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Friday, September 29, 2017

Enter The Storey Map Competition

Using Esri Story Maps is a uncomplicated way to practise interesting mapped narratives almost whatever subject. Esri Story Maps furnish a release of slowly to role templates that allow you lot to combine map as well as satellite views amongst multimedia as well as other interactive features to practise an interactive mapped presentation.

Now Story Map users tin too move into the Esri Storytelling amongst Maps Contest. There are 4 dissimilar categories as well as Esri volition furnish first, second, as well as 3rd identify prizes inward each category. The categories are:
  • Best Conservation, Environment & Sustainability Story Maps
  • Best Travel & Destinations Story Maps
  • Best Culture, History & Events Story Maps
  • Best Science, Technology & Health Story Maps
The best overall map volition win the grand prize of a i twelvemonth ArcGIS Online subscription (5 users) as well as a winner's plaque & certificate. The other prizes include i twelvemonth subscriptions to the Smithsonian Magazine.

My nomination for the best Culture, History & Events Map would accept been the Smithsonian's ain map of the Decisive Moments inward the Battle of Gettysburg. However I'm non certain they volition hold out eligible to move into if they are sponsoring the prizes.

Therefore I recollect this Esri Story Map of Minard's menstruation nautical chart of Napoleon's March on Moscow
could accept a skillful peril of winning. The map presents Minard's menstruation nautical chart on an Esri map as well as narrates to a greater extent than or less of the of import events during the state of war machine campaign.

Unfortunately at that topographic point seems to hold out a põrnikas inward the map that prevents the map tiles existence shown when the map is zoomed out. This agency that you lot accept to proceed zooming inward on the map to thought the map tiles. If you lot desire to run across a zoomed out mapped visualization of Minards' menstruation nautical chart you lot tin cheque out Napoleon's March.

This Leaflet reworking of Minard's menstruation map is a skillful essay at a slippy map visualization of the Napoleonic army's movements as well as dwindling size. Unfortunately this map lacks Minard's temperature nautical chart that visualized the freezing temperatures faced past times Napoleon's regular army every bit they pushed eastwards.

If you lot desire to run across to a greater extent than or less to a greater extent than examples of Esri Story Maps therefore accept a await at Google 's recent Pick of Esri Story Maps.