The document introduces Maker + Indiemapper, next generation mapping tools that allow users to easily create professional-looking thematic maps from GIS data with little to no training. Indiemapper utilizes the power of the web, allows for visual editing, and is packed with knowledge. It enables users to load shapefiles and KML, choose attributes and symbology, add basemaps and reference shapefiles, and create different types of thematic maps like choropleth, proportional symbols, and dot density maps. Indiemapper will be released in Summer 2009.

1. Maker + Indiemapper
Next Generation Mapping Tools
David Heyman
Axis Maps LLC

3. By a show of Andy’s...

4. Do you use Gmail?

5. Flickr?

6. Facebook?

7. Google Docs?

10. What’s driving the shift
towards web services?

11. Applications

12. Cloud Computing

13. Cloud Computing
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14. Cloud Computing
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15. Location Independence

16. Location Independence

17. Location Independence

18. Location Independence

19. Location Independence

20. Location Independence

21. Location Independence

22. Platform Independence

23. Platform Independence

24. Application Delivery

25. Application Delivery

26. Data

27. Social Media

28. Social Media

29. Creation

30. Distribution

31. Viewing

32. Where do you find
usable data?

33. How do users make good
looking maps quickly with
little to no training?

34. How can we move
beyond pushpins on a
Google Map?

35. GeoComons Maker

37. indiemapper

38. How to get from GIS data
to pro-looking thematic map

39. How to get from GIS data
to pro-looking thematic map
indiemapper

40. Core Principles

41. Utilize the Power of
the Web

42. Visual Editing

43. Packed with Knowledge

45. Load shapefiles / KML

47. Choose attribute / symbology

49. Add raster basemap

51. Add reference shapefiles

53. On-the-fly projections

55. Manage data layers

57. Create choropleth maps

59. ... and unclassed choropleth

61. ... and bivariate choropleth

63. Proportional / graduated symbols

65. Dot density maps

67. Non-contiguous cartograms

69. Labeling / layout

71. Save / export

73. Coming Summer
2009