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Creating a Web Map Using Leaflet

Posted on: by Nicholas Duggan FRGS Cgeog (GIS) 1 Comment
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Web Mapping

In this series I’m describing a few of the different systems that mapping people use to share their web maps. Unlike many of the walkthroughs and tutorials out there, I’m including templates so you can fill in the blanks and learn how to put it on your webhost. First in this series is Leaflet, a […]

Creating a Web Map Using QGIS2Web

Posted on: by Nicholas Duggan FRGS Cgeog (GIS)
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Web Mapping

Almost two years ago to the day I wrote Webmapping 3.5 in which I did a walkthrough of QGIS2Web. Since then, QGIS has grown up, and so has QGIS2Web. In the original blog, I discussed how you could use OpenLayers and Leaflet as basemaps. Now you can use Mapbox, too. The layout is improved and […]

Creating a Web Map Using Mapbox

Posted on: by Nicholas Duggan FRGS Cgeog (GIS)
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Web Mapping

This blog is born out of pure frustration and my competitive nature. When I was looking at web mapping libraries, I looked at Mapbox and thought, “That will be easy.” Three days later I was pulling my hair out—then the next day I was smiling and happy. You see, Mapbox is similar to Leaflet in […]