Election Mapping Bonanza

Election season is coming fast! In the first of a series of process events, this session will center on visualizing election results at different scales, ensuring data is normalized, and taking advantage of custom cartography and basemaps. We will use CartoDB, CartoCSS and basic SQL to build a demonstration map that should get everyone started.

Breakdown of the Night

6:30 - 7 -- Mingling, eating, drinking

7 - 8:30 -- Election Mapping Workshop

8:30 - 9 -- Q&A, wrapping up loose ends

Topics Covered in Workshop

How to make a custom choropleth Elections Map

• Normalizing data

• Multi-scale results (state to county level)

• Custom basemap design (with alternative projections)

• Custom legend