# Mapping Resources

Some amazing things are happening with Google Map <span class="caps">API</span> and now Yahoo Map <span class="caps">API</span>.

- [The Best Map-Making Sites On The Web](http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/12/03/the-best-map-making-sites-on-the-web/)
- [Mapping in Google Spreadsheets](http://blogs.library.duke.edu/data/2014/06/05/mapping-in-google-spreadsheets/) – June 5, 2014 Duke Library Blog
- [Get the Most out of Google Maps](http://mashable.com/2008/12/04/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-google-maps/)
- [Google Map <span class="caps">API</span> Documentation](http://www.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/)
- [Google Mapki](http://mapki.com/index.php?title=Main_Page) – forum for sharing ideas, implementations, and help for the Google Maps <span class="caps">API</span>.
- [Yahoo Releases Map APIs](http://www.researchbuzz.org/2005/11/yahoo_releases_heapin_helpin_o.shtml)
- [Yahoo Maps has an application gallery](http://developer.yahoo.net/maps/applications.html)
- [http://del.icio.us/tag/mapping](http://del.icio.us/tag/mapping)
- [https://kb.ucla.edu/link/98](https://kb.ucla.edu/link/98)
- [http://polymaps.org/](http://polymaps.org/) – Interactive JavaScript Mapping Library (uses <span class="caps">SVG</span>)
- [D3.js](http://mbostock.github.com/d3/) – with minimal overhead, D3 is extremely fast, supporting large datasets and dynamic behaviors for interaction and animation. And, for those common needs, D3’s functional style allows code reuse through a diverse collection of optional modules. 
    - [Intro to D3.js](http://square.github.io/intro-to-d3/) – tutorial – added Oct. 21, 2014
- [ColorBrewer: Color Advice for Cartography](http://colorbrewer2.org/)

*This article was originally posted on the <span class="caps">UCLA</span> Programmers Wiki.*