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What are your suggestions for making an svg map using USA zip code boundaries?

Started 1 year ago by ejfox / 3 posts

  1. ejfox
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    I'm accustomed to working with an .svg of the U.S. and doing visualizations in Illustrator that way, but a new project I am working on requires mapping zip codes in the NY region, and I've never experimented with mapping and GIS much before.

    If needed, I could find someone with a GIS system to whip up the map, but I'd much rather do it myself. I am limited to an OS X system, but I'm very interested in the various online mapping start-ups that have come out lately. I've looked into some of them, but I haven't yet seen SVG export capabilities.

    So how would you do it? Any suggestions?

    Thanks!

  2. apwheele
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    I would suggest you check out indiemapper
    http://indiemapper.com/

  3. nathany
    FlowingData Editor
    Posted 1 year ago #

    I'd go with a similar approach that was done with counties:

    http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/12/how-to-make-a-us-county-thematic-map-using-free-tools/

    You'd have to find an SVG map with zip code boundaries though. A quick Googley search didn't get me anywhere.


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