2. Creating your own GIS data

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Georeferencing

Making spreadsheet with coordinates

• What is a CSV
• Make headers w lat, lon
  • Upload it somewhere to visualize
  • e.g. cotton seed crushing mills in the south using late 19th century business directories
• Right-clicking Google Maps to get coordinates

Creating vector data with Google MyMaps, geojson.io, or desktop software (QGIS, ArcGIS Pro)

• Drawing KML