CartoDB

#CartoDB

CartoDB description

##Accessing CartoDB

Create / log in to your CartoDB account at https://cartodb.com/

##Uploading Data

Data loaded into CartoDB produces a table. You can load data in a variety of formats includes Excel spreadsheets (xls), csv's, shapefiles (packed into a .zip) and more.

When you upload your data you will be able to name the table the data will reside in.

http://docs.cartodb.com/cartodb-editor/datasets/#connect-dataset

##Creating Visualizations

After uploading your data you can use the resulting table to create a visualization. Visualizations take data from a table (or multiple tables) and allow you style them with a range of features and options.

http://docs.cartodb.com/cartodb-editor/datasets/#data-visualization

There are several methods for styling your visualizations including categories which colors you data based on a specified field of the table the data is built from.

###Visualization Keys Visualization Keys are a unique ID’s for a visualization. You can find the key in the url of the visualization page in CartoDB (ex. key is in bold: https://aiddata.cartodb.com/viz/e56946d2-b61d-11e5-9c0a-0e3ff518bd15/map) This is what you use to tell the Editor which visualization to display (See the Editor’s “Layer Fields” above and the “Updating the Mapping Portal” section below to see how keys are used.

##Learning More About CartoDB CartoDB offers a range of documentation and tutorial material to help you make the best visualizations with your data. There is also a wealth of information on using CartoDB that can be found on various websites, blogs and forums. The CartoDB Editor documentation is a great place to start.

##Testing Changes

CartoDB has a built-in map to allow you to view and test changes to your visualizations. If you want to test changes to an existing visualization without changing the data on the CCB Mapping Portal, simply duplicate the visualization. If you do not like the result you can delete the visualization, or if you would like to push the changes to the CCB Mapping Portal, you can do so in a few easy steps (see Updating Mapping Portal below).

##Updating the Mapping Portal

To update the Mapping Portal after making changes to a test visualization in CartoDB, you have two options. The first method is to update the visualization that is active in the Mapping Portal to match the test visualization you created. The second method is to replace the CartoDB key for the original visualization in the Editor with the CartoDB key for the new visualization (see Editor section above for details).