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Create Maps with Google My Maps – Part 1 – Core Features

In this 3 part master class series of which this is part 1, we explore a very useful data visualization tool called Google My Maps. Google My Maps because its been around for many years but not many people use it or even know about it. Google My Maps is a great tool to learn – its easy to use, very fun and you can utilize it to narrate visually compelling stories on maps. You can create cycling routes, plan trips, locate geotagged photos on a map, put environmental data on maps and do preliminary visual analysis to site business outlets and do competitor assessments. Health professionals can use it to map disease outbreaks. These maps can also be used for disaster management showing locations of shelters, relief camps, medical centers etc.

Google my Maps is completely free and you can use it to display , point, line and polygon data on a base map and satellite image and share it with anyone. It is also useful for educators who can create interesting collaborative assignments using this online tool. You can also show your project locations on a map with photos for CV or for team discussions.

Hope you find this video useful.

Part 2 – Digitizing

Part 3 – Examples

Timecodes
0:00 Cover Music
0:14 Introduction
0:57 Lesson 1 : What can you do with Google My Maps?
5:32 Lesson 2: Why Put Data on Maps ?
10:10 Lesson 3: Point , Line and Polygon Features on a Map
16:52 Lesson 4: Creating a Point Map
24:30 Editing a Marker
25:04 Adding Photographs to Marked Locations
27:44 Adding a Video to Marked Locations
29:38 Lesson 5: Sharing and Managing your Map
32:15 Setting a Default View for your Map
38:34 My Maps are saved on Google Drive
40:19 Changing the Base Map
43:45 Lesson 6 – Adding Attributes to a Point Location
51:52 Lesson 7: Styling Map Features
54:51 Styling as Sequence of Numbers
56:06 Styling by Range or Category
1:01:15 Lesson 8: Adding Multiple Layers
1:14:30 Moving Items Between Layers

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Title Music Credit
Music track: Chillin’ by Kvarmez
Source: https://freetouse.com/music

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