New Telling Stories Alongside Google Maps

Meograph is an interesting novel narrative tool for telling stories amongst the Google globe browser plug-in in addition to Google Maps.

The application is currently inward beta testing (you tin apply for beta testing access). However, fifty-fifty if y'all can't nonetheless exercise your ain Meographs yet, y'all tin browse the demo stories already created.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 skillful illustration is the Meograph created to explore the Trayvon Martin shooting. The demo uses the Google globe plug-in to exhibit the locations inward the instance in addition to includes a narrated explanation of the floor in addition to embedded photographs in addition to YouTube videos.

Meograph stories include playback controls to pause, rewind in addition to fast frontwards the narrative, "More context" buttons to explore to a greater extent than details near whatever chemical subdivision of the narrative in addition to options to stance the locations amongst Google Maps rather than the default Google globe view.