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MapBuilder

Use this tool to
Display, aggregate, and analyze data and report results on a map-based application
End Product(s)

Customized, interactive map that displays ready-to-use or user-uploaded monitoring data.

MapBuilder is an easy-to-use tool that allows users to create customized, interactive online maps and dashboards on land cover change. Users can combine their own data with ready-to-use data on forest change, land cover, land use, climate, and biodiversity from Global Forest Watch, Resource Watch, and ArcGIS Online. MapBuilder also contains built-in tools for data analysis. The resulting MapBuilder map can be set up as a standalone website, incorporated into an external website, or shared using integrated social media tools.

MapBuilder allows users to apply Global Forest Watch’s powerful built-in data analysis tools, as well as data from Resource Watch, to their area of interest. Users can calculate statistics on forest loss, land cover composition, and other metrics, as well as access deforestation alerts from the University of Maryland’s Global Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) lab. MapBuilder can be integrated with either free or paid organizational ArcGIS Online accounts, although some features are restricted to users with organizational ArcGIS Online accounts.

Scale
Site, Landscape
Technical skills/resources required
Internet connection, ArcGIS Online account
Cost
Free; some features (organizational data storage and sharing options) require a paid ArcGIS Online organizational account
Language(s) available
Indonesian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese