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GeoJSON, review, and midterm prep

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Week 7

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Class Outline

Week 6 Review & Introduction

  • Homework/lab discussion
    • Asynchronous behavior
    • Events

Advanced Cartography

Section 1: GeoJson & Leaflet
  • Plotting geojson
    • What is JSON? (Remember JSON.parse?)
    • Filtering for individual geojson elements
    • Styling individual geojson elements
  • Making a legend in HTML with Leaflet and jQuery
  • Labs
Section 2: Getting Geospatial Data
  • Where to find it
  • Formatting and converting it
  • Using github as a backend (storage)
  • Creating it with geojson.io

Homework Assignment -- due Thursday March 14th