Indoor Mapping: The Met

Indoor mapping is pretty cutting-edge today and The Met Navigator is a nice example. Now all we need to add is a) indoor location tracking and b) augmented reality for a truly immersive experience.

CalTopo and PDF Quads

Sometimes you just need a PDF or JPG of a topographic map so CalTopo or PDF Quads could come-in handy. More at Maps Mania.

More Scrollytelling

Want to do some scrollytelling? Here are three options:

1. Esri Story Map Cascade
2. Mapbox GL
3. Leaflet (example)

The Geography of Geography Programs

AAG Guide to Geography Programs in the Americas

Scrollytelling

Scrollytelling is a way to narrate stories (online). Take, for example, the new Esri Story Map Cascade template. Sure, you can include maps, but this template is really less about maps than about other (cool) embedded media. How To Scroll offers some useful tips for effective scrollytelling.

Robert Kosara is not a fan and explain why in The Scrollytelling Scourge. Instead he favors 'The Stepper' layout (example).

This is EPIC!

1 full year of EPIC images in a great video animation:

All World Maps Lie

Okay, we know that All World Maps Lie. So Which One Should We Use? The article offers three choices: Winkel Tripel, Gall-Peters, and Dymaxion (see below).