Mapping Resources Some amazing things are happening with Google Map API and now Yahoo Map API . The Best Map-Making Sites On The Web Mapping in Google Spreadsheets – June 5, 2014 Duke Library Blog Get the Most out of Google Maps Google Map API Documentation Google Mapki – forum for sharing ideas, implementations, and help for the Google Maps API . Yahoo Releases Map APIs Yahoo Maps has an application gallery http://del.icio.us/tag/mapping https://kb.ucla.edu/link/98 http://polymaps.org/ – Interactive JavaScript Mapping Library (uses SVG ) D3.js – 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 – tutorial – added Oct. 21, 2014 ColorBrewer: Color Advice for Cartography This article was originally posted on the UCLA Programmers Wiki.