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1. UPDATED APRIL 2016

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3. TOOLS FOR DATA PREP

4. http://www.qgis.org/en/site/
For prepping GIS data without buying ArcMap

5. http://www.arcgis.com/features/
For publishing hosted map services

6. https://www.sublimetext.com/
For text editing and normalization

7. https://www.google.com/sheets/about/
For prepping delimited sheets

8. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tools-for-google-maps/eljpanecjjlonmoiofelcmkkpojcalcb?hl=en
Chrome add-on to quickly grab lat/long from Google Maps

9. DRAW-ON-A-MAP
CREATION TOOLS

10. http://www.mapfig.org/
Easy to draw polygons and highlight areas

11. http://www.gmapgis.com/
Lots of tools for on-map editing

12. https://mapjam.com/
Slick interface for quick map building

13. http://www.scribblemaps.com/

14. https://mapbuildr.com/

15. https://mapme.com/

16. http://mapstack.stamen.com/

17. http://www.click2map.com/features

18. https://support.google.com/fusiontables/answer/2571232

19. https://www.mapbox.com/

20. https://storymap.knightlab.com/

21. UPLOAD A LIST,
GENERATE A MAP

22. https://www.zeemaps.com/

23. https://batchgeo.com/

24. https://mapalist.com/

25. ADVANCED MAPPING TOOLS

26. https://cartodb.com/

27. http://mapstraction.com/

28. https://github.com/cmv/cmv-app

29. http://leafletjs.com/

30. http://mapglyphs.com

31. http://jvectormap.com/

32. http://polymaps.org/

33. http://datamaps.github.io/

34. http://kartograph.org/

35. http://www.maptiler.com/