Simple map stories help scientists make important work a lot more relevant to their audience, by putting their story at the front. The maps and data are there in their completeness, but out of the way as supporting materials. And this example is but one facet of a complex and fascinating and topic...My simple map of the origin and spread of agriculture in Europe & Middle East raised a comment that spurred me onto creating a map story in Esri parlance. I added as a backdrop the UNESCO World Heritage sites for a global context of historic interest. This is a free and easy way to create mashups explained in my previous post:
But why stop at a map when you can have an app? Esri makes it easy, as Owen commented in my previous post. I created one from stock arcgis.com adding the story and legend as side panels:
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Access to ArcGISserver furthermore helped Own tweak a map story into what a linguist or anthropologist may prefer to see. The map is still there, but it has been put behind a button!
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