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story-mapping:
Resources
There
are many tools available on-line for developing your own mapping
either using Google Maps or other mapping protocols. Here are some
our favorite tools. Please let us know if you have other recommondations.
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MapBuilder
Assists
you in developing a GoogleMap site by giving you a way to
select locations on a map, or look up addresses on and get
the corresponding coordinates. You need to be familiar with
html to copy and paste appropriate code into your own website.
You
can also add images and links to the pop up menus, although
this requires familiarity with html as well.
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Community
Walk
Another
tool for designing a GoogleMap, with lots of easy to use
features for designing your pop-up windows, and creating
paths. Also uses a simple linking code to allow you to have
the site appear on your website. The drawback is that the
tool uses an extensive advertising interface that comes
along with the display. Also, you can not customize the
code so you are stuck with their design options.
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Wayfaring
Another
great support tool that helps you to organize your maps within
the context of a Web 2.0 environment. You easily link to others
making maps, and to conversations about the maps by "tracking"
who is interested in your content. One nice feature is that
the Waypoints you create can be shared between maps, so that
if you have a media rich (images/audio/video) point you don't
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Project
Highlight
Third
Ward, Houston, TX
"When
a neighborhood is destroyed its inhabitants suffer “root
shock”: a traumatic stress reaction related to the destruction
of one’s emotional ecosystem. The ripple effects of root
shock have an impact on entire communities that can last for
decades. " Mindy Fillilove, from Root Shockmore>>
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