Using Maps as an Interactive Presentation Tool Philip White - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Using Maps as an Interactive Presentation Tool

Philip White

Intern, Data and Visualization Services MLIS Student, UNC Greensboro

• r:

A Presentation about Presentation

Outline

• A. Brief overview of “story maps”

Story map presentation

• B. Thematic maps on the web

Thematic Map Presentation

• C. Summary: what makes a good web map?

Story Maps

Two Broad Categories:

• 1. Narrated Tour
• 2. Comparison of multiple thematic maps

Story Maps

• Presented in a way that conveys linear progression.
• Multimedia presentation links content to place.
• Can be used as stand-alone webpage, or

teaching/presenting aid.

What are they?

Story Maps

• Geographic context
• User engagement
• Adding depth to a presentation

What are they good for?

Down the rabbit hole...

“Burnside’s Expedition” Presentation within a presentation #1:

Thematic Maps

• Provide information about a place and illustrate a

spatial pattern.

• Often used to compare themes and patterns in

different maps.

Best Uses:

• Illustrating change in a geographic location
• Presenting an argument

Thematic “Story Maps”

• Present a series of thematic maps
• Compare two maps side by side

Presentation 2 (or is that 3?)

“Changing Congressional Districts in North Carolina”

Story Map tools

ArcGIS Online: Free to Duke users, fully customizable,

upload your own data

StoryMaps JS: very easy, free, multimedia Social Explorer: free to Duke users, preloaded data

A good webmap...

IS: IS NOT:

Easy to use Cluttered Streamlined A glut of information Interactive Static Does 1 or 2 things well Does many things poorly

Engaging

The End Questions?

Philip White

Intern, Data and Visualization Services MLIS Student, UNC Greensboro