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Information Systems Guide.1. Adapted from Boland, Maeve A. "Geographic Information Systems." Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics, edited by Carl Mitcham, vol. 2, Macmillan Reference USA, 2005, pp. 856-857. Gale Virtual Reference Library, Accessed 26 Sept. 2017
Here are six great sources of information and inspiration to help you get the most out of these tools.
🚀At GreenMap.org, under Resources, go to our Platform quick guide. Read more about the Website Builder tools under Manage Your Data > Spaces and > Pages. This Guide has loads of helpful information on setting up a map, a survey and using icons, too.
👀 Take a look at the Grow Dundee website built using the website builder tools. This is a place where a network of community growing projects share information about local gardens, volunteer and event information.
🤓 Read our article about the website builder and why we have developed the tools. We’ll soon add short videos here.
👐 Share information with your group. You can access the intro slides from the website builder session here>
The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (https://grass.osgeo.org/), commonly referred to as GRASS GIS, is an Open Source Geographic Information System providing powerful raster, vector and geospatial processing capabilities. It can be used either as a stand-alone application or as backend for other software packages such as QGIS and R or in the cloud. It is distributed freely under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). GRASS GIS is a founding member of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo).
What is OpenStreetMap?"OpenStreetMap is built by a community of mappers that contribute and maintain data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world."
OpenStreetMaps US hosts an entire community with conferences, training, mapping games, and historical information
What is ArcGIS StoryMaps?TIP: Compile your story content in a simple spreadsheet before building out the StoryMap.
Get Started with Social Explorer;Typically large-scale maps, dating back to the 1500s, historical maps serve as primary research artifacts.
Fire Insurance Maps cover the United States, Canada, and Mexico from 1800s to the present and 
Open Government Data initiatives promote "transparency, accountability, and value creation by making government data available to all" (OECD.org). Evaluate datasets found through open data portals as you would information sources. Máchová, Hub, Lnenicka recommend searchers consider the following criteria when selecting and searching government data:
- Are data sets organized in understandable categories?
- A complete list of datasets.
- Is there someone to contact to request a specific data set.
- Can you search according to category, publisher, format?
- Can you filter data sets in order to limit what you need to extract?
- Can you process data sets in a common structure such as CSV, JSON, or RDF?
- Do you need to register an account in order to access datasets?
Máchová, R., Hub, M., & Lnenicka, M. (2018). Usability evaluation of open data portals: Evaluating data discoverability, accessibility, and reusability from a stakeholders’ perspective. Aslib Journal of Information Management, 70(3), 252-268. http://dx.doi.org.arktos.nyit.edu/10.1108/AJIM-02-2018-0026
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