# May 15, 2018: Free Tools for Your Brigade Workshop

**URL:** <https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/t/may-15-2018-free-tools-for-your-brigade-workshop/410>\
**Category:** Workshops\
**Created:** [February 14, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/t/may-15-2018-free-tools-for-your-brigade-workshop/410 "2019-02-14T21:54:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![tdooner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discourse.codeforamerica.org/tdooner/32/3_2.png) [@tdooner](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/u/tdooner)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/t/may-15-2018-free-tools-for-your-brigade-workshop/410/1 "2019-02-14T21:54:35Z")

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Brigade members lead presentations about free tools for Brigades, showcasing how their Brigades built products using software that’s donated for Brigades to use for free!

In order of presentation:

- [16:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6Qt3n7Zxys&list=PL65XgbSILalVt7-keqNs83uNhq0-usIJe&index=1&t=1015s) - A quick overview of resources that Code for America offers

On using Mapbox:

- [20:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6Qt3n7Zxys&list=PL65XgbSILalVt7-keqNs83uNhq0-usIJe&index=1&t=1249s) - Minh Nguyễn (Mapbox/Code for San Jose) introduces Mapbox
- [22:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6Qt3n7Zxys&list=PL65XgbSILalVt7-keqNs83uNhq0-usIJe&index=1&t=1368s) - Yan-Yin Choy (Code for San Jose) presents about using Mapbox to build Heart of the Valley
- [29:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6Qt3n7Zxys&index=1&list=PL65XgbSILalVt7-keqNs83uNhq0-usIJe&t=1753s) - Carl V. Lewis (Open Savannah) presents about Data Viz tools for Polygons and beyond!

On using CARTO:

- [46:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6Qt3n7Zxys&list=PL65XgbSILalVt7-keqNs83uNhq0-usIJe&index=1&t=2784s) - Kathryn Killebrew (Code for Philly) shows how they used CARTO to help the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission better plan bicycling infrastructure with CyclePhilly.
- [53:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6Qt3n7Zxys&list=PL65XgbSILalVt7-keqNs83uNhq0-usIJe&index=1&t=3230s) - Will Skora (Open Cleveland) shows how to use the CARTO dashboard to quickly visualize parking lot geometry and slice and dice your data with ease.

On using Heroku:

- [1:07:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6Qt3n7Zxys&list=PL65XgbSILalVt7-keqNs83uNhq0-usIJe&index=1&t=4030s) - Luigi Ray-Montanez (Code for Atlanta) on what Heroku is, if it’s right for you, and how to quickly get set up.
- [1:17:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6Qt3n7Zxys&list=PL65XgbSILalVt7-keqNs83uNhq0-usIJe&index=1&t=4620s) - Jim Van Fleet (Code for Charlotte) talks about how CityGram has sent over 10 million notifications to inform residents about the nearby happenings in their city with Heroku. (View Presentation)

**Watch on YouTube:**

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_6Qt3n7Zxys/maxresdefault.jpg "Free Tools for Your Brigade") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6Qt3n7Zxys)

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**Author:** ![Mari](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discourse.codeforamerica.org/mari/32/992_2.png) [@Mari](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/u/Mari)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 6:59am UTC](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/t/may-15-2018-free-tools-for-your-brigade-workshop/410/2 "2023-07-01T06:59:57Z")

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