Making Maps

March 14, 2011By Caitlin DempseyMaps and Cartography

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The Chicago Tribune has a five-part series on making maps using PostGIS, TileMill, Mapnik and Google Maps. Each part reviews one aspect of pulling together a complete online map with Google Maps as the base.

The series covers:

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