Knightlab StoryMap

Knightlab StoryMap JS is a free and open-source alternative to ArcGIS Storymaps. It is incredibly easy to use and can handle a variety of multimedia. You can also create a timeline with Knightlab Timeline.

discuss specific to digital humanities

Examples

• Find the drift
• Monitering Canada’s deforestation
• Ancient Rome in Chicago

Resources for working with Knightlab StoryMap

• Video introduction to knightlab StoryMap by Cara Marta Messina
• Workshop on knightlab by Victoria Longfield from Hope College
• Another Workshop on knightlab StoryMap by Gettysburg College
• A video workshop on knightlab’s Storymaps by Dr. Anne Ladyem McDivitt of the Alabama Digital Humanities Center
• Tutorial on displaying a georeferenced map on knightlab
• Tutorial for making storymap with Knightlab Storymap JS - Barnard
• Tutorial for making timeline with Knightlab Timeline JS - Barnard

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TimeMapper

TimeMapper is another free and open source platform for creating timeline spreadsheet data. TimeMapper is useful if the map is more auxiliary to the timeline. See this example. Purdue University has a tutorial if this is a tool you’re interested in learning.

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Table of contents

• Knightlab StoryMap demo