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* [Map examples](https://github.com/nvkelso/geo-how-to/wiki/Map-examples) - Pretty basemap tiles and compelling interactive maps.

> ![Tile Previews](https://github.com/nvkelso/geo-how-to/raw/master/images/tile_providers_preview.png)
## Mapping

* [PostGIS](https://github.com/nvkelso/geo-how-to/wiki/PostGIS) - Store your geography in a spatial database (kinda the open source version of an Esri GeoDB). Faster than raw SHP files when speed matters. Storage default for OSM data.
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* [Geocoding](https://github.com/nvkelso/geo-how-to/wiki/Geocoding) - This is the one hard part about going open source geo.

* [Routing](https://github.com/nvkelso/geo-how-to/wiki/Routing) - tk tk tk

* [Shapely](https://github.com/nvkelso/geo-how-to/wiki/Shapely) - Python library for geometric objects, predicates, and operations without requiring PostGIS.

* [Tiles](https://github.com/nvkelso/geo-how-to/wiki/Tiles) - Once you're done designing your map, you'll have 10s of thousands of tiny image files, hundreds and thousands of megabytes in size. You'll need to post these online.

* [Map scales/zooms, coordinate systems](https://github.com/nvkelso/geo-how-to/wiki/Map-scales---zooms) - Web maps have 20 preset scales, learn these “zoom” levels and their natural scale equivelents.

* [Generalize your data](https://github.com/nvkelso/geo-how-to/wiki/Generalize your data) - Seriously. Your maps will look better and load faster.
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* [Makefiles](https://github.com/nvkelso/geo-how-to/wiki/Make-files) - Key to organizing your workflow and making it repeatable.

* [Python](https://github.com/nvkelso/geo-how-to/wiki/Python) - tk tk tk

* [General Unix commands](https://github.com/nvkelso/geo-how-to/wiki/Unix-commands)

* [Download onto server using CURL](https://github.com/nvkelso/geo-how-to/wiki/Download-onto-server-using-CURL)
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