InfoGuides: Geospatial Data & GIS: Create Web Maps

Online Mapping Products

Use the following products to create a web map including an interactive mapping application.

ArcGIS Online - See ArcGIS Online Help to do it all with ArcGIS Online (Map, Application, Share etc); has own repository to search data to add to your map [Open Source for basic functions to create web maps and web mapping applications such as Story Maps].
Google My Maps - See My Maps Help Center to create maps [Open Source].
CARTO (CartoDB) - See Carto Help to make maps and visualize data using CartoDB; has own repository to search data to your map [Semi Open Source].
Mason subscribed databases for data and mapping: China Geoexplorer, Landscan, SimplyMaps, Social Explorer, PolicyMaps, etc.
Tableau - See a basic tutorial for web mapping. More information and tutorials about Tableau mapping can be found here.

SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new window
Enables users to quickly create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data. Data includes Census (1980 - Present), American Community Survey, and both Simmons and MRI Consumer Survey Data. Users may create accounts to save their work. For more information, see the SimplyAnalytics InfoGuide. Tutorial for the SimplyAnalytics database.
Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Access current and historical census data and demographic information. Create maps and reports to illustrate, analyze, and understand demography and social change. Tutorial for the Social Explorer database.
LandScan Global This link opens in a new window
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Comprises a worldwide population database compiled on a 30" X 30" latitude/longitude grid. Covers the entire globe, excluding Antarctica, and is updated annually. LandScan algorithm uses spatial data and imagery analysis technologies and the most up-to-date census data within an administrative boundary. Developed and published by Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the U.S. Government. Access to the raw data is also available via the use of ArcGIS software.
Please contact the GIS Librarian for more information.

GIS Tutorials@Mason
Tutorials including ArcGIS, QGIS, Getting GIS data and more.
GIS Workshop Materials@MIT
GIS materials related to MIT Open Courseware.
Guide on Maps, Visualization & Statistics @ Duke
Guides on data,GIS, and statistics visualization.
Guide on Data Cleaning & Web Scraping@Duke
Video tutorials on OpenRefine, Regular Expressions, and Web Scraping.
batchgeo
Use Excel data (up to 18,000) to geocode and visualize data on maps.
Story Maps by ESRI
Create a story map using ArcGIS online.
Census Geography: Bridging Data from prior years to the 2010 Tract Boundary (1970-2010)
Part of the Brown University's GIS web mapping project. Selected Census data shown based on the 2010 tract geography. Data downloadable.