Web Resources and Tutorials

Command Line Basics

Git + Github

• Pro Git by Scott Chacon and Ben Straub - Full e-book covering everything you will ever need to know about Git and then some.

Python Basics

• https://janakiev.com/blog/jupyter-virtual-envs/ - Guide to managing Python environments with an emphasis on IPython/Jupyter notebooks.

Python for Data Analysis, Data Science

• https://github.com/wesm/pydata-book - All the notebooks associated with Wes McKinney's Python for Data Analysis book.
• Big Data for Social Science - Excellent soup-to-nuts applied data science e-book geared towards social scientists/economists. Kind of like this course except less geo and more "big data".

Data Visualization (non-geo)

Charts types and graphs

• http://tinlizzie.org/histograms/ - There's more to histograms than you might think, and this is a great explainer.

Design, color, etc.

• https://colorbrewer2.org/#type=sequential&scheme=BuGn&n=3

GIS + Cartography

• https://mapschool.io/ - Short and sweet intro to some of the most important concepts in GIS, cartography, and maps.
• https://www.axismaps.com/guide - Another excellent, comprehensive, slightly more opinionated guide to the fundamentals of mapping.
• https://spatialreference.org/ - Find your projections here.

Geospatial Data Analysis/Spatial Analysis

Command-line tools

• https://gdal.org/ - Data translation library for handling spatial transformations between data types, spatial reference systems, etc.

With Python

• https://geopandas.org/en/stable/ - Work with geo-data from the comfort of the Pandas API
• http://pysal.org/pysal/index.html - Traditional spatial analysis algorithms implemented in Python
• https://geographicdata.science/book/intro.html - A whole e-book dedicated to the subject by the creators of PySAL

Mapping Tools

• https://geonetworks.github.io/ - A collection of visualization techniques for geospatial network data.
• https://mapshaper.org/ - Edit geo-data in the browser!
• http://geojson.io - Preview/edit geojson in the browser!

Data Ethics

• https://ethics.fast.ai/ - Fantastic e-course with notes, video lectures, and reading materials on a broad range of topics related to data misuse, privacy, and ethics.
• https://afraenkel.github.io/fairness-book/ - Amazing, free e-book to accompany the UCSD Data Science course, "Fairness and Algorithmic Decision Making".

Things you can follow:

Newsletters

• Geoawesomeness Newsletter
• Future of Transportation Newsletter
• Spatial Awareness Newsletter -- Not sure if this is still in operation but the archive is still worth browsing through.

Job Boards

• Geospatial Jobs
• Mobility Jobs
• Zephyr Foundation Job Board
• GIS Jobs Clearinghouse
• Awesome Geospatial Companies

Twitter Profiles (as of Feb 2022):

Jobs

  - https://twitter.com/NewDataSciJobs
  - https://twitter.com/JoyBonaguro (always posts good civic tech jobs)

Companies/Organizations

  - Env/Conservation/Sustainability
     - https://twitter.com/SaloSciences
     - https://twitter.com/openscapes
  - Civic Tech
     - https://twitter.com/CityInnovate
     - https://twitter.com/AdHocTeam
     - https://twitter.com/18F
     - https://twitter.com/DataProgress
     - https://twitter.com/USDResponse
     - https://twitter.com/townhallpledge
     - https://twitter.com/citizenlab
     - https://twitter.com/SunFoundation
     - https://twitter.com/TECollab
  - Gov't/Policy/Advocacy
     - https://twitter.com/DataSF
     - https://twitter.com/CaliforniaODI
     - https://twitter.com/dismobility
     - https://twitter.com/jainfamilyinst
     - https://twitter.com/InvestinPlace
     - https://twitter.com/DemocracyFund
     - https://twitter.com/SmartGrowthUSA
     - https://twitter.com/completestreets
     - https://twitter.com/McHargCenter
     - https://twitter.com/eb4everyone
     - https://twitter.com/UCBDisplacement
     - https://twitter.com/CACommBuilders
     - https://twitter.com/ITDP_HQ
     - https://twitter.com/WRIRossCities
     - https://twitter.com/UrbanInstitute
  - Data (Science) for Good
     - https://twitter.com/LacunaFund
     - https://twitter.com/Data4BlackLives
     - https://twitter.com/enigma_io
     - https://twitter.com/humdata
     - https://twitter.com/datascifellows
     - https://twitter.com/DataMadeCo
     - https://twitter.com/hotosm
     - https://twitter.com/Periscopic
     - https://twitter.com/WorldPopProject
  - Transit/Mobility
     - https://twitter.com/VectoIQ
     - https://twitter.com/transprtfoundry
     - https://twitter.com/Hilgard_Analyt
     - https://twitter.com/OurStreetsApp
     - https://twitter.com/NUMOalliance
     - https://twitter.com/T4America
     - https://twitter.com/EnoTrans
     - https://twitter.com/transittechlab
     - https://twitter.com/MobilityDataIO
     - https://twitter.com/sharedstreetsio
     - https://twitter.com/interline_io
     - https://twitter.com/populus_ai
     - https://twitter.com/zobatech
     - https://twitter.com/TransitCenter
     - https://twitter.com/itoworld
     - https://twitter.com/SharedUseCntr
     - https://twitter.com/TransAlt
  - Digital Agencies
     - https://twitter.com/exygy
     - https://twitter.com/projectsbyif
     - https://twitter.com/earthrisemedia
     - https://twitter.com/CivicMakers
  - Research/Academia
     - https://twitter.com/datasociety
     - https://twitter.com/TAL_UofT
     - https://twitter.com/miurbanchicago
     - https://twitter.com/UMNAccOb
     - https://twitter.com/BerkeleyITS
     - https://twitter.com/MobilityLabTeam
  - Urban Tech
     - https://twitter.com/numina
     - https://twitter.com/urbanxaccel
  - Geospatial Tech
     - https://twitter.com/GdalOrg
     - https://twitter.com/grid3global
     - https://twitter.com/MapTiler
     - https://twitter.com/Koordinates
     - https://twitter.com/capellaspace
     - https://twitter.com/UrsaSpace
     - https://twitter.com/datamermaid
     - https://twitter.com/pcigeomatics

People/Individuals

• Academics - https://twitter.com/shannonmattern - https://twitter.com/5harad - https://twitter.com/AttohKafui - https://twitter.com/gboeing - Gov't/Planners - https://twitter.com/multimodalshrty - https://twitter.com/katempenn - https://twitter.com/humantransit - https://twitter.com/mcplanner - https://twitter.com/matthewplan - Journalists/Data Reporters/Graphics - https://twitter.com/kevinschaul - https://twitter.com/wallacetim - https://twitter.com/ConorDougherty - https://twitter.com/schmangee - https://twitter.com/JohnMuyskens - https://twitter.com/A_L - https://twitter.com/alon_levy - https://twitter.com/awalkerinLA - https://twitter.com/eads - https://twitter.com/IngaSaffron - https://twitter.com/sahrasulaiman - https://twitter.com/chrisgossmann - https://twitter.com/jenny_schuetz - https://twitter.com/DavidZipper - https://twitter.com/kristoncapps - Wonks/Activists/Overly Engaged Citizens - https://twitter.com/akronisticlotor - https://twitter.com/alfred_twu - https://twitter.com/nicoleamurray - https://twitter.com/_KennyUong_ - https://twitter.com/chrisarvinsf - Actually Chill Data (Science) People - https://twitter.com/chrisalbon - https://twitter.com/robinson_es - https://twitter.com/math_rachel - https://twitter.com/forestgregg - https://twitter.com/dataandpolitics - https://twitter.com/tony_damiano - https://twitter.com/chris_whong - Data Viz/Art/GIFs - https://twitter.com/jn3008 - https://twitter.com/philogb - https://twitter.com/anvaka - https://twitter.com/mbostock - https://twitter.com/flowingdata - Urbanism/Transit/Tech - https://twitter.com/BethOsborneT4A - https://twitter.com/yfreemark - https://twitter.com/cydharrell - https://twitter.com/theworksla

Other lists like this one

• https://github.com/tolomaps/resources