Indiemapper was born in the classroom based on a simple, shared frustration: Why is it so hard to make good maps? While GIS is very powerful, it easily overwhelms students (and often pros) and all of us often waste precious time hunting for buttons and forgetting how to do simple tasks. Indiemapper changes all of that and students can spend less time stressing-out about the software and more time focusing on the quality of their cartography, thinking critically about their data and how they are representing it on their maps. Expert advice is built into every corner of indiemapper.
All of us at Axis Maps have extensive experience in the classroom; This is the tool we always wished we'd had to teach map-making to our own students.
5 Reasons Teachers Love Indiemapper
No need for a dedicated GIS Lab
There is no software to install and maintain - indiemapper runs right in a web browser. No more arcane license codes. Say goodbye to huge software budgets. Your IT folks are going to love this.
Students can work on their assignments anywhere
Students can take their work home with them, work from their own machines, or any machine connected to the web. This reduces wear-and-tear to your dedicated GIS labs, and lets students work when it's best for them.
The textbook is built right into indiemapper
With many tutorials, demos, screencast videos, and in-depth LEARN MORES, the textbook is built right into indie. The gap between theory and practice has never been so small.
Generous academic discounts
Any student or teacher can qualify for our academic discounts: 33% off the already low price. After your first free month, use indiemapper for a incredible 65 cents a day.
Leave comments and collaborate directly with each student
Indiemapper's unique SHARING and COLLABORATION FEATURES means every student can share their maps with you; leave comments while students on working on them (not just when they hand them in) enabling you to help students before it's too late.
READY TO USE LABS
Award-winning teacher and former professor Mark Harrower has written 11 cartography labs for teaching map-making using indiemapper. Based on his very popular courses at University of Wisconsin-Madison, these labs cover both basic and advanced topics in cartography. Use all of them as a single sequence over a semester, or use individual labs to enhance your existing courses. Best of all, we will give you all of the data and files so you can hit the ground running.
#1 map projections
#2 data classification
#3 choropleth maps
#4 dot density maps
#5 text and labeling
#6 proportional symbol maps
Advanced Tutorials
#1 bivariate maps
#2 multi-layer vs multivariate
#3 cartograms
Sample Lecture
