From the course: GIS on the Web
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Google Maps options for map development
Now let's look at Google Map options for map development. There are many ways that you can do mapping in the Google products. Here we are in Google Maps and notice in the upper right that I'm already logged in. So if you haven't already logged in, please do so now. In this new environment for Google Maps, if you click on the Search tool, notice that you get an option for My Custom Maps. When you click on that, you can see any custom maps you may have built in the past. Or if you want to create a new one, just click Create. This will take you to the Google Maps Engine Lite environment. Here you can set points, lines, and polygons, and you can even give them a description, such as this one, Kansas and now we'll save it. There we go, and now when we click on that point you can see the pop up window. You can share all of your maps from this tab right here in the upper right. And this is a very quick way to generate an interesting map mashup. Back in the Google Maps environment, in the…
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Google Maps options for map development2m 47s
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Mapping through Google Drive2m 8s
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Google Fusion Tables with Google spreadsheets3m 10s
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Geocoding with an address and coordinates3m 39s
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Merging your data3m 16s
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Visualization symbologies3m 54s
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Customizing your pop-up windows3m 58s
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How to analyze your map3m 35s
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Publishing your work4m 17s
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Exporting Fusion Tables to KML2m 27s
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Making lines and polygons in Google Earth11m 47s
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