[OSGeo Africa] Making maps pretty

[S Coetzer]

Hi Adi

I read your email. I have worked on several census indicators thematic maps
before.

I would be able to provide some pointers and perhaps do a initial map for
you.

Drop me a private email to take it further.


Best Regards
Sarel Coetzer



On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Tim Sutton <tim at linfiniti.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Adi Eyal <adi at burgercom.co.za> wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>>
>> I was wondering if  someone on this list would be available to
>> contribute some time to an open source project looking at mapping
>> census indicators. With the application - we're hoping to help
>> journalists better understand census data through the use of simple
>> choropleths. An early demo of what we're trying to achieve can be
>> found here (http://census.hackshackers.co.za - you'll need a modern,
>> non IE browser to play around with it). You'll notice that the maps
>> look dog ugly and I'm looking to chat with someone who has experience
>> making maps useable who can provide some pointers and possibly even
>> roll-up their sleeves.
>>
>>
> I see you are using d3. What about using a web mapping server rather.
> There are a number of good options out there:
>
> - UMN Mapserver - venerable, fast and highly configurable, though lacks
> any point and click tools to do your cartography
> - CartoDB  http://cartodb.com/tour web centric that supports map styling
> with a CSS like syntax
> - QGIS Server - backend based on Quantum GIS that allows you to directly
> publish your maps (QGIS Cloud provides a dead easy way to do that, or you
> can run your own backend instance).
> - GeoServer - very powerful and feature rich with a nice admin interface -
> runs as a java servlet
>
> Once you are serving your data from a standards based web server, you can
> start to make it look pretty - simply overlaying it with open street map or
> google maps data might be a good start.
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
>
>> Thanks
>> Adi
>>
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>> skype: adieyalcas
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