Quick tips for mastering the ArcGIS StoryMaps builder Whether you’re new to ArcGIS StoryMaps or have been using it since its days in beta testing, there’s always room to improve your storytelling skills. This list of short, simple tips will help you get the most out of the story builder, especially when it comes to smaller features you may have overlooked. I’ll be adding more tips periodically, too, so be sure to check back every now and again if you find these tidbits helpful. Add media to a minimal cover The minimal cover is a great option for how-to articles, thought pieces, or press-release-style updates.
An Animated Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States The Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond recently released a new feature called the Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States. This new atlas contains more than 700 historical maps of the United States. The maps within the atlas are arranged into eighteen sections. As a student and teacher of history I was drawn to the sections devoted to population, territorial expansion, political parties and elections, and military history. Many of the maps within the Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States can be animated to show changes over time. How to Create an Interactive 3D Character with Three.js In this in-depth tutorial you will learn how to create an interactive 3D character that follows the mouse and performs random animations on click. From our weekly sponsor: Design every part of your website with the brand new Divi Theme Builder. Try it for free. Ever had a personal website dedicated to your work and wondered if you should include a photo of yourself in there somewhere?
Modern Javascript in the Browser When it comes to working with JavaScript in the browser, there's three concepts you need to master. First, you should know how to select and query elements in the DOM, and store them in variables. Then, you should be able to add event listeners to some elements to react to specific events. At last, you should know how to perform AJAX requests to fetch some information after the initial page load. 1 - DOM Selection
SweetAlert So... What does it do? Here’s a comparison of a standard error message. The first one uses the built-in alert-function, while the second is using sweetAlert. Normal alert Code: Mapping Cinematographic Territories Adam’s Wall (director Michael MacKenzie, 2008) This tutorial is a step-by-step guide to help anyone map her own narrative through our AtlasCine application and share it with friends, family and colleagues (see examples here: A more detailed description of this application is also available in the following paper “How can we map stories? A cybercartographic application for narrative cartography” (2014) by S. Caquard and J.P Fiset. This application has been developed using a range of software (Open Source and Proprietary), including Google Drive. If you don’t already have a Google account, you will need to create one to follow the tutorial.
21 Map Creation Tools for Students and Teachers Yesterday, I published a review of MapFab which is a fabulous, free, and simple tool for creating maps online. Writing that post got me thinking about all of the other free map creation tools that I've reviewed over the years. Google Maps and Google Earth are my favorite tools for creating maps, but not every school allows teachers and students to download it. And creating Google Maps does require you to have a Google account which is an obstacle to use in some schools too. In the list below you will find some map creation tools that don't require registration. IAB's HTML5 clickTag Standard on Xandr Follow these instructions to use the IAB's clickTag standard in HTML5 creatives hosted with Xandr. This allows Xandr to track clicks and set the ad's landing page to the URL provided in Console. You will require a text editor to complete the procedure below. If you do not have one, we recommend Sublime Text. Do not hardcode landing page URLs for your creative. This will be set in Console when the assets are uploaded.
- Tutorial Simple Usage Get the main page from a web-server: curl Get the README file the user's home directory at funet's ftp-server: curl Get a web page from a server using port 8000: SlickMap CSS: A Visual Sitemapping Tool for Web Developers — Astuteo™ Side Projects SlickMap CSS is a simple stylesheet for displaying finished site maps directly from HTML unordered list navigation. It’s suitable for most web sites – accommodating up to three levels of page navigation and additional utility links – and can easily be customized to meet your own individual needs, branding, or style preferences. The general idea of SlickMap CSS is to streamline the web design process by automating the illustration of site maps while at the same time allowing for the pre-development of functional HTML navigation. Eliminates the need for additional software Easily revised with clients on-the-fly Clickable anchors with visible URLs Design process results in working HTML code
OpenStreetMap Where is this? Reverse Directions Welcome to OpenStreetMap! OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license. Hosting is supported by UCL, Bytemark Hosting, and other partners. 40 Maps They Didn’t Teach You In School By the time we graduate high school, we learn that they never taught us the most interesting things in there. Sure, you might be able to name the European countries or point New York on the map, but does that give a you real understanding of how the world functions? To fill this gap, we have gathered a great and informative selection of infographical maps that they should’ve shown us at school: every single one of these maps reveals different fun and interesting facts, which can actually help you draw some pretty interesting conclusions. Show Full Text What makes infographical maps so engaging is how easy it becomes to conceive graphically presented information.
Librairies js hébergées par Google Instead of uploading JavaScript libraries with your creative, replace any references to common JavaScript libraries with Studio hosted URLs. These libraries are hosted on the same domain as your live ad will be. Studio is working with the IAB to get these resources shared and cached by many creatives so they can be excluded from the initial load of your ad.