Create Simple Maps using Google Maps and Microsoft Excel Online
Want to create maps but don’t have the time, patience, or storage space for a new application? We’ve got you covered. This beginner-friendly workshop is designed to show participants how to use familiar tools like Google Maps and Microsoft Excel, to make simple maps for reports, presentations, or even a group chat.
In this workshop, participants will:
- Learn the basics of using Google Maps and Microsoft Excel to create and visualize spatial data
- Become familiar with spatial data
- Learn how to export maps for use in presentations, documents, and websites
- Understand common mistakes in map making.
No technical expertise is required! This session is geared toward anyone looking to learn more about digital mapping tools and techniques.
Details: Any preparatory work for the session can be found on its information page. This workshop will not be recorded.
Facilitator Bios:
Christine Homuth (she/her) is the Library's GIS Specialist, providing support and resources to students, researchers, and faculty members working with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and geospatial data.
Saman’s (she/her) work operates at the intersection of information science and critical geography. She’s particularly interested in the ways in which community-owned and -governed infrastructure can contribute to equitable knowledge systems. Currently, Saman takes care of McMaster’s Lloyd Reeds Map Collection, ensuring community members are able to access, understand, and use the collection for teaching and research.
- Date:
- Wednesday, September 24, 2025
- Time:
- 10:30am - 11:30am
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Audience:
- Open (McMaster + Community)
- Categories:
- New DASH SCDS Sponsored Events Workshops
THE SHERMAN CENTRE FOR DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP
The Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship (SCDS), located in McMaster University Library, provides consulting, instruction, and technical support to faculty, staff, students, and community members for all aspects of digital scholarship — from teaching and training to research, dissemination, and beyond.
Send us an Email
View our Website
Book a Consultation
Subscribe to the SCDS Newsletter
CODE OF CONDUCT
The Sherman Centre and the McMaster University Library are committed to fostering a supportive and inclusive environment for its presenters and participants. As a participant in this session, you agree to support and help cultivate an experience that is collaborative, respectful, and inclusive, as well as free of harassment, discrimination, and oppression. We reserve the right to remove participants who exhibit harassing, malicious or persistently disruptive behaviour. Please refer to our code of conduct webpage for more information.
Christine is the GIS Specialist at McMaster University Libraries, supporting both McMaster and the broader research community in finding and analyzing geospatial data using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software, as well as in creating maps and web mapping applications.
The Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship supports McMaster students, faculty, and staff, as well as anyone curious about digital scholarship. From research and teaching to training and technical support, we’re here to help bring digital projects to life at every stage!
Send us an Email
View our Website
Book a Consultation
Subscribe to the SCDS Newsletter
