Resources and Examples
- Annabel Pinkney (Unlicensed)
Software Options:
ArcGIS StoryMaps
Examples: https://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/storymaps.html
Metadata: https://www.nconemap.gov/pages/metadata#iso
Highly Customizable, very technical, separate website
VisualEyes
Example Project: https://viseyes.org/visualeyes/?848
KnightLab
Examples:
Advanced code: https://storymap.knightlab.com/advanced/
Google Maps
HistoryPin
Leaflet
TimeMapper
Tableau
Datawrapper
Maps Embedded in a Digital Collection site:
Links to Other Projects:
Anti-Eviction mapping project:
Mapping Displacement:
StoryMap of Roma and Sam Kaltman’s Story:
Putting Oral History on the Map:
Questions Prior to Implementation:
The purpose of the DC is to “provide long-term preservation and high-quality access to the Institute’s digital resources.”
The Digital Collections is primarily a searching, preservation, and access tool for our collections. The mapping we’re talking about seems like it could be a storytelling or a research interpretation tool.
What questions do we want our users to be able to answer by having this feature? Knowing this first will help us answer logistical questions about the interface.
o Eddie put together the following set (ready for COH review):
§ Who worked at Caltech?
Show a set of people with connections to an institution on a map
§ What researchers emigrated from Europe in the 30s?
Show a set of people who originated in a particular place (or set of places).
§ What places did Scientist X live or work?
Show the different places a person lived in the form of a trajectory on a map.
§ Who collaborated with Scientist X?
Show a graph of someone's personal or professional network
§ Why would a scientist want to leave Cuba in the 60s?
Show supportive primary materials that give a more intuitive sense of what a place was like during a certain period.