Introduction to mapping with Fusion Tables + CartoDB during d|Bootcamp Nairobi 2014. Prepared and presented by Upande team - Mark de Blois, Luchiri, Sammer.

1. Mapping
-Intro
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2. Great Tools: Data Cleaning
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● IMPORTHTML
● Tabula
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● Google Refine
http://openrefine.org
● Google Fusion Tables
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3. Demo 1: IMPORTHTML
● Google Spreadsheets can import table format
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data easily
● Live data link upon REFRESH
● Example Kenya MET Data
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4. Demo 2: TABULA
● Tabula can import table format data easily from
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PDFs
● 5 Day MET data forecast
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5. Great Tools: Mapping
● Google Fusion Tables
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o Fusion Tables
http://tables.googlelabs.com
● CartoDB
o CartoDB
http://cartodb.com
o Odyssey
http://cartodb.github.io/odyssey.js
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6. Exercise 1: Fusion Tables
● View Table
● Download local copy, upload to Google Drive
● Geocode
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7. Common Data Formats
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● Shapefile
o ESRI format
o Consists of several files (geometry, attributes)
● Keyhole Markup Language
o OGC standard
o XML format with extensions
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Demo 1: CartoDB
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9. Exercise 2: CartoDB
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Let us create a
County Project Cost
Map using data
from e-Promis
Borders
Cleaned ePromis
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10. Questions
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