How to Create Coronavirus Maps with Free Tools and Data  

This video shows how to make Coronavirus maps with free and open source tools and data.
The audience for this video are people anywhere in the world with no background in creating maps or using digital mapping tools. If you are an existing GIS user, the video will help you get started making coronavirus maps.
Follow these links to access to the software and data sets used in the video:
Software:
Google Chrome: www.google.com/chrome/
Open Office Calc: Similar to MS Excel (included with Open Office): www.openoffice.org/download/
7ZIP: www.7-zip.org/download.html
QGIS: The free and open source GIS software used in the video: www.qgis.org
Reliable Free and Open Coronavirus and Related Data Discussed in the Video:
World Health Organization (WHO) Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports: www.who.int/emergencies/disea...
EU Open Data Portal COVID-19 Coranvirus data: data.europa.eu/euodp/en/data/...
Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases Data from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (the CSV data I map in the video): data.humdata.org/dataset/nove...
World Bank Country Boundaries: datacatalog.worldbank.org/dat...
Topics discussed in this video will include: basic concepts related to making maps with numerical data, downloading relevant and reliable datasets to make coronavirus maps, hands-on tutorial of making a basic coronavirus map using QGIS, ideas for next steps.
Additional Resources on Steps Shown in the Video (**Note: As an open source software, you may need to look around a little bit to find documentation on the specific version of QGIS you are using):
QGIS 3 Add Data to a Map: docs.qgis.org/3.4/en/docs/tra...
QGIS 3 Add CSV File to a Map: www.qgistutorials.com/en/docs...
QGIS 3 Symbology (i.e., changing how the coronavirus data looks on the map):
docs.qgis.org/3.4/en/docs/tra...
QGIS 3 Map Layouts:
docs.qgis.org/3.4/en/docs/tra...
Other Coronavirus Mapping Resources:
Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center: coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
Esri COVID-19 GIS Hub: coronavirus-resources.esri.com/
Esri non-profit program (commercial mapping software at discounted prices): www.esri.com/en-us/solutions/...
**Note: This video was made quickly in March 2020 so this knowledge could get out quickly to the world as the coronavirus pandemic spreads vs. RU-vid production perfection. Please excuse any small errors, i.e,. “corona virus” vs. “coronavirus”
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Brian Tomaszewski, Ph.D.
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