Refresh resources page for 2026

[tjukanovt]

Summary

Refreshes docs/resources.md (served at /resources/) so it feels current for 2026 while staying lightweight, opinionated and community-first. The page is now organised around how people actually approach the challenge — code, click-through GIS, design tools, and pen and paper.

What changed:

• New intro — one line acknowledging the different angles people come from; creativity over technical skill.
• New "Getting started" section — four starter paths (never made a map / want to code / want web maps / want to make maps by hand), each with a few hand-picked links, closing on "pick the one that sounds fun."
• Data — leads with global/open sources (OpenStreetMap, Overture, Natural Earth, HDX, OpenTopography) and adds Microsoft Planetary Computer, Copernicus Browser and Kontur Population. Dropped the arbitrary per-country entries (OS GB, LINZ NZ) in favour of pointing to cross-country directories (Karen Payne's inventory, Free GIS Data, Data is Plural).
• Tools — open-source first (with a note that closed-source tools are welcome too): browser tools, QGIS, R/Python, Observable/D3, Mapshaper, 3D/rendering, design, and a web-maps group (MapLibre, Mapbox GL JS, deck.gl, Leaflet, PMTiles). Cut Kepler.gl, Litvis, Vega/Vega-Lite.
• Tutorials & helpful resources — replaced the frozen 2019-era list with a curated, dated set (Gandhi, Klas Karlson, Mapschool, Geocomputation books, Milos Makes Maps, Anita Graser, somethingaboutmaps, John Nelson, ColorBrewer, NACIS/FOSS4G talks, Karolína Lehotská's annual guide). Cut Steven Bernard's unmaintained playlist and Alasdair Rae's superseded 3D post.
• New "Maps without a computer" section — frames hand-made maps as fully legitimate and links to the most-loved past entries for that recurring theme.

Structure kept deliberately light on sub-headings.

Test plan

• mkdocs build --strict passes — internal links (3 archive day pages + the in-page anchor) and rendering validated against the existing Material theme.
• External links return HTTP 200. Could not verify from the build environment — its egress proxy allowlists only GitHub/PyPI and returns 403 host_not_allowed for everything else. Links use canonical URLs; the build CI workflow / a reviewer should run a full link check before merge.
• Spot-check that the YouTube handles (@milosmakesmaps, @nacis, @JohnNelsonMaps) and the "Maps without a computer" archive links render and resolve as expected.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01TAwkCDsJcML8m23FGHZXKJ

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