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GIS and Data Resources

Web Mapping

Carto is a cloud-based platform that allows users to import data, create maps, and integrate geospatial analyses directly into a website.

Mapbox is a stack of platforms that facilitates custom design elements for online, interactive maps. Download Mapbox Studio to design maps.

StoryMapJS is a free tool to help you tell stories on the web that highlight the locations of a series of events.

Harvard WorldMap is an online, open source mapping platform developed to lower barriers for scholars who wish to explore, visualize, edit, and publish geospatial information.

Donated by David Rumsey to Stanford University Library, this collection includes over 150,000 digitized maps, including atlases, globes, wall maps, school geographies, pocket maps, books of exploration, maritime charts, and a variety of cartographic materials. Items range in date from around 1550 to the present.

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