Interactive Storytelling Maps Classification: Development of Interactive Storytelling Maps using Mapbox GL JS - Hardcover

Biriukov, Konstantin

 
9781735962900: Interactive Storytelling Maps Classification: Development of Interactive Storytelling Maps using Mapbox GL JS

Synopsis

Interactive maps play an increasingly important part in various fields including journalism, education, traveling, and entertainment, among others. Interactive maps require interactive user engagement. The scope of this interaction can vary from the basic mouse scroll to the complex logical sequence of steps including extensive toolboxes. One of the major applications of interactive maps is in storytelling. A map serves as a powerful tool to tell a story and modern technologies make this tool flexible and potent.

This research seeks to analyze and compare cartographic JavaScript APIs1 and libraries, and to classify storytelling maps with a concentration on ‘path visualization’ type of maps and their technical implementation with an extensive review regarding the function of maps-related API/libraries work under the hood and their improvement. Additional material to this work, a web platform, demonstrates an example of each class and subclass of the classification. The proposed classification has been evaluated by reviewers working with interactive storytelling maps.

For web developers, UI/UX designers, geographers and data journalists.

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