a curated guide to the best tools, resources and technologies for data visualization

Data Conversion

GDAL

GDAL

GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library) is a translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats that is released under an X/MIT style Open Source license by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation.

Mapstarter.com

Mapstarter is a tool for turning a geographic data file into a map for the web.

Ogre

Ogre

Quickly and easily convert Shapefiles into GeoJSON format with this web app.

MapShaper

MapShaper

A tool for working with various types of geospatial data, including GeoJSON, TopoJSON and Shapefiles.

CSVKit

CSVKit

CSVKit is a suite of utilities for converting to and working with CSV, the king of tabular file formats.

CometDocs

CometDocs

Convert your PDF files to Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more. Convert various formats to PDF. Store & share your documents for free.

JSON to CSV

JSON to CSV

Converts JSON data into spreadsheet-friendly CSVs.

GeoIP

GeoIP

Converts IP addresses to locational data with lat-long coordinates.

Shape Escape

Shape Escape

Allows you to easily convert Shapefiles (SHP) into KML or GeoJSON format for mapping.

Pdf2Xl

Pdf2Xl

PDF to Excel allows you to easily convert PDF files to Excel, CSV and More. It is easy to use, accurate, fast and facilitates advanced editing & tweaking.

Geocod.io

Geocod.io

Simple, fast, lightweight and (nearly) free geocoding solution for larger datasets.

Mr. Data Converter

An incredibly handy tool created by Shan Carter of NYTimes Graphics that converts your Excel data into one of several web-friendly formats, including HTML, JSON and XML.

MapsData

Free online data format converters that allow the user to conduct batch geocode ZIP codes and UK postcodes, and a range of individual converters. We developed the technologies behind these converters for our own products and decided to share them for others to use freely.