
TMS URL for JOSM http://gis.slocounty.ca.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Aerials/2011_Combined_WGSWMAS/MapServer/tile/{zoom}/{y}/{x} SLO 2011 Imagery
TMS URL for iD http://gis.slocounty.ca.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Aerials/2011_Combined_WGSWMAS/MapServer/tile/{z}/{y}/{x} SLO 2011 Imagery
SLO Roads for JOSM http://a.tiles.mapbox.com/v3/slugis.2728d7vi/{zoom}/{x}/{y}.png work in progress
TIGER
overpass-turbo
Editors
Pushpin
Mapillary
MAPS.ME
Tracking OSM changesets https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rss-feed-reader/pnjaodmkngahhkoihejjehlcdlnohgmp you can add this Chrome Extension to your Chrome Browser
OSM Changesets RSS feed http://simon04.dev.openstreetmap.org/whodidit/scripts/rss.php?bbox=-121.34792,34.89752,-119.47262,35.79522
OSM Notes RSS http://www.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/feed?bbox=-121.34792,34.89752,-119.47262,35.79522