Resources for Narrative Mapping
At a glance,
- what it is; useful for xyz
- difficulty/learning curve
- access/ open source or proprietary for all, give
- examples (more than in determine output section?)
Resources
- links to download tool
- links to task specific plugins
- links to tutorials and demos
Table of contents
Google Earth
Google Earth very low barrier, easy to make story, free if you have gmail account. quick to make. Other considerations?
no prior knowledge needed - very easy to put together a map
Resources for working with Google earth
Google Earth Tour Builder
Creating a Narrated Tour in Google Earth Desktop
Esri ArcGIS Storymaps
Esri ArcGIS Storymaps –> give pros and cons, resources to learn, examples. Be sure to differentiate Esri ArcGIS Storymaps and StoryMaps (basically like a glorified social media story)
- Difficulty: Medium
Storymaps Advantages ⇡
- straightforward to learn, out of the box templates
- clean, aesthetic, out-of-the box visuals
- drag and drop format
- can add multimedia, including images, audio, maps (static and dynamic), and embed videos
- You have to make all the maps and graphics yourself - storymaps is like the aesthetic containter that collages your inputs together
Storymaps Disadvantages ⇣
- proprietary, meaning
- licensing - need account, licensing can be a hastle and you’ll only have editing access so long as you have an account. Only those with AGOL/storymaps accounts can collaborate on a storymap with you.
Resources for working with ArcGIS Storymaps
- Introduction to ArcGIS Storymaps
- How to get access through UBC?
Examples
Knightlab StoryMap
knightlab StoryMap Difficulty: Medium-High Open Source Knightlab Storymaps JS open source displaying georeferenced map on knightlab here
can also make a timeline
Knightlab StoryMap Advantages ⇡
Knightlab StoryMap Disadvantages ⇣
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
- Another video workshop on knightlab’s Storymaps by Dr. Anne Ladyem McDivitt of the Alabama Digital Humanities Center
Example Kightlab StoryMaps
TimeMapper
TimeMapper Difficulty: Open Source
- Tutorial for making storymap with Knightlab Storymap JS - Barnard
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Tutorial for making timeline with Knightlab Timeline JS - Barnard
Timemapper
More for timelines with auxiliary map to the side “TimeMapper is an open-source project of Open Knowledge Foundation Labs”
Examples
Resources
ODYSSEY ?
open source - developed by CartoDB -link