Mapping | Planetizen Courses

Whether you want to visualize data, understand community demographics, or build an easy-to-use, intuitive transit map, using mapping tools such as GIS is an indispensable skill for every planner. Learn how to create, present, and publish maps for a variety of purposes using the latest software and web tools.

Mapping Courses

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screenshot of map using Lingo software

Area-Based Location Optimization: Urban Green Space Selection

48 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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GIS Fundamentals: Importing, Selecting, and Managing Data

55 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Urban Design for Planners 2: Getting Started with QGIS and SketchUp

46 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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GIS Walkability Modeling

Steph A. Nelson

46 Mins

SACPLAN CPD

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Solving Coverage and Location-Allocation Problems

81 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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GIS Fundamentals: Geocoding, Geoprocessing, and Online Sharing

54 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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QGIS model of pedestrian shed for urban design course

Urban Design for Planners 3: Neighborhoods and Centers

59 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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population map of united states from census 2010

Working with Census.gov 1: Background and Geography

Chris Williamson

77 Mins

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City Points Map

Introduction to GIS, Part 1

45 Mins

CIP
AICP CM

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land use design created in geodesign community viz

GeoDesign with CommunityViz: Land Use Designer

86 Mins

SACPLAN CPD

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sketchup model of housing mix for urban planning course

Urban Design for Planners 4: Mix and Proximity

66 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Working with Census.gov 2: Topics, Programs, Products

Chris Williamson

75 Mins

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Sloan Campi Introduction to ARCGIS part 2 image of areial view of city heat map with saturated colors blue, green, yellow, purple, and red

Introduction to GIS, Part 2

52 Mins

CIP
AICP CM

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GeoDesign Using CommunityViz: Buildout and Visualization

130 Mins

SACPLAN CPD

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sketchup model of cityblocks for urban planning course

Urban Design for Planners 5: Density

64 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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data map from census website

Working with Census.gov 3: Interacting with the Data

Chris Williamson

65 Mins

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CartoDB for Planners

62 Mins

CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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streetscape design created in sketchup for urban planning course

Urban Design for Planners 6: Streetscape Design

59 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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state and county census map

Working with Census.gov 4: Quality, Interpreting and Examples

Chris Williamson

64 Mins

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color coded map of Los Angeles using mapbox

Introduction to WebGIS

52 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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plot map of United States creating in python for urban planning course

Python Geospatial Analysis and Mapping

65 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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buildings created with communityviz

CommunityViz Introduction

72 Mins

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screenshot of transit map for urban planning course

Building a Transit Map Web App

84 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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street network map created in python for urban planning course

Python Street Network Analysis

46 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

Top Mapping Instructors

Emily Talen

Emily Talen is Professor of Urbanism at the University of Chicago. Her research is devoted to...

Mike Ernst

Mike Ernst is an urban planner and designer whose work has focused on participatory planning, community...

Sloan Campi

Sloan is an innovative and accomplished urban planner, environmental designer, and educator with over a decade...

Chris Williamson

Chris Williamson has spent 40 years in academia, public and private sector planning, and environmental analysis.

Kevin Credit

Kevin is the Assistant Director for Urban Informatics at the Center for Spatial Data Science at...

Jessica White

Jessica White is a GIS Analyst and cartographer who is passionate about the possibilities of GIS...

Geoff Boeing

Geoff Boeing has a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley.

Yoh Kawano

Yoh Kawano works at the UCLA GIS and Visualization Sandbox as a member of the Research...

Chuck Donley

Mr. Donley is an urban and regional planner who specializes in creating CommunityViz applications. He brings...

Elliot Hartley

Elliot Hartley is an internationally recognised geodesign and Esri CityEngine expert.

JJ Zanetta

JJ is an architectural illustrator working in traditional and digital media.

Sam Blanchard

Sam Blanchard is a Data Scientist at UrbanSim Inc. where he specializes in land use modeling...

Emily Yasukochi

Emily Yasukochi is a Customer Success Manager at Remix, where she provides training and consultation services...

Steph A. Nelson

Steph A. Nelson has utilized GIS in a variety of settings including working as a GIS...

Doug Walker

Doug Walker, is the President and Principal of CommunityViz's parent company, Placeways, LLC.

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Building a Transit Map Web App

Instructor: Yoh Kawano

This course examines the entire process of building an interactive, web-based mapping application.

4.37

84 Mins

AICP CM

SACPLAN CPD

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Introduction to WebGIS

Instructor: Yoh Kawano

This course explains various Internet technologies commonly used to build web-based visualization applications with municipal data.

4.30

52 Mins

AICP CM

SACPLAN CPD

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Gephi for Network Analysis and Visualization

Instructor: Nader Afzalan

Network Analysis helps urban planners, designers, and policy makers explore the dynamics and complexities of social networks and organizations. This course demonstrates the ways you can use the open-source Gephi software to visualize and analyze online social networks.

4.19

121 Mins