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Digital Scholarship

The tools listed below can be of use in digital scholarship mapping projects.

Mapping Tools

StoryMapJS / Gigapixel

https://storymap.knightlab.com/

Use of existing base maps, tile sets for mapping large images, needs a container, lives on KnightLab servers.

 

Google My Maps

https://www.google.com/maps

Fairly robust GIS, bound to Google maps and satellite images, bound to your Google account, ability to share and publish, but not collaborate.

 

KoboToolbox

https://www.kobotoolbox.org/

Free, open, mobile-device bound geospatial data collection/field data collection.  Can build forms and use without network connection.  Syncing once back on-network.  Integrates with GIS applications.

 

OpenStreetMap

https://www.openstreetmap.org/

Crowdsourced map.  Local contexts.

 

MapBox

https://www.mapbox.com/

 

QGIS

https://www.qgis.org/en/site/

Full-featured GIS.  F/LOSS.  Lots to learn, but does A LOT.  Both presentation and analysis.

 

Omeka with Neatline

https://omeka.org/classic/plugins/Neatline/

A plugin for Omeka that permits mapping and route-building.