Week 3
For this week's blog, we are looking at story maps and analyzing them. Specifically, I'll be looking at the "Southern Literary Trail Story Map" and talking about their general process and storyboarding for making this story map. In fact, that story map in general paints a road over a map showcasing 1900 writers throughout the Southern side. To do this they lay out a rustic map that shows where the authors lived at a glance but upon clicking revealed much more about their life or upbringing. To shed even more light on these know not known authors, they have pictures of their houses which show that while some would go on to create masterpieces, their upbringing was not similar.
Now with a general depiction of this story map out of the way, we can look at their design process and how while simple, boasts a surprising amount of detail. The first thing we can look at is the map in question which is by H.C. Tunison who at the time was the leader in Atlas maps. With this as the base, it solidifies what time period they are selecting for authors who influenced the South. This detail as I mentioned earlier though doesn't just stop at the map but even extends into the story map itself. This is to say that the inclusion of the family homes of the writers pictured in the story map is a nice touch. It lets the reader know the author but also see into a part of their life while reading a part of their life.
Knowing their life though I felt could have been further enhanced with additions of some key items like a photo/drawing of them as an example. After all, they have them you just have to click their name on the map which would open up a new link. Except the average person who is just reading for a quick history lesson is not going to be clicking on that. As such I feel by having a photo of them at the bottom of the information would help attach all of this history, and even house, directly to a face helping know who they are.
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