Git your map right here! on github!

An intro to make a simple map, host it locally, and use git terminal to update one’s repo. Help young Regen (photographed above) learn to make a map!

Check out the map:

Map: http://maptimela.github.io/git_your_map_here/ Data Source: City of LA - Neighborhood Council Office Location Map (Updated May 30, 2014)

The data was converted from Socrata’s json type to geoJSON with socrata-geojson

Steps:

0. Open the Terminal/Powershell app and a web browser. Get a GitHub account and fork the repository.
1. Move into that specific folder: cd git_your_map_here (Pro tip: Remember to use tab completion - click tab and then enter) and click Enter
2. Run a local server by typing into Terminal/Powershell: python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000 and click Enter. This runs the Leaflet-powered map with marker and boundary data from two .geojson files in the \data\ folder.
3. Open your browser (Chrome, Firefox preferred) and open http://localhost:8000
4. To open on your phone, find your IP address and open http://[YOUR-IP-ADDRESS]:8000/ in your phone’s mobile browser
5. To see what is pushed up to the gh-pages branch, open http://maptimela.github.io/git_your_map_here/
6. Stand up with your laptop and say “Git your map right here!”

Other steps to consider

• Geocoding with QGIS (an open-source GUI GIS app) or command line geoprocessing tools

Tools needed (We will have these files ready to distribute during the meetup)

• Python, Please download version 2.7. If you have issues, have no fear, we will help you the day of.
• Install Git! http://git-scm.com/download
• Text Editor. Sublime Text is awesome & free! Atom is free too.
• QGIS, an open source Geographic Information System