Maps of Oakland

1857 map of Oakland morphing into current Google Map
 [source]This page lists current & historic maps of Oakland in addition to providing some general resources for map-minded individuals.

Relatedly, you might also be interested in data sources about Oakland and our entry providing help for people who are interested in doing historic research about Oakland.

If you have a map of Oakland that you'd like to add to the list, click "Edit" and add it wherever.

Finally, if you have a geographic dataset that you would like to see a map of, Github does visualizations of geojson files (here's an example). If you have a KML (which is the format that customized google maps come in), you can use toGeoJSON to convert it....to geojson (surprise!).

Existing Data, Maps, and other Resources (an ever-expanding list)

• Oakland neighborhoods map - Compiled by ouroakland, in Google Maps, from 2010
• Classic and vintage signs of Oakland - Compiled by ouroakland, in Google Maps, includes photos!
• All Oakland parks (from City Parks and Rec site): http://batchgeo.com/map/23e128b00f94e5764e31580cbf805461
• OPD Community Policing Beats - Legend and more info here.
• All City of Oakland interactive maps - Maps include:

• Mapping Oakland Project (via archive.org)
• Oakland Districts Map - Google map by Mathew

• http://www.viewer.infoalamedacounty.org/
• http://data.openoakland.org/
• Oakland Resource map: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=218336070997588889305.00046b4cef6f7de691eb3&msa=0
• http://www.infoalamedacounty.org/index.php/research/housing/genhousing/oaklandinvestors.html
• http://www.infoalamedacounty.org/index.php/research/health/eoparksurveyyu.html
  • http://www.infoalamedacounty.org/images/stories/Reports/youth%20uprising%20park%20survey%20report%2001-04-11.pdf
• https://github.com/jllord/sheetsee.js
• http://codeforoakland.org/data-sets
• https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzeV69YUJi75NzNmMjRiNWUtMjNmYy00YTE0LThjNTctNjRmODRmMzIyMzM5/edit?hl=en
• http://www.thepolisblog.org/2012/09/mapping-suburbanization-of-poverty.html
• https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=oakland&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=any&safe=images&tbs=&as_filetype=kml&as_rights=#q=oakland,+CA+filetype:kml&hl=en&lr=&safe=images&as_qdr=all&prmd=imvns&ei=P6ZWUP6YEIS8igLw4IHICg&start=10&sa=N&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=7ebb909c43c05cba&biw=1366&bih=678 (many KMLs)
• Community Gardens: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=216156248661348429179.000472911ce3f06d08d33&msa=0
• Farmers Markets: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&lr=&safe=images&q=http://geocommons.com/overlays/161779.kml&ie=UTF-8&source=websearch
• Machine Shops: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&lr=&safe=images&q=http://machine-shops.cmac.ws/CA/Oakland.kml&ie=UTF-8&source=websearch
• Sounds of the Bay map of KALW radio stories about different places in Oakland: http://www.kalw.org/sounds-bay
• 2012 Earth Day Events: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&t=m&msa=0&msid=202779702118573188314.0004ba24a4bf09629c397
• Oakland murals map created by Community Rejuvenation Project (imported into Oakland Wiki): https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=202063461117270090709.00047efce23ea64f8ce16&source=embed&t=m&ll=37.795949,-122.208481&spn=0.054259,0.095787&z=12
• GrafRank neat map of Oakland graffiti: http://www.grafrank.com/oaklandindex.html
• Landmarks of Oakland google map: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=201083257978765863311.0004b73d061ca24b2e578 (from: http://www.oaklandlandmarks.com/aa.html)
• City of Oakland interactive crime report map: http://gismaps.oaklandnet.com/crimewatch/
• Crimespotting.org: http://oakland.crimespotting.org/
• Taco truck map (old: 2007): http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=111386974984487942660.00043b9b4dc191c072885&om=0&ll=37.784554,-122.23526&spn=0.086556,0.194664&z=12 (source: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/450404 )
• Historic Oakland maps http://www.teczno.com/old-oakland/
• Oakland on OpenGreenMap: http://www.opengreenmap.org/greenmap/oakland-ca-green-map
• Black panther party historical tour map: http://www.blackpanthertours.com/tour_map.html
• Oakland Art Murmur google map: http://oaklandartmurmur.org/map
• City of Oakland Green Buildings map: http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/PWA/s/SO/OAK024773
• City of Oakland food truck map: http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/PBN/OurOrganization/PlanningZoning/OAK032864#FeedMe
• Gun violence in Oakland by age and more: http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/12/17/analyzing-gun-violence-in-oakland/
• Oakland geologic map: http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/oakland-geologic-map/
• California Geoportal
• Alameda County geospatial data: http://www.acgov.org/government/geospatial.htm
• how oakland votes http://www.infoalamedacounty.org/index.php/research/maps/webmaps-for-oakland-voting.html
• Historical annexation of Oakland on Github: https://github.com/daguar/oakland-annexation/commits/master (open the README file to get an overview of what this is)
• Equity dashboard: http://oakbec.s3.amazonaws.com/MapLanding/maps/Equity_Dashboard_2.html#
• Urban displacement: http://www.urbandisplacement.org/map/sf#

Historic Mapping Resources

1857 map

• Holy Grail: something that would let us map changes over time in open street maps that could be placed within Oak Wiki articles.
• http://pastmapper.com/
• Historical Open Street Map Group
• http://mapstory.org/
• David Rumsey Map Collection - loads of historic maps
• New Deal Projects in Oakland: http://livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu/map/
• Digital Public Library of America - some historic maps here
• http://geospatialhistorian.wordpress.com/ - blog about historic mapping
• American Memory from Library of Congress
• 1857 map of Oakland on Wikimedia

Neighborhoods mapping

• Greenstreets - the 1981 Oakland neighborhoods map that has been very influential for future neighborhood maps.
• Oakland tourism interactive neighborhoods map: http://visitoakland.org/map.cfm
• Oakland Districts Map - Google map by Mathew
• Oakland neighborhoods map - Compiled by ouroakland, in Google Maps, from 2010
• OPD Community Policing Beats - Legend and more info here.
• Totally confusing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_neighborhoods_in_Oakland,_California
• Archived OMCA interactive neighborhoods map: http://web.archive.org/web/20090430211848/http://collections.museumca.org/search_map.jsp
• On real-estate oriented coolhunteresque site nabewise, all oakland neighborhoods appear to have been combined into an amorphous east bay category. However the nested downtown issue remains: http://nabewise.com/east-bay/downtown-oakland
• On the problem of mapping downtown: http://thedto.com/2011/04/where-is-the-dto-4/
• Local realtor gives it a shot: http://www.friedmanrealtor.com/east-bay-neighborhood-map
• A lot of information from mapping startup Urban Mapping: http://www.city-data.com/nbmaps/neigh-Oakland-California.html
• "Livability scoring" real-estate-oriented company AreaVibes ranks Oakland neighborhoods by "Good," "Average," and "Below Average." None of them are "Below Average." Source of the neighborhood boundaries used on this map are not clear.: http://www.areavibes.com/oakland-ca/neighborhoods/
• 1978 Oakland neighborhoods map from the Oakland Department of City Planning
• Oakland realtor neighborhoods map: http://www.oaklanddistricts.com/

General Mapping/GIS Resources

• Open Street Map - Localwiki uses OSM data via Cloudmade. More details on localwiki and OSM here.
• TileMill: Open source mapping software - incredibly easy to use, excellent training materials (try the Crash Course).
• Wikimapia - Here is the wikimapia api.
• http://geocommons.com - lots of open mapping stuff

LocalWiki mapping tools & development

• We created a tool to import kml into LocalWiki! The tool allows us to import the ouroakland.net neighborhoods map to generate pages with maps for every neighborhood in oakland! If you would like to have a KML map imported into LocalWiki, please email [email protected].
• https://localwiki.org/dev/Geo_stuff
• https://github.com/localwiki/localwiki/issues?labels=geo&page=1&state=open

Articles/Blogs/People who talk about maps

• More Better Mapping of Oakland’s Populations from Musing on Maps