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GEOG 865: Cloud and Server GIS

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Lesson 5: Map design and vector tile services using Mapbox

  • Overview
  • Software as a service (SaaS) with mapping and GIS
  • Mapbox services and vector tiles
  • Creating a custom basemap with Mapbox
  • Creating a data overlay with Mapbox
  • Embedding a Mapbox map in a web page
  • Assignment: Put your own data into Mapbox
  • Cloud Computing Discussion: Cloud security

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Lessons

  • Welcome to Cloud and Server GIS
    • Lesson 1: Introduction to Cloud and Server GIS
    • Lesson 2: ArcGIS Server up and running on Amazon EC2
    • Lesson 3: Cloud-based databases and web editing with ArcGIS Server
    • Lesson 4: ArcGIS Server performance and rasterized map tiles
    • Lesson 5: Map design and vector tile services using Mapbox
      • Overview
      • Software as a service (SaaS) with mapping and GIS
      • Mapbox services and vector tiles
      • Creating a custom basemap with Mapbox
      • Creating a data overlay with Mapbox
      • Embedding a Mapbox map in a web page
      • Assignment: Put your own data into Mapbox
      • Cloud Computing Discussion: Cloud security
    • Lesson 6: Thematic mapping services with CARTO
    • Lesson 7: Web maps and data as services using ArcGIS Online
    • Lesson 8: GIS as a service using ArcGIS Online
    • Lesson 9: GIS on your own cloud using Portal for ArcGIS
    • Lesson 10: Term project

Course materials prepared by Sterling Quinn, Ryan Baxter, and James O'Brien, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University.

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